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This book examines the ethics of violence in the Ugaritic story of Aqhat by using the conventions of characterization and point of view. The multiple perspectives on Anat's act of violence present a...

This handbook of foreign loan words in the Arabic of the Quran is set up in dictionary format. Each word is given in Arabic and in transliteration, followed by an extensive definition. As useful...

The book describes how the bishops of a tiny Christian community in South India, on several occasions determined the history of the famous St Thomas Christians, whose own histories will now need to...

Mandaean priests, representatives of a religious heritage that can be traced back to Late Antique Mesopotamia, still copy their ancient literature by hand. The Great Stem of Souls is a study of the...

The book provides a historical development of the Australian press from Colonial Times till 1923. Since Australia was part of the British Empire, foreign policy decisions made in London impacted on...

A Syriac edition, with English translation, of a the folk-lore and legends connected to Alexander the Great. This ancient text represents a Greek text that is much older than any text that has been...

This books gives the Syriac text of the account of Yaballaha III, Church of the East Patriarch, and his vicar Bar Sauma, the Mongol Ambassador to the Frankish courts at the end of the thirteenth...

History of Egypt from its legendary early beginnings until the seventh century, including the subsequent conquests of North Africa and Spain. Covers the judges of Egypt to 860, and a list of the...

Published for the first time in this book is the History of the Governors of Egypt by Abu Umar Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi (d. 870). Edited from a single manuscript by Nicholas Koenig, this study is...

The History of Holy Mar Ma'in of Sinjar tells the story of a Sasanian general during the time of Shapur II (309-79) who suffered persecution after his conversion to Christianity. Composed probably in...

In this volume, Julius Bewer attempts to construct a coherent history of the tramsission of the New Testament documents in the early Syriac tradition.Author: Julius a. BrewerPublisher: Gorgias...

A fitting contribution to Gorgias Liturgical Studies, Sebastian Brock's The Holy Spirit in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition is a sensitive and evocative treatment of an issue key to any liturgical...

The main purpose of the book is to demonstrate that as early as the first phase of his activity (386-393 AD), Augustine did make use of some Origenian works, and that basic elements of his early...

This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that was spoken by the Jews of Sanandaj in western Iran, but which is now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered...

This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that was spoken by the Jews of Urmi in north-western Iran but which is now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered...

In this stellar study of what the works of select patristic authors (Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Eusebius Ephraem, and Jerome) reveal about the Aggadah, Samuel Krauss offers an...

A fascinating travel journal in the Holy Land and neighboring countries by one of the most prominent writers of the nineteenth century, fully illustrated.Author: Henry Baker TristramPublisher:...

This volume presents the Syriac text of Gregory Bar Hebraeus' collection of humorous stories, sayings, and anecdotes known as the Laughable Stories.Author: Gregory Bar HebraeusPublisher: Gorgias...

John of Dalyatha (690-780 CE) was a monk from a monastery near the Turkey-Iraq border. After living in the monastery for only seven years, he received permission to live a solitary life in the over...

Philoxenos Dolabani provides a brief biographical introduction to Jacob of Serug, including a survey of his life and works.Author: Philoxenos DolabaniPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Jan 01,...

Severus of Antioch is by far the most prolific and well known theologian of the non-Chalcedonian churches. Although his life and writings came to our knowledge in Syriac, gaining him the title "Crown...

This biography ofSeverus, the patriarch of Antioch 512-518 AD, gives unique information about life in Mediterranean region in the second half of the 5th century. It is an important source for studies...

This popular presentation of the life of St. Ephrem in sixteen chapters in Arabic, originally printed at the Dominican Press in Mosul, covers Ephrem's life and activity from his birth. Final chapters...

Dom R.H. Connolly provides an English translation and study of four liturgical homilies by Narsai.Author: R. H. ConnollyPublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: May 01, 2011Number of Pages: 256...

A text for students, with translation, introduction and annotations.Author: W. Jardine GrisbrookePublisher: Gorgias PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 2010Number of Pages: 98 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

In this book, the late Cambridge scholar F. H. Chase gives an insightful study on the Lord's prayer in the early Christian Church. The study first discusses the early Church and the Synagogue, then...

The reign of King Khusrō I (531-579 CE) was a key chapter in the history of the Persian Empire, but it was also an important period for the development of the Church of the East. The Martyrdom...

The fame of the martyr St. Phokas, first bishop of Sinope (on the Black Sea) and patron of seafarers, had spread to many parts of the Christian world by the fifth and sixth centuries. Although the...

The book contains evidence of the identity of the Nestorians, an account of their manners, customes and ceremonies, together with sketches of travel in ancient Assyria, Armenia, Media, and...

This is a comparative translation into English of the two earliest versions of the Syriac (or Aramaic) Gospels (codex Sinaiticus and codex Curetonianus), with some interesting differences between the...