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A collection of studies on the Syriac sixth century writer Jacob of Sarug by a team of international scholars.Author: George KirazPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Dec 01, 2010Number of...

Credited by Dinno as the epitome of Syriac spiritual heritage, Mor Jacob of Serugh interpreted the physical world with the hidden realities of God. A prominent theme in Mor Jacob's mimre is the...

Steinschneider's first section is a dictionary of Jewish Arabic authors. This includes a careful study of Jewish names. The Second section is a study of the lives and literatures of Jews, and...

Was there an active Jewish-Christian polemic in fourth-century Persia? Aphrahat's Demonstrations, a fourth-century adversus Judaeos text, clearly indicates that fourth-century Persian Christians were...

The present volume contains an annotated Latin translation of the collection of saints' lives and fragments of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus, prefaced by a lengthly list of...

This volume presents, in Syriac and English, Job of Edessa's encyclopedic work covering all manner of scientific topics. It will be of interest to readers interested in Aristotelianism and the...

John of Tella was in the 520s and 530s one of the most dangerous ecclesiastical opponents of the emperor Justinian I. The present letter by John lays out his faith, and gives an inside view of how a...

The main sources for our knowledge about the opposition against Chalcedon in the Eastern Roman Empire in the fifth century are the hagiographic works of the Palestinian monk John Rufus, priest at...

The present study deals with the works of the Palestinian anti-Chalcedonian hagiographer John Rufus and traces the basic motives behind the opposition against the council of Chalcedon in the fifth...

In this treatise, John the Solitary (ca. 390) enters into a dialogue with two disciples who have come past the beginning stage of the spiritual life and have brought him their struggle against the...

A refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies.A refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies. A refereed journal published...

Judaic reasoning is discussed from the standpoint of modern logic. Andrew Schumann defines Judaic logic, traces Aristotelian influence on developing Jewish studies in Judaic reasoning, and shows the...

Browning's acclaimed biography of this extraordinary and enigmatic couple includes every aspect of imperial administration and policy. It is the story of a peasant's son who becomes emperor and...

This eclectic collection contains 16 articles on a variety of topics within Qumran Studies from a conference held in memory of the late Professor Alan Crown. Essays cover the impact of the Qumran...

The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the...

The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the...

The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the...

The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the...

The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the...

The first comprehensive keyword-in-context concordance to the Syriac New Testament in six large volumes. It unlocks the treasure trove of the Syriac New Testament Peshitta readings and helps the...

Am Beispiel der Initiationssakramente (Taufe, Firmung, Eucharistiefeier) und der Priesterweihe wird einerseits die Konsekration der Materie (Wasser, Myron?l, Brot und Wein) und des Empf?ngers...

Beginning with the historical and geographical background of Mardin, Grigore presents the distinctive dialect of Arabic from the region. Written in French, this grammar covers all the requite areas...

F?lix N?ve presents an essay describing the rise in interest in Syriac studies in the nineteenth century based on the potential for further research in biblical studies, patristics, and history...

The Syriac Bible is a fascinating field to which too little research has been devoted. In the present volume, Jan Joosten gathers a number of pilot studies, published in various journals and...

This is the full four-volume set of the Laws and Customs of Israel published in 1915-1916, bound in two volumes. Based on the codes Chayy? Adam and Kizzur Shulchan 'Arukh, this Hebrew-English...

Pourquoi Isaac de Ninive ? Et pourquoi le th?me du combat chez lui aujourd'hui ? Avec Isaac et gr?ce ? l'exp?rience qu'il avait v?cue, nous pouvons apprendre ? renouveler en nous le courage, la...

Twelve lectures on all the branches of the Eastern Church, with an introduction on the province, the methods and the advantages of the study of Church History, by the Stanley, Canon of Canterbury or...

Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament provides an essential tool to students of Syriac. A frequency-based glossary guides the student through the text of the Syriac New Testament's most...

A useful tool for the teacher and student of beginning Syriac. It presents the common words which must be learned, lists of homographs, and verbal conjugation tables. The book is supplemented with a...

This study examines the language and translation technique used in a modern "targum" of the Bible. The targum - referred to as "Manuscript Barzani" - is a written preservation of a tradition of...