Monastery of Beth Abe (Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܒܐ; Beṯ ˁábe, literally "house of wood"), is an East Syriac monastery located near the on the Great Zab about 80 km northeast of Nineveh. It was founded by Rabban Jacob of Lashom around 595 AD.[1] The monastery played a major part in Syriac monasticism and was inhabited by several important figures in the Church of the East such as Sahdona, John of Dailam, Shubhalishoʿ, Giwargis II and Abraham II. One monk, Thomas of Marga, wrote a history of the monastery. Another, Bishop David of Kartaw, wrote a series of biographies of holy men known as the Little Paradise.