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Women in Aphrahat: Some Observations Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 25
ISBN: 9781463200879
Pub Date: 14 Dec 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Fourth-century Aphrahat is characterized as misogynist, especially when he compares women to Satan. This may be an unintended result of contemporary Christian literature. The the eschatological context of Aphrahat’s asceticism, salvific role of Mary, victimization in Aphrahat’s work, and positive statements about women negotiate this view.
Aphrahat Demonstrations II Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 419
ISBN: 9781611435733
Pub Date: 13 Dec 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Moran Etho
Description:
Kuriakose Valavanolickal presents here in two volumes the first English translation of the twenty-three Demonstrations by Aphrahat, the fourth century Persian Sage, who is one of the earliest authors of the Syriac tradition.
Jewish-Christian Conversation in Fourth-Century Persian Mesopotamia Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 198
ISBN: 9781463201562
Pub Date: 13 Dec 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Was there an active Jewish-Christian polemic in fourth-century Persia? Aphrahat’s Demonstrations, a fourth-century adversus Judaeos text, clearly indicates that fourth-century Persian Christians were interested in the debate. Is there evidence of this polemic in the rabbinic literature?
The Commentary of Dionysius Bar Salibi on the Eucharist Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 120
ISBN: 9781617194047
Pub Date: 13 Dec 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Moran Etho
Description:
Bar Salibi’s commentary on the Eucharist is an invaluable witness to the history of the Syriac version of the anaphora of St James. Fr. B.
The Harp (Volume 20 Part 1) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 468
ISBN: 9781611436549
Pub Date: 13 Dec 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: The Harp
Description:
The Harp is the scholarly journal of Syriac, Oriental, and Ecumenical studies published by the St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute (SEERI) in Kottayam, India.
Zur handscriftlichen Überlieferung  der griechischen Apologeten Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9781617193552
Pub Date: 13 Dec 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
A detailed description of the manuscript of Greek apologetics compiled by the 10th century bishop and scholar, Arethas of Caesarea (in Cappadocia).
From Big Bang to Big Mystery Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 366
ISBN: 9781847302717
Pub Date: 05 Dec 2011
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
This book is about the ultimate question or Big Mystery: where did human beings come from. One of the author’s favourite quotes is from the American-based philosopher of evolution, Michael Ruse, who’s said that: ‘Unfortunately, there is simply nothing in the literature by philosophers on human origins.’ In a facinating, accessible and thorough study, renowned priest Brendan Purcell explores this complex area and tries to make up for that lack?
Letters to Olive Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781847302618
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2011
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
John Quinn met his wife Olive in Blanchardstown sanatorium. The shy, young teacher and the confident beauty fell in love – letters flew between them and diary entries recorded heady times. In June 2001, they went for a trip to Rosslare to celebrate Olive’s recovery from a recent illness.
The Celebration of Marriage within Mass Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9781847303486
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2011
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
If you are planning a marriage ceremony this book will be your guide. The Celebration of Marriage will steer you through the stages of the ceremony and give you alternatives for each stage. For example, it offers four different forms of marriage vows, four variations of the Blessing of Rings, three Eucharistic prayers and Communion Rites to choose from, as well as a variety of Concluding Rites.
When Times are Tough Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781847302625
Pub Date: 16 Nov 2011
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
This collection of Irish Times articles and Drivetime radio slots by clinical psychologist Marie Murray faces up to the tough economic times in which we live with understanding, humour, clinical compassion, common-sense and a wealth of imaginative ideas on how to make life rich in recessionary times. With a cheerful note, practical advice, sound psychological sense and a reassuring voice, When Times are Tough offers little notes of positivity for everyday life.
Analysing Allerzielen Alom Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 78
ISBN: 9789088900617
Pub Date: 08 Nov 2011
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
Since 2005, Dutch artist Ida van der Lee's Allerzielen Alom (or All Souls' All Around) project, as well as its various offshoots, have flowered throughout the Netherlands. In doing so they have brought a diverse public of various ages and religious as well as non-religious backgrounds together at the end of October or the beginning of November at hospitably decorated cemeteries and crematoria. Here, after dusk, these visitors were given various chances to commemorate their dearly departed using everyday objects to perform small ritual acts.
Maris Amri et Slibae De Patriarchibus Nestorianorum Commentaria Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 590
ISBN: 9781617193958
Pub Date: 03 Nov 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This large volume contains a work on the Patriarchs of the Church of the East, taken from the Liber turris. The Arabic text is given together with a Latin translation and several helpful indices.
Mystic Treatises by Isaac of Nineveh Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 458
ISBN: 9781617195020
Pub Date: 03 Nov 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
A.J. Wensinck (1882–1939) here offers an English translation of Isaac of Nineveh’s (late 7th cent.
Sancti Ephraem Syri (Vol 4) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 494
ISBN: 9781611435917
Pub Date: 03 Nov 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Volume 1 of Thomas J. Levy’s collection of the works of Ephrem the Syrian, including the Syriac text and Latin translation.
Six Homilies by Jacob of Sarug Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 62
ISBN: 9781593334451
Pub Date: 03 Nov 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Jacob of Sarug (451–521) was a prolific writer of the Syriac Church and was known as “the flute of the Holy Spirit and the harp of the believing church”. Sebastian Brock gives the Syriac edition of six homilies written by Jacob: on the birth of our Lord; on the baptism of our Lord; on the Great Lent; on Palm Sunday; on Good Friday; on Easter Sunday. The text is based on an ancient manuscripts preserved in London and dated 609.
Authority Within the Christian Church Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 233
ISBN: 9781611439571
Pub Date: 27 Oct 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
At the present time, when authority for the church's beliefs and actions is the subject of much discussion, this book attempts to look to the authority of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and how these are transmitted within apostolic tradition by word, actions, and writings. Elements giving weight to authority (co-inherence, consistency, and universality) are examined along with the scope and limits of interpretative tradition.