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The Life of Theodotus, Bishop of Amida (d. 698)
The Life of Theodotus of Amida is that rare thing: a securely dated eye-witness account of life under Arab Muslim rule in the first century of Islam, and one of the few extant …
Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Abgar and Addai
Jacob of Sarug's homilies on King Abgar and the Apostle Addai, recounting the famous legend of Abgar of Edessa's conversion to Christianity.
The New Testament in Syriac: Peshitta Version
More than one hundred years after the publication of the BFBS volume of the Peshitta NT (1920), a critical edition of the Praxapostolos is still a desideratum. This edition fills …
Role of Male Royal Offspring in 18th Dynasty Egypt
This monograph examines the political and ideological roles of King's Sons during the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Drawing on textual and material data, Lorenz contributes a new …
A Description of the Prayers by Patriarch Ignatius Bar Wahib
An edition and English translation of 'A Description of the Prayers', one of the few extant works by face=Calibri>Ignatius V. Bar Wahib (Patriarch of Antioch from 1293–1333). The …
Baghdad during the time of ?Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
A study of the life and background of ?Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, putative founder of the Qadiriyya order, investigating the sources for his life and attributed works. The book seeks …
Water the Willow Tree
In this engaging first memoir, George A. Kiraz tells the story of a young Palestinian boy growing up in Bethlehem, fascinated with understanding his Syriac roots even as he drew …
The Quran: Key Word Distribution, Correlations and Collocation Frequencies.
The Quran: Key Word Distribution, Correlations and Collocation Frequencies presents key data related to the lexicon of the Quran, in terms of Key Word distribution and lexical …
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Paul's Word to Seek What is Above and on Outer Darkness
Jacob of Sarug's homily on the Apostle Paul's advice to those who prioritise worldly matters, leading to an afterlife remote from God.
From Jerusalem to Delhi, through Persia
Why are Jews so attracted to India, to Hinduism, and to Buddhism in the United States as well as Israel? They travel there by the thousands, attracted by the exoticism of course, …
The Stories They Tell
In this engaging book of commentary on the Talmud, the author upends the long-held theory of the immutability of halakhah, Jewish law. In her detailed analysis of over 80 short …
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on the Love of God towards Humanity and of the Just towards God
Jacob of Sarug's homily chronicles the unravelling of God's love in sacred history and the inability of humankind to return God's love and grace.