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Texts and Translations of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (vol 3) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 551
ISBN: 9781593333935
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This invaluable eleven-volume set on the Chronicle of Michael the Great makes the scholarly resources on this unique manuscript available together for the first time. Now inaccessible, the Chronicle is the largest medieval chronicle known, and is available here for the first time in history as a facsimile copy of the original manuscript, as well as in a copy of the original Syriac, the French translation, an abbreviated Armenian recension, and Arabic versions. The Chronicle is one of the most important primary sources on the history of the Middle East, especially the period between the rise of Islam and the Crusades.
Texts and Translations of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (vol 4) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 409
ISBN: 9781593336370
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This invaluable eleven-volume set on the Chronicle of Michael the Great makes the scholarly resources on this unique manuscript available together for the first time. Now inaccessible, the Chronicle is the largest medieval chronicle known, and is available here for the first time in history as a facsimile copy of the original manuscript, as well as in a copy of the original Syriac, the French translation, an abbreviated Armenian recension, and Arabic versions. The Chronicle is one of the most important primary sources on the history of the Middle East, especially the period between the rise of Islam and the Crusades.
Texts and Translations of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (vol 8) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 652
ISBN: 9781593336622
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This invaluable eleven-volume set on the Chronicle of Michael the Great makes the scholarly resources on this unique manuscript available together for the first time. Now inaccessible, the Chronicle is the largest medieval chronicle known, and is available here for the first time in history as a facsimile copy of the original manuscript, as well as in a copy of the original Syriac, the French translation, an abbreviated Armenian recension, and Arabic versions. The Chronicle is one of the most important primary sources on the history of the Middle East, especially the period between the rise of Islam and the Crusades.
Texts and Translations of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (vol 9) Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 382
ISBN: 9781593336639
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2011
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This invaluable eleven-volume set on the Chronicle of Michael the Great makes the scholarly resources on this unique manuscript available together for the first time. Now inaccessible, the Chronicle is the largest medieval chronicle known, and is available here for the first time in history as a facsimile copy of the original manuscript, as well as in a copy of the original Syriac, the French translation, an abbreviated Armenian recension, and Arabic versions. The Chronicle is one of the most important primary sources on the history of the Middle East, especially the period between the rise of Islam and the Crusades.
Cover Up Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781847302120
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2010
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
Cover Up: Understanding Self-Harm is a guide for parents, teachers, therapists or anyone who lives with, supports or provides therapy for people who self-harm. This book blows away the stigma and myths that are attached to this distressing behaviour. It explains fully and comprehensively what self-harm is really about and includes a step-by-step section on how people who self-harm should and can be supported and helped.
What We Believe Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 271
ISBN: 9781847302144
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2010
Imprint: Veritas Books
Description:
This book is an introduction to the main elements of the Catholic Church for those who would like to better understand their own faith and to participate in the Church’s life of faith more fully. Using the lived experience of well-known individuals, from St Thomas Aquinas to St Joan of Arc to Blessed John XXIII, it explores the many different aspects of the faith that we share. The main chapters of the book correspond to the four sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (concerning prayer, the sacraments, the commandments and the Creed), further illuminating our discovery of what we believe.
Selections from the Mysteries Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781611432022
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani discusses the unique practice of the seven mysteries according to the Syrian Orthodox tradition: Baptism, Holy Unction, the Eucharist, Penitence, the Priesthood, Anointing of the Sick, and Marriage.
Shed Blood Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 146
ISBN: 9781611432435
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
The first hand account of the atrocities suffered by the Christians of Tur Abdin from 1914-1918 by A. Naman Karabash and translated into German by George Toro and Amill Gorgis.
The History of the Christian Church Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 610
ISBN: 9781617193477
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
The history of Christianity through the reign of Pope Leo I. With appendices on the Gnostic sects and on the Roman catacombs
The Laughable Stories Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781611432305
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
This volume presents the Syriac text of Gregory Bar Hebraeus' collection of humorous stories, sayings, and anecdotes known as the Laughable Stories.
The Rite of Burial for Priests Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 112
ISBN: 9781611432473
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
The present volume contains the text of the liturgical rite for the burial of priests in the Syrian Orthodox Church.
The Sacrament of Eucharist Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 63
ISBN: 9781611432176
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
This volume contains the liturgy for the sacrament of Eucharist according to the rite of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch.
Lectionary of the Syriac Epistles Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 196
ISBN: 9781611432008
Pub Date: 29 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
This volume presents the Lectionary readings from the epistles according to the liturgical rite of the Syrian Orthodox Church. The text is presented in a vocalized Serto text with readings separated by section headings in red font.
The Barn of Mysteries Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 587
ISBN: 9781611432466
Pub Date: 29 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
The Barn of Mysteries is the commentary on the Old and New Testaments compiled by Gregory Bar Hebraeus in the thirteenth century that draws on the rich exegetical tradition of previous Syriac authors.
The Rite of Burial for the Order of Priests Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 356
ISBN: 9781611433425
Pub Date: 29 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Abrohom Nuro Library
Description:
This volume presents the Syriac and Malayalam texts for the rite of the burial of priests in the Malankara Syriac tradition.
The Syrian Fathers on Prayer Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781611432282
Pub Date: 29 Dec 2010
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications
Description:
The Syriac translation of Sebastian Brock's The Teaching of the Syrian Fathers on Prayer, an anthology of writings from the Syriac tradition that focus on prayer and the spiritual life.