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The History of the Za'faran Monastery is for the first time offered in English translation to the readers. It was written in 1917 by Patriarch Ignatius Aphram Barsoum (d. 1957) when he was still a...

In this work, Martin offers the Syriac text, with an annotated French translation, of Narsai's poem on the three doctors of the Church of the East: Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and...

This scholarly and up-to-date investigation of Bronze Age and Near Eastern literature and Homer's poetry reveals fascinating similarities between Near Eastern and Homeric Diplomatic Practices and the...

Through literary, historical, archaeological, and engendered readings, this collection of essays presents a multidisciplinary analysis of rabbinic texts. Such a conversation between diverse scholars...

The less-discussed character in the Bible is the woman: two talking animals therein have sometimes received more page space. This volume shines the light of close scrutiny in the less-trodden...

A travel journey through Palestine, Lebanon and Syria that took place in 1875.Author: Charles Dudley WarnerPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Nov 02, 2002Number of Pages: 340 pagesBinding:...

Bowman Dodd documents changes in Turkey, encouraged by the "embrace" of modernity. She considers Turkish women's rights, harems and marriage, the management of the household, education, slavery, the...

This volume contains the contents of George Kiraz's catalogue of over 1300 people and places related to the Syriac tradition, expanded to include Latin names and citations as well as references to...

Publication of the proceedings of the 2008 meeting of the Computer Working Group of the International Association of Egyptologists (Informatique et Egyptologie), including papers on databases,...

This publication presents the transcription and translation of eight Syriac inscriptions from the Persian region of Salamas found in ancient cemeteries and church buildings. The inscriptions are...

This volume introduces the letters of the Syriac alphabet a few at the time, and each set of letters is accompanied by guides to pronunciation and the correct way to write the letters, including...

The structure of the Book of Numbers and its division into textual units has long been of interest to scholars, and various theories have been put forward based on criteria such as time, location or...

Morony compares conditions in late Sasanian and early Islamic Iraq in the seventh century AD and depicts both the emergence of a local form of Islamic society, and the interaction of Muslim...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homilies on Elijah. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical...

This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homilies on the prophet Elisha deals with some of the more difficult stories in the Old Testament.Author: Stephen KaufmanPublisher: Gorgias...

This volume collects Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) sermons on the nativity. Jacob welcomes the Christmas season with gorgeous poetry that touches on all parts of God's plan and the miracle of his Son...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homilies on the Great Sunday of the Resurrection and on the Resurrection itself. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homilies on the Six Days of Creation. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a...

On the Entrance of Our Lord into Sheol tells with great power the invincibility of Sheol and how Christ gave His life to enter into Sheol like any other dead human so that He might conquer it. With...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homily on Epiphany. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homily on Jephthah's Daughter. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homily on Simon Peter. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homily on the Reception of the Holy Mysteries. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homily on the Presentation in the Temple. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a...

This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily on the sinful woman who anoints Jesus at the banquet - widely identified in the west as Mary Magdalene - focuses on the theme of weeping which...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homily on the Tower of Babel. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and...

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homily on the Transfiguration. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary...

This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily on Zacchaeus the tax-collector makes the point that Christ's path goes by those most in need of repentance. Zacchaeus recognizes his shortcomings...

Brock provides an indispensable bibliographic resource for Jacob of Serugh scholarship. This guide lists Jacob's mimre by biblical passage and liturgical events, uplifted saints and topics, other...

Some of John of Dara's 9th century treatises survive in Codex 356 in Mardin, in which Jacob of Serugh is called "Jacob of Batnan", "Jacob", and titles of respect. This article describes Jacob's...