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This book provides the Syriac text along with a translation of the tale of Euphemia and the martyrs' deliverance of her from the Goth.Author: F. BurkittPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Nov...

This volume contains the last part of John of Ephesus' (c. 507-c. 588) Ecclesiastical History in Syriac, covering the years 571-585. An introduction (in English) touches on the manuscript and the...

This volume contains the Syriac text of one of Dionysius bar Salibi's polemical writings, that against the Jews, based on a manuscript now located at the Harvard Semitic Museum. An English...

This work is an ethnographic essay that undertakes thick description of the development of a Black Holiness-Pentecostal body by examining its religious life from within. It goes on to sketch lines of...

Syriac tradition remembers sixth century Byzantine emperor Justinian I as the harsh persecutor of the faithful, while his wife Theodora is revered as the "believing queen", champion and protectress...

The written travelogue of Ella Sykes' historic first journey across central Asia, this book has been considered a classic of women's studies as well as a historic travel account. Detailing the...

The long career of Jacob of Serugh provides insights into Scripture and tradition expected by homilies as well as information about his audience. In this publication, Harvey discusses Jacob of...

Trade and Money is an economic history of the Ottoman world in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Author: Elena Frangakis-SyrettPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Aug 01,...

Author Ephraam Barsom deliberates on the logistics of translation versus transliteration of Syriac into Arabic. This is a great read for anyone interested in the translation of Syriac into Arabic...

Pognon gives here the Syriac text of Hippocrates' Aphorisms, together with a French translation. Each part contains detailed textual and translational notes and is prefaced with a thorough...

Unlocking the Garden: A Feminist Jewish Look at the Bible, Midrash, and God, is a collection of 15 articles which are exemplars of the state of the art of feminist Jewish interpretation of biblical...

Ventures Among the Arabs is the story of a Christian missionary who lived for thirteen years amongst the Ishmaelites of Moab, Edom, and the great peninsula of Arabia. (With 47 illustrations.)Author:...

This study identifies the wisdom forms found in the admonition sections of the Dead Sea Scroll 4QInstruction, groups the admonitions by topic, and considers their structure, form, setting, and...