Gorgias Press
Founded in 2001 Gorgias Press is an independent academic publisher of books and journals related to history, languages, and religious studies, with specific areas of expertise in the Ancient Near East, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Archaeology, Biblical Studies, Classics, Early Christianity, Jewish Studies, Linguistics, and Syriac.
Gorgias [GOR-gee-us] Press was originally created by George and Christine Kiraz as a specialty press that could keep up with their research interests. With a background in computational linguistics, George Kiraz envisioned combining cutting-edge technology with humanities research. The new company would be completely online, with no physical storefront, and it would use automation and digital printing technology rather than traditional print runs. With these tools, the press could afford to publish rare and understudied topics that were previously considered unprofitable, and Gorgias soon became known for its pioneering work in language and linguistics, religion, and especially Syriac and Eastern Christianity.
Gorgias’ philosophy of “Publishing for the Sake of Knowledge” rather than profit, attracted a number of new authors, and the press’ areas of interest rapidly began to expand. Today, Gorgias Press publishes 50-60 new titles a year, including monographs, edited volumes, translations, and more, and Gorgias books can be found in academic collections all over the world.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 101
ISBN: 9781463206772
Pub Date: 06 Feb 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 4 articles: Raphael Sealey, 'How Citizenship and the City Began in Athens', Israel Shatzman, 'The Beginning of the Roman Defensive System in Judaea', Thomas R. Martin, 'Quintus Curtius' Presentation of Philip Arrhidaeus and Josephus' Accounts of the Accession of Claudius', D.
R. Shackleton Bailey, 'Brothers or Cousins?'.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9781463206789
Pub Date: 06 Feb 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 7 articles: T. Yoshimura, 'Zum romischen Libertas-Begriff in der Aussenpolitok im zweiten Jahrhundart vor Chr', Kerry A.
Christensen, 'The Theseion: A Slave Refuge at Athens', Adalberto Giovannini, 'Review-Discussion: Roman Eastern Policy in the Late Republic', S.V. Tracy, 'The Date of the Athenian Archon Achaios', Michael Vickers, 'Demus's Gold Phiale (Lysias 19.25)', Robert L. Hohlfelder, 'Marcian's Gamble: A Reassessment of Eastern Imperial Policy toward Attila AD 450-453', C.P.T. Naude, 'The Date of the Lower Books of Ammianus Marcellinus'.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 102
ISBN: 9781463206703
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 5 articles: Stanley M. Burstein, 'The Aftermath of the Peace of Apamea', Edward Champlin, 'The Volcei Land-Register (CIL X 407)', John K.
Evans, 'Plebs Rustica. The Peasantry of Classical Italy', Allen M. Ward, 'The Conference of Luca: Did it Happen?', Noel D. Robertson, 'The True Nature of the 'Delian League'',
Format: Paperback
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9781463206734
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 5 articles: John J. Keaney, 'Aristotle, Politics 2.
12.1274a22-b28', Walter Donlan, 'Scale, Value and Function in the Homeric Economy', Lawrence A. Tritle, 'Phokion Phokou Potamios?', Robert Drews, 'The Coming of the City to Central Italy', Kenneth Wellesley, 'What Happened on the Capitol in December AD 69?'.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 102
ISBN: 9781463206727
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 4 articles: V.M.
Warrior, 'Livy, Book 42: Structure and Chronology', Judith R. Ginsburg, 'Nero's Consular Policy', R.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 101
ISBN: 9781463206666
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 6 articles: Peter Green, 'Caesar and Alexander: Aemulatio, Imitatio, Comparatio', Phyllis Culham, 'The Delian League: Bicameral or Unicameral?', J.
M. Bigwood, 'Ctesias' Description of Babylon', T.D. Barnes, 'Emperor and Bishops, A.D. 324-244: Some Problems', Duncan Fishwick, 'Claudius Submersus', Marleen Boudreau Flory, 'Family in Familia: Kinship and Community in Slavery'.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 106
ISBN: 9781463206697
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 8 articles: P.J.
Parsons, 'The Burial of Philip II?', Eugene N. Borza, 'Some Observations on Malaria and the Ecology of Central Macedonia in Antiquity', John Humphrey, 'The Three Daughters of Agrippina Maior', Luciana Aigner Foresti, 'Zur Zeremonie der Nagelschlagung in Rom und in Etrurien', June W. Allison, 'Additional Note', Frank
Format: Paperback
Pages: 101
ISBN: 9781463206680
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 7 articles: E. Fredricksmeyer, 'Three Notes on Alexander's Deification', June W.
Allison, 'Thucydides and Polypragmosyne', K.H. Kinzl, 'Betrachtungen zur Alteren Griechischen Tyrannis', Roger S. Bagnall, 'The Date of te Foundation of Alexandria', John Buckler, 'The Re-establishment of the Boiotarchia (378 BC), Frank M. Clover, 'Count Gainas and Count Sebastian', Catherine Reid Rubincam, 'Qualification of Numerals in Thucydides'.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 101
ISBN: 9781463206673
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 7 articles: E.M.
Wightman, 'Peasants and Potentates: An Investigation of Social Structure and Land Tenure in Roman Gaul', G.L. Snider, 'Hesiod's Sailing Season (W & D 663-665)', Larissa Bonfante, 'Historical Art: Etruscan and Early Roman', T.P. Wiseman, 'Flavians on the Capitol', P. Harding, 'O Androtion, You Fool!', J.R. Melville-Jones, 'The Value of Gold at Athens in 329/8 BC', K.R. Walters, 'Diodorus 11.82-84 and the Second Battle of Tanagra'.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 134
ISBN: 9781463206383
Pub Date: 26 Jan 2017
Description:
The Decisive Treatise is perhaps the most controversial work of Averroes (Ibn Rushd, 1126-1198) and belongs to a trilogy which boldly represent the philosophical contribution to Islamic theology of this famous Andalusian commentator on Aristotle. The Decisive Treatise is a fatwa (a legal opinion) that the judge, Averroes, promulgated for his fellow Malikite jurists in order to demonstrate that the study of philosophy is not only licit from the point of view of religious law, but even mandatory for the skilled people. However, many subjects are dealt with in this comparatively short book: An epistemology aimed to show that philosophical truth and religious truth are not in contradiction; a sociology of knowledge pointing out that humans are classified in three classes (philosophers, theologians, common folk); a Qur’anic hermeneutics suggesting how to approach philosophically the Holy Book in agreement with religious requirements and linguistic rules.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 686
ISBN: 9781463206918
Pub Date: 26 Jan 2017
Series: Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts
Description:
This volume incorporates all the articles and reviews published in volume 13 (2013) of the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 269
ISBN: 9781463205737
Pub Date: 26 Jan 2017
Series: Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Text and Translation
Description:
The first critical editions and English translations of the two Syriac recensions of a fascinating text which narrates the story of a young Jewish child, Asher. After converting to Christianity and taking the name ʿAḇdā da-Mšiḥā (‘slave of Christ’), he is martyred by his father. In a detailed introduction, Butts and Gross challenge the use of this text by previous scholars as evidence for historical interactions between Jews and Christians, reevaluating its purpose and situating the story in its Late Antique Babylonian context.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 165
ISBN: 9781463206482
Pub Date: 23 Jan 2017
Series: Journal of Language Relationship
Description:
The Journal of Language Relationship is an international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative linguistics and the history of the human language. The Journal contains articles written in English and Russian, as well as scientific reviews, discussions and reports from international linguistic conferences and seminars.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 84
ISBN: 9781463206796
Pub Date: 03 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 8 articles: Sarah B. Pomeroy, 'The Persian King and the Queen Bee', R.
T. Scott, 'A Note on the City and the Camp in Tacitus, Histories 3.71', Robert Drews, 'The Lacuna in Tacitus' Annales Book Five in the Light of Christian Traditions', Duncan Fishwick, 'Pliny and the Christians', Duncan Fishwick, 'The Temple of Caesar at Alexandria', Arthur M. Eckstein, 'Review-Discussion: Two Interpretations of Caesar', Michael Peachin, 'A Note on the Early Days of Diocletian's Reign', Lee E. Reams, 'Sulla's Alleged Early Poverty and Roman Rent'.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 103
ISBN: 9781463206758
Pub Date: 03 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 5 articles: Edward Champlin, 'The Suburbium of Rome', Robert A. Moysey, 'Isokrates' On the Peace: Rhetorical Exercise or Political Advice?
', N.G.L. Hammond and M.B. Hatzopoulos, 'The Via Egnatia in Western Macedonia I', Arthur Keaveney, 'Sulla Augur', M.H. Hansen, 'Demographic Reflections on the Number of Athenian Citizens 451-309 BC'.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 108
ISBN: 9781463206901
Pub Date: 03 Jan 2017
Series: American Journal of Ancient History
Description:
The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 3 articles: 'Review-Discussion: M.H.
Crawford (ed.), Roman Statues': Volume I: Wolfgang Dieter Lebek; Volume II: Bernardo Santalucia, Robert J. Littman, 'Dor and the Athenian Empire', Christopher Ehrhardt, 'Athens, Egypt, Phoenicia, c. 459-444 BC'.