Theology & Religion Hero Image
Theology & Religion
Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 11 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 84
ISBN: 9781463201531
Pub Date: 16 Sep 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies
Description:
Volume 11 includes articles by Robert Mason, Alessandro Mengozzi, Mar Emmanuel J. Emmanuel, Shawqi Talia, Edward Odisho, and Kyle Smith and is archaeology and Neo-Aramaic.
The Little Flower Bulb Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781847302601
Pub Date: 07 Sep 2011
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
The Little Flower Bulb tells the story of Jamie, his mom, and his twin sisters, and of how Jamie comes to deal with the death of his father. Suitable for children aged 3-10, this beautifully illustrated book will be helpful for parents when talking to children bereaved by the suicide of a close relative.
The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781463200541
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts
Description:
This book explores the role of the biblical patriarch Abraham in the formation and use of authoritative texts in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. It reflects a conference session in 2009 focusing on Abraham as a figure of cultural memory in the literature of these periods. Cultural memory is the shared reproduction and recalling of what has been learned and retained.
The Two Syriac Versions of the Prayer of Manasseh Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 279
ISBN: 9781463200503
Pub Date: 03 Aug 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
Description:
The authors present a detailed philological and linguistic comparison of two versions of The Prayer of Manasseh. Combing state-of-the-art computational tools together with traditional philology, the texts are compared at all linguistic levels, from their vocabulary up to their discursive structure, with a special emphasis on their morphology and syntax. The results are revealing not only for the question of the relationship between the two versions, but they also illuminate various debates pertaining to Syriac syntax.
Bibliothecae Syriacae Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 266
ISBN: 9781611434736
Pub Date: 28 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Most of the Bible in Syriac, with eight fragments in Greek.
Auszüge aus syrischen Akten persischer Märtyrer Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 349
ISBN: 9781611436273
Pub Date: 21 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Georg Hoffmann provides here a German translation of several extensive excerpts from the Syriac Acts of the Persian Martyers.
Christians in China Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 354
ISBN: 9781611436051
Pub Date: 21 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
A. C. Moule presents here a survey of the sources for Christianity in China prior to 1550 in order to construct a history of Christianity in China prior to the modern missions of the sixteenth century.
Les origines de l’église d’Édesse et des églises syriennes Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 161
ISBN: 9781617192289
Pub Date: 21 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
Beginning with the letters of Paul and the Acts of the Apostles, Martin follows the course of Christianity into its becoming so important in Edessa and its branching out from there to other regions.
The History of the New Testament Canon in the Syrian Church Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 77
ISBN: 9781611433562
Pub Date: 21 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
In this volume, Julius Bewer attempts to construct a coherent history of the tramsission of the New Testament documents in the early Syriac tradition.
The Religions of Modern Syria and Palestine Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 372
ISBN: 9781611436044
Pub Date: 21 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume represents the Bross Lectures given by Frederick J. Bliss in 1908 in which he describes the religious practices of Christians and Muslims in Syria and Palestine.
A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 298
ISBN: 9781611435634
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Moran Etho
Description:
Sebastian Brock provides an overview of Syriac literature from the second to the twenty-first century. Brock divides this overview into six historical periods, surveys the important authors and writings of each period, and provides excerpts from some important writings.
A Catechism on Biblical History in the Aramaic Dialect of Mosul Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 97
ISBN: 9781617197567
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume provides an overview of biblical history in the form of questions and answers in the modern Aramaic dialect of Mosul.
Antiqua Ecclesiae Syro-Chaldaicae Traditio circa Petri Apostoli eiusque Successorum Romanorum Pontificum Divinum Primatum Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 198
ISBN: 9781617192449
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
In this volume, Clemens Joseph David (1829-1890), a prominent scholar of the Syriac Catholic Church and Archbishop of Damascus, studies the subject of the primacy of Peter and his successors.
Breviarium Chaldaicum in usum Nationis Chaldaicae Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 590
ISBN: 9781617193996
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume, edited by the Chaldean priest Joseph Guriel (d. 1890), contains the prayers for priests for the common and feast days according to the East Syrian Rite.
Christianity in Travancore Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 130
ISBN: 9781617191794
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume covers the history of Christianity in southern India, and is written as a straightforward essay, along with detailed notes at the end of the work.
Das heilige Evangelium des Iohannes, syrisch, in Harklensischer Uebersetzung Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9781607249955
Pub Date: 12 Jul 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Syriac Studies Library
Description:
This volume presents a meticulously detailed edition of the Gospel of John in the Harklean version of the Syriac New Testament according to a Vatican manuscript. Bernstein provides both a lengthy introduction and several pages of critical notes.