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Joannis Episcopi Ephesi Syri Monophysitae Commentarii de Beatis Orientalibus et Historiae Ecclesiasticae Fragmenta Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 277
ISBN: 9781617192579
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
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 emendations to the Syriac text.
La Chronographie d'Élie bar-Šinaya, métropolitain de Nisibe Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 431
ISBN: 9781617192562
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume contains an annotated French translation of the Chronography of East Syriac author Eliya (or Elias) of Nisibis, also known as Eliya bar Shinaya, (975–1046).
Lettres de Josué, fils de David, surnommé Bar-Kilo, de Sévère Jacques de Bartelli, surnommé Bar-Chacaco, et de David de Beit-Rabban Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 180
ISBN: 9781617191619
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume contains epistolary selections, in vocalized Serto script, of Joshua bar David (also known as bar Kilo), three questions from Jacob bar Shakko’s Dialogue, and letters from David de Beth Rabban.
Monte Singar Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 172
ISBN: 9781617190421
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume contains the Syriac text, with Italian translation, of a catechetical work on the beliefs and practices of the Yezidis based on a manuscript in the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd.
Pardaisa da-Eden seu Paradisus Eden: Carmina Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 140
ISBN: 9781617192531
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume presents the (fully vocalized) Syriac text of ‘Abdisho‘ bar Brikha’s (d. 1318) Paradise of Eden, with every page abundantly annotated. Theodore Nöldeke’s review of the book is also included.
Sancti Gregorii Theologi Liber Carminum Iambicorum: Versio Syriaca Antiquissima, pars prima Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 194
ISBN: 9781617192401
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume contains Syriac texts of the old Syriac translation of Gregory Nazianzen’s orations edited from a Vatican manuscript. The Syriac selections in this volume total 131 parts from Gregory’s works and cover a wide variety subjects.
Sancti Patris Nostri Clementis Romani Epistolae Binae de Virginitate Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 441
ISBN: 9781617192494
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume is a complete presentation and study of the two letters “On Virginity” ascribed to Clement of Rome, only fragmentarily extant in Greek, but surviving complete in Syriac.
Synodus Sciarfensis Syrorum Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 539
ISBN: 9781617192524
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This large volume contains the decisions of the Synod of Sharfeh (Charfet) held in 1888 and touches on almost every aspect of how the Syriac Catholic community is to function.
Testi orientali inediti sopra i Sette Dormienti di Efeso Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 111
ISBN: 9781617197642
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
The present work contains a number of previously unedited eastern Christian texts (Coptic, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Armenian) related to the well-known legend of the Seven Sleepers, edited and translated by the eminent Italian scholar Ignazio Guidi.
The Book of Protection, being a Collection of Charms Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 225
ISBN: 9781617192364
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume is an edition, with annotated English translation, of three charm manuscripts from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with charms for a great number of situations.
The Life of Rabban Hormizd Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 182
ISBN: 9781611435825
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
E. A. Wallis Budge presents here the Syriac text of a metrical, acrostic work that covers the life of Rabban Hormizd and the foundation of the monastery named after him important within the Assyrian Church of the East tradition.
The Tradition of the Syriac Church of Antioch concerning the Primacy and the Prerogatives of St. Peter and of his Successors the Roman Pontiffs Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781617192425
Pub Date: 27 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume includes both the Syriac and English of a unique work in which Cyril Behnam Benni, Archbishop of Nineveh, presents testimonies of Syriac texts on the subjects of St. Peter, the Roman Church, and the Roman Pontiffs.
Cyriacus of Tagrit and his Book on Divine Providence (Vol 1) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 252
ISBN: 9781463201722
Pub Date: 21 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
Description:
Cyriacus of Tagrit was patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch between 793 and 817 under the Abbasid Caliphate, a turbulent and divided period in the history of his church in the Middle East. This work, for the first time, collects together and provides a critical edition and annotated English translation of all of his extant and accessible writings. The book focuses on his major composition, The Book on Divine Providence.
Cyriacus of Tagrit and his Book on Divine Providence (Vol 2) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 563
ISBN: 9781463201739
Pub Date: 21 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
Description:
Cyriacus of Tagrit was patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch between 793 and 817 under the Abbasid Caliphate, a turbulent and divided period in the history of his church in the Middle East. This work, for the first time, collects together and provides a critical edition and annotated English translation of all of his extant and accessible writings. The book focuses on his major composition, The Book on Divine Providence.
A Dictionary of the Bible (vol 5) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 960
ISBN: 9781617192180
Pub Date: 14 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
This copious dictionary of the Bible includes maps, an index, and a volume of related articles on various topics.
Ausgewählte Gesänge des Giwargis Warda von Arbel Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 140
ISBN: 9781617192548
Pub Date: 14 Mar 2012
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
In this volume, Hilgenfeld presents a critical edition of nine poems by Gewargis Warda (13th cent.), mostly on contemporary events. The poems are also translated into German with annotations and an introduction.