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Clavis Syriaca: A Key to the Ancient Syriac Version Called “Peshitto” of the Four Holy Gospels (Study Edition) Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 600
ISBN: 9781593331788
Pub Date: 27 Jul 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Handbooks
Description:
Clavis Syriaca furnishes a complete analysis of the text of the Gospels of the Peshitta New Testament and is an excellent study tool for students who wish to study it. The Clavis begins with the Gospel of St. John, as its language is the simplest, and ends with that of St.
Remnants of the Later Syriac Versions of the Bible Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 348
ISBN: 9781593331757
Pub Date: 27 Jul 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
In this two-part work, originally published in 1909, John Gwynn presented a small collection of New and Old Testament Syriac biblical texts, drawn from the Philoxenian and Syro-Hexaplar versions. Both parts are composed of Syriac and Greek texts and accompanied by Gwynn’s extensive notes.
The Apocalypse of St. John Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781593331740
Pub Date: 27 Jul 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Published in 1897, John Gwynn’s, The Apocalypse of St. John in a Syriac Version Hitherto Unknown, was the first Syriac book issued from the Dublin University Press. It is based on his study of a manuscript obtained on loan from the personal library of the Earl of Crawford.
The Old Syriac Gospels of Evangelion Da-Mepharreshe Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 334
ISBN: 9781593331344
Pub Date: 27 Jul 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This work was meant to supply a new edition of the Sinai Palimpsest text of the Old Syriac Gospels. Lewis's edition of the Syriac text, accompanied by an Introduction and extensive scholarly apparatus, is again made widely available in this Gorgias Press reprint.
The Syrians in America Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 156
ISBN: 9781593331764
Pub Date: 27 Jul 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This is the first academic study to discuss the immigration of Arabs to the U.S. Hitti describes the social and educational conditions of the immigrants and the religious problems and issues that arose as a result.
Legends of Eastern Saints Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 388
ISBN: 9781593332433
Pub Date: 08 Jul 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
In this GP edition, scholars and students will find Wensinck’s collection of texts from Ethiopic, Arabic, Syriac, and Karshuni manuscripts, as well as English translations of the legends of Archelides and Hilaria, assembled in one volume.
The Book of Common Prayer [shhimo] of the Syrian Church Cover The Book of Common Prayer [shhimo] of the Syrian Church Cover
Format: 
Pages: 380
ISBN: 9781593332464
Pub Date: 08 Jul 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Pages: 377
ISBN: 9781593330330
Pub Date: 08 Jul 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
A translation (from the Syriac) of the West Syriac Daily Offices, known as the book of shhimo.
Ancient Syriac Documents Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 332
ISBN: 9781593331368
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Cureton’s book was first begun as early as 1848 on the basis of manuscripts in the collection of the British Museum. It furnished nineteenth-century students of Syriac Christianity with a wealth of new resources and continues to be just as valuable for students today.
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (Vol 1) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 340
ISBN: 9781593332471
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Originally published in 1871, Wright’s work was marked by the author’s diligent care to transmit the best manuscript sources at his disposal. Here, Wright’s two volumes of Syriac texts and English translations are presented in this Gorgias Press edition.
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (Vol 2) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 324
ISBN: 9781593332488
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Originally published in 1871, Wright’s work was marked by the author’s diligent care to transmit the best manuscript sources at his disposal. Here, Wright’s two volumes of Syriac texts and English translations are presented in this Gorgias Press edition.
Dr. Grant and the Mountain Nestorians Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 424
ISBN: 9781593331818
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Drawing extensively from Dr. Grant's own letters and journals, Laurie's narrative provides a lively account of the life and work of a little-known nineteenth-century missionary.
India and the Apostle Thomas Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9781593331801
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Did St. Thomas visit India or is the story a legend? Medlycott provides the answer using archeological and patristic sources.
Palestinian Syriac Texts Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9781593331849
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
From the Ben Ezra Synagogue Genizah came thirty-two of the thirty-four palimpsest fragments that make up the material of this book. Originally published in 1900, Gorgias Press is pleased to present this reprint edition of Lewis and Gibson’s work.
Remains of a Very Ancient Recension of the Four Gospels in Syriac Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 187
ISBN: 9781593332457
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Working from a composite manuscript obtained in 1842 from the Syrian monastery of St. Mary Deipara, Cureton reconstructed the fragmentary remnants of what he identified as a fifth-century manuscript of the four canonical Gospels.
Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781593331375
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This two-volume set is still a standard reference used today on the subject. It is one of the most detailed studies on OT Hebrew syntax.
Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch (Vol 1) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 596
ISBN: 9781593331863
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2005
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This book provides readers with English translations of two valuable Aramaic paraphrases of the Hebrew Scriptures. Volume I contains the author’s introduction and collated translations of the targums on Genesis and Exodus. Volume II contains collated translations of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.