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: Hardback
Pages: 332
ISBN: 9781593334048
Pub Date: 23 Aug 2006
Description:
This work depicts the life of the missionary in the Middle East during the nineteenth century. The book begins with a history of Persia and its topography and character. Then the author gives a travelogue of his journeys in the Middle East, describing aspects of daily life.
The modern Assyrians and Kurds get a prominent place in the book. The author describes places in modern Iran, Iraq and Turkey.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 86
ISBN: 9781593334017
Pub Date: 23 Aug 2006
Description:
This book gives a detailed picture of the Baqubah refugee camp by the commandant of the camp. Austin discusses the camp’s organization and daily life. The book also discusses the work of the “Assyrian Contingent” that was formed in the camp.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 364
ISBN: 9781593334024
Pub Date: 23 Aug 2006
Description:
The Book of the Bee is a collection of theological and historical texts compiled by Solomon of Akhlat in the thirteenth century. The book consists of 55 chapters discussing various topics including the creation, heaven and earth, the angels, darkness, paradise, Old Testament patriarchs, New Testament events, lists of kings and patriarchs, and the final day of resurrection. This edition by E.
A. W. Budge gives the original Syriac text with an English translation. The edition also includes an extract from the Arabic version of the same text.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9781593334031
Pub Date: 23 Aug 2006
Description:
Describes the life and customs, both ancient and modern, of the modern Assyrians (“Nestorians”) who formed in the nineteenth century a remarkable outpost of Christianity in the Middle East. The authors rely in their descriptions on the Sunhadus, or Book of Canon Law, which governs that Church even today.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 396
ISBN: 9781593334093
Pub Date: 08 Aug 2006
Description:
Willem Cornelis van Unnik gives a comprehensive research of the liturgical writings of Isho’yabh IV in the context of the "Nestorian" liturgical tradition based on the manuscript tradition. After an analysis of the text, the author gives an annotated English translation of the text and a reproduction of the original Syriac text with a critical apparatus.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 351
ISBN: 9781593333676
Pub Date: 01 Aug 2006
Series: Texts and Studies
Description:
The sixteen studies in this volume explore a variety of topics pertaining to the transmission and reception of the New Testament text. Including articles by Barbara Aland, D. C.
Parker, Eldon Epp, Gordon Fee, Everett Ferguson, and others, the results of these studies have important implications for the interpretation of the New Testament and for understanding the formative impact of the text on Early Christianity. Indispensable for those interested in textual criticism, this compilation will be a welcome resource for New Testament scholars, and those interested in Early Christianity.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 348
ISBN: 9781593333416
Pub Date: 31 Jul 2006
Description:
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 9,000 ft high mountains of Dalyatha where he spent most of his life. When he became too old to live on his own, he came down from the mountains, formed a community around himself and wrote these works.
In them, John outlines the life itinerary of those who are baptized, the "Way of Wonder" - leading to the vision of God.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 936
ISBN: 9781593333324
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2006
Description:
Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines of poetry based on Bedjan’s 1905 edition.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 446
ISBN: 9781593333331
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2006
Description:
Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines of poetry based on Bedjan’s 1905 edition.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 876
ISBN: 9781593333287
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2006
Description:
Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines of poetry based on Bedjan’s 1905 edition.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 936
ISBN: 9781593333317
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2006
Description:
Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines of poetry based on Bedjan’s 1905 edition.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 938
ISBN: 9781593333300
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2006
Description:
Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines of poetry based on Bedjan’s 1905 edition.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 920
ISBN: 9781593333294
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2006
Description:
Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines of poetry based on Bedjan’s 1905 edition.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 737
ISBN: 9781593332914
Pub Date: 12 Jun 2006
Description:
This work covers the history of the world form the earliest period of the patriarchs, prophets, and rulers down to July 915. It includes the histories of the Sasanian period, the Prophet Muhammad and the first four caliphs, the Umaiyads, and the Abbasids.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 737
ISBN: 9781593332907
Pub Date: 12 Jun 2006
Description:
This work covers the history of the world form the earliest period of the patriarchs, prophets, and rulers down to July 915. It includes the histories of the Sasanian period, the Prophet Muhammad and the first four caliphs, the Umaiyads, and the Abbasids.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 611
ISBN: 9781593332891
Pub Date: 12 Jun 2006
Description:
This work covers the history of the world form the earliest period of the patriarchs, prophets, and rulers down to July 915. It includes the histories of the Sasanian period, the Prophet Muhammad and the first four caliphs, the Umaiyads, and the Abbasids.