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Breviarium Chaldaicum in usum Nationis Chaldaicae Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 590
ISBN: 9781617193996
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume, edited by the Chaldean priest Joseph Guriel (d. 1890), contains the prayers for priests for the common and feast days according to the East Syrian Rite.
Christianity in Travancore Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 130
ISBN: 9781617191794
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume covers the history of Christianity in southern India, and is written as a straightforward essay, along with detailed notes at the end of the work.
Das heilige Evangelium des Iohannes, syrisch, in Harklensischer Uebersetzung Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9781607249955
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume presents a meticulously detailed edition of the Gospel of John in the Harklean version of the Syriac New Testament according to a Vatican manuscript. Bernstein provides both a lengthy introduction and several pages of critical notes.
De S. Isaaci Ninivitae Vita, Scriptis et Doctrina Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 166
ISBN: 9781617192029
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
In this volume, Chabot is concerned with the life and work of the widely influential Church of the East author Isaac of Nineveh (late 7th cent.). Three sermons, in Syriac and Latin, conclude the work.
Dissertatio de Syrorum Fide et Disciplina in Re Eucharistica Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 289
ISBN: 9781617192319
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Lamy here studies questions on the Eucharist according to Syriac witnesses. In addition, he gives canonical texts (in Syriac and Latin with thorough commentary) from John of Tella and Jacob of Edessa.
History of the Monastery of Mor Gabriel Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 178
ISBN: 9781611432206
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani provides a history of the monastery of Mor Gabriel, the oldest surviving monastery of the Syrian Orthodox tradition.
La Chaldée Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 219
ISBN: 9781617192555
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
French orientalist Paulin Martin (1840-1890) here discusses Christianity in 19th century Iraq and the surrounding areas.
Les origines de l’église d’Édesse et la légende d’Abgar Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 203
ISBN: 9781617191800
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume is a study of the origins of Christianity in Edessa, covering the question from both a historical and a legendary perspective, including the Doctrine of Addai.
Neo-Assyrian Prophecy and the Hebrew Bible: Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 404
ISBN: 9781463200770
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts
Description:
Previous generations of scholars believed that prophecy was unique to ancient Israel. However, recent archaeological discoveries reveal that numerous societies in the ancient Near East practiced prophecy. This study examines the similarities and differences between Neo-Assyrian and biblical prophecy, particularly focusing on the 7th c.
Nestorius and his Teaching Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 254
ISBN: 9781617192418
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This still standard study on Nestorius is guided by the question: Did Nestorius mean what people have thought that he meant? Chapters cover the sources and content for our knowledge about his teaching.
Saint Ephrem le Syrien Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 180
ISBN: 9781617193095
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
In this multi-faceted study of Greek texts related to Ephrem, Emereau examines these works from a number of angles, including their poetic form, their influence on homily writers of the 5th cent., and Byzantine hymnography.
Scholia on Passages of the Old Testament by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 108
ISBN: 9781607249962
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume contains a collection of short notes on select biblical passages from the Old Testament by one of the most celebrated authors of the Syriac tradition. The work includes both the Syriac text and an annotated English translation.
Second-Wave Jewish Feminism, 1971-1991: Foundational Theology and Sacral Discourse Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781463200848
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This book is the definitive critical analysis of the Jewish feminist theological project in the United States, its principal theologians and its foundational, embryonic, and more elaborated sacral discursive. The monograph critically examines each of the diverse theologians, their varied perspectives, and individual contributions, and asks will a prescriptive Jewish feminist theology ever be a reality?
Syri Orientales, seu Chaldaei, Nestoriani et Romanorum Pontificum Primatus Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 228
ISBN: 9781617192067
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Khayyath, Chaldean archbishop of Amid, here explores the literary testimonies of writers in Syriac and Arabic from the Church of the East on the question of the primacy of the Roman pontiff.
The History of the Maronite Mission in Egypt, 1745-1927 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 348
ISBN: 9781617192395
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Khoury provides a complete history of the Maronite Mission in Egypt from the mid-18th into the beginning of the 20th century, including chapters on the important figures connected with the mission and other historical events.
The Influence of the Septuagint upon the Peshitta Psalter Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 173
ISBN: 9781617191787
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume, the author’s dissertation written under Gottheil’s supervision, investigates the numerous variants between the Syriac version of the Psalms and the Hebrew text in light of those texts themselves and with thorough reference to the Septuagint.