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Sebastian Brock provides an overview of Syriac literature from the second to the twenty-first century. Brock divides this overview into six historical periods, surveys the important authors and...

Profound in its conclusions and targeted toward the exegete, this study offers a clear method for establishing literary macrostructure in OT prose. A brief literary-structural commentary on Deut 5-11...

This work sets out to compare the pre-first millennium BC law collections of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Hatti. By highlighting and explaining consistent differences in both framing and content it...

Sergius of Reshaina (d. 536), translated the (pseudo-)Aristotelian text known as the De Mundo from Greek into Syriac in the early sixth century. This Index presents a thorough listing of the...

Starting with the religious background of China, Latourette probes why Christianity appealed to the Chinese and then launches into a detailed history of its development. He considers how Christianity...

As an introduction to the ancient history of Iraq, Goodspeed's book has stood the test of time. The reader is given a detailed rendition of the history of the Old Babylonian, Assyrian, and...

A valuable history of the Eastern Church.Author: John Mason NealePublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Aug 28, 2003Number of Pages: 300 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Volume 1 The journey of Lady Anne Blunt (d. 1917) to Arabia in 1875. Hunt was a talented artist, and the founder of the famouse Crabbet Stud of England.Author: Lady Anne BluntPublisher: Gorgias...

Volume 2 The journey of Lady Anne Blunt (d. 1917) to Arabia in 1875. Hunt was a talented artist, and the founder of the famouse Crabbet Stud of England.Author: Lady Anne BluntPublisher: Gorgias...

Gives a travelogue and a journal of his missionary activities in the Middle East between 1834 and 1841, primarily with the Church of the East.Author: Justin PerkinsPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication...

This book is intended to provide a quick introductory overview of the Tiberian Masoretic tradition of the Hebrew Bible and its background. It was this tradition that produced the great Masoretic...

One of the main sources from which the famous Bar Hebraeus might have drawn his knowledge of Syriac grammar to write his semhe. This book is not only important for the history of Syriac grammars, but...

This book challenges Orientalist stereotypes by exposing the cultural and political agency of Ottoman Muslim women. It also explores engagements between Eastern and Western women at the fin de siecle...

Abu'l Ala al-Maarri (973-1057) was one of Islam's most famous poets and philosophers, and one of Baghdad's leading intellectuals. Blind from an early age, he lived the great part of his life in...

One of the classic works of hagiography, Paul Bedjan's seven volume work on collected acts of martyrs and saints is an invaluable Syraic resource. Containing many foundational stories of early...

One of the classic works of hagiography, Paul Bedjan's seven volume work on collected acts of martyrs and saints is an invaluable Syraic resource. Containing many foundational stories of early...

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Algorithmic Musings in Syriac: A Verse Poem on Computation Attributed to George of the Arabs is a fresh edition and translation of George of the Arabs' homily on the Chronicon, on the reckoning of...

The focus of this study is the final part of Dionysius bar Salibi's polemical work against the Muslims, which contains a number of quotations from the Qur'an in Syriac translation.Author: Alphonse...

The variety of Arabic versions of the New Testament is bewildering. In this work, Gibson provides one particular text of the Acts of the Apostles, as well as those of the Minor Catholic Epistles,...

This volume is a compilation of notes from six lectures on the development and nature of Sufism.Author: George SwanPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Aug 01, 2010Number of Pages: 42...

This book is a collection of essays on Ottoman history, focusing on how sultans of the Ottoman Empire were viewed by the public.Author: Suraiya FaroqhiPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Feb...

This study is a contribution to an understanding of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the more recent past. In particular, it seeks to relate how that Church experienced contact with the Church of...

An edition of Anton Kiraz's extensive archive of letters, documents, and interviews with the Bedouins who discovered the scrolls. The archive reveals Kiraz's claims of ownership, and documents the...

Originally published in 1871, William Wright's Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles was marked by the author's diligent care to transmit the best manuscript sources at his disposal. Here, Wright's two...

Arayathinal's grammar is among the most comprehensive Syriac grammars ever produced. Designed as a teaching text, this volume is also a solid reference grammar for use by advanced scholars and...

Arayathinal's grammar is among the most comprehensive Syriac grammars ever produced. Designed as a teaching text, this volume is also a solid reference grammar for use by advanced scholars and...

Aramaic (Syriac) Grammar (Volume 3)Author: Thomas ArayathinalPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Mar 16, 2007Number of Pages: 164 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1593336055ISBN-13:...

This book provides an alternative way of thinking about the Roman Near East by exploring how its inhabitants managed and lived with their water supplies, especially in the wake of the Roman conquest...

After questioning the scholarly assumptions regarding the "heretical" Nag Hammadi Library and the "apocalyptic" Dead Sea Scrolls, Fairen will argue that they were not diametrically opposed, but...