The Rabbis’ King-Parables: Midrash From the Third-Century Roman Empire examines the ancient Rabbis at work using parables about kings; parables that reflect the Rabbis' ideas about the role of the ruler in society, and the relationship of humanity to God. It considers the parables as resistance literature in light of the work of theorists of dominated groups. It is the first systematic attempt to read the parables as sources for Roman history in over 100 years.

St. Francis of Assisi is as popular today as ever before. This book deals with the training

The Guide to the Perplexed in French and Judeo-Arabic. Central to the Jewish tradition in theology and philosophy.

The remainder of Harnack's discussion of the homilies of Origen (on Ruth through the end of the Old Testament, and all of the New) and their influence on Christian exegesis is presented in this 2nd volume.

In this work, Rahmani gives a survey of the Church at Antioch and its relationship to other churches, especially the Roman, and publishes (with Latin translation) a number of unedited texts (all Syriac, except one in Arabic).

The main goal of this study is to present data from Syriac and Christian Arabic writers, and some other sources, dealing with missionary activity and the expansion of Christianity into east Asia.

Mingana here looks at the early history of Christianity in India, with references to most (if not all) of the passages in Syriac and Christian Arabic literature, as well as other documentary evidence, pertaining to the subject.

The author sets out to uncover more about the religion of the Achaemenian Kings and the Zoroastrian religion through many different kinds of ancient inscriptions and texts, both Persian and non-Persian.

Judaic reasoning is discussed from the standpoint of modern logic. Andrew Schumann defines Judaic logic, traces Aristotelian influence on developing Jewish studies in Judaic reasoning, and shows the non-Aristotelian core of fundamentals of Judaic logic. Further, Schumann proposes some modern approaches to understanding and formalizing Judaic reasoning, including Judaic semantics and (non-Aristotelian) syllogistics.

Assemani here presents a large number of Syriac texts of martyrdoms from within and outside the Roman empire. Each text has a brief introduction, parallel Latin translation, and historical and literary notes.

Assemani here presents a large number of Syriac texts of martyrdoms from within and outside the Roman empire. Each text has a brief introduction, parallel Latin translation, and historical and literary notes.

This work contains a large number of Syriac and Armenian fragments from Ante-Nicene writings, with a translation into Latin and four indices: biblical passages, place names, persons, and subjects.

This volume contains the dissertation of the Belgian scholar J. B. Abbeloos. Here he studies the life and works of Jacob of Sarug. The major section of the book deals with Jacob’s thought, as taken from his homilies.

This work contains the Syriac texts of the canons of church councils/synods from the fourth and fifth centuries. After a brief introduction, Schulthess presents the Syriac texts with a small number of critical notes.

This volume contains the Syriac text, with German translation, of an (anonymous) introduction to the Psalms, together with two homilies from Daniel of Salah’s (fl. mid-6th century) long Psalms commentary. Diettrich’s detailed introduction adds richly to the work.

In this series of articles originally published in Revue de l’Orient Chrétien from 1912-1914, Babakhan aimed to popularize the work of Jacob of Sarug. Included are rhymed French translations of extracts from five of Jacob’s homilies.