This volume contains a German translation of a fascinating work on the soul in all its characteristics and aspects from the Syrian Orthodox author Mushe bar Kipho (d. 903).

The Philalethes of Severus of Antioch (d. 538) is one of the most important documents of anti-Chalcedonian christological writing. This volume contains the Syriac text, a Latin translation, and a brief introduction.

Rubens Duval, known for his Syriac grammar and editions of Syriac texts, here offers a complete historical study of Edessa up to the first Crusade. Everything from geography to language and literature to political interactions are covered.

The Philalethes of Severus of Antioch (d. 538) is one of the most important documents of anti-Chalcedonian christological writing. This volume contains the Syriac text, a Latin translation, and a brief introduction.

In the present volume, Sebastian Brock provides an introduction and overview of the unique themes and features of spirituality in the Syriac tradition and includes excerpts from various texts throughout the Syriac tradition that exhibit these features.

Lilias Trotter moved from England to Algiers in 1888, at the age of 35, and died there in 1928. In the latter stages of her mission there, she wrote specifically for Muslims influenced by mysticism. Lilias based The Way of the Sevenfold Secret on Christ’s seven ‘I am’ sayings in John’s gospel, and attempted to link them to the traditional seven steps taken by members of Sufi orders in their quest for union with God. This republication should enable readers to capture the essence of a woman whose legacy is vitally alive for our times.

This comprehensive text provides a guide to the traditional marginalia to the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.

This book relates the legend of the monk Bahira and his alleged interactions with the Prophet Muhammad.

A massive undertaking, this widely read memoir of an American missionary in Syria and Lebanon during the nineteenth century has become a standard reference. Providing background and color for his own work, Jessup helps the reader understand some of the tragic incidents he faced, but also the optimistic sense of success that would eventually arise from the work he had done. Encompassing the spirit of travel and adventure characterized by the Gorgias Historic Travels in the Cradle of Civilization, this two-volume recollection will find avid readers from missions-minded laity and historians of Syria and Lebanon alike.

A massive undertaking, this widely read memoir of an American missionary in Syria and Lebanon during the nineteenth century has become a standard reference. Providing background and color for his own work, Jessup helps the reader understand some of the tragic incidents he faced, but also the optimistic sense of success that would eventually arise from the work he had done. Encompassing the spirit of travel and adventure characterized by the Gorgias Historic Travels in the Cradle of Civilization, this two-volume recollection will find avid readers from missions-minded laity and historians of Syria and Lebanon alike.

In this work, the author’s doctoral thesis, Hayes looks at the “school” very broadly in general terms of the Christian intellectual and theological milieu of the city.

The text published here is the Book of the Laws of Countries, a dialogue in which Bardaisan plays the major role. Nau gives this fascinating text in Syriac (Estrangela) and a French translation along with explanatory notes.

This volume, the author’s doctoral thesis, contains a detailed but concise study of Aphrahat’s Demonstrations. The main part of the book is divided into two parts: the Church in Persia, and doctrine in the Demonstrations.

Rahmani presents an edition of Ephrem’s poems “On Virginity,’ which in fact deal with a number of other subjects as well, especially biblical narratives. He presents the Syriac text, an annotated Latin translation, an introduction, and a brief lexicon.

This work consists of five leaves of the old Syriac version of the Bible, in the Palestinian dialect. Included are images of some of the leaves, Syriac text, English translation, notes, and a essay on the underlying Greek text.

Relying on a comparison of Scripture citations in Rabbula’s translation of Cyril with the corresponding texts in the Syriac Peshitta, Arthur Vööbus argues that Rabbula of Edessa was not responsible for the creation of the Peshitta.