Kuriakose Valavanolickal presents here in two volumes the first English translation of the twenty-three Demonstrations by Aphrahat, the fourth century Persian Sage, who is one of the earliest authors of the Syriac tradition.

• Contents (page 5)
• PREFACE (page 7)
• FOREWORD (page 8)
• ABBREVIATIONS (page 9)
• INTRODUCTION (page 15)
• THE LETTER OF A FRIEND (page 35)
• I THE DEMONSTRATION ON FAITH (page 37)
• II THE DEMONSTRATION ON CHARITY (page 54)
• III THE DEMONSTRATION ON FASTING (page 73)
• IV THE DEMONSTRATION ON PRAYER (page 89)
• V THE DEMONSTRATION ON WARS (page 110)
• VI THE DEMONSTRATION ON THE SONS OF THE COVENANT (page 135)
• VII THE DEMONSTRATION ON PENITENTS (page 175)
• VIII THE DEMONSTRATION ON THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD (page 197)
• IX THE DEMONSTRATION ON HUMILITY (page 215)
• X THE DEMONSTRATION ON PASTORS (page 230)
• BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 240)
• INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES (page 257)
• GENERAL INDEX (page 279)