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Architecture and Liturgy of the Bema in Fourth- to-Sixth-Century Syrian Churches
Av Emma Loosley
Inbunden, 2012
2844 kr
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First published in 2003 this is a new edition of a work that remains the only study of the nave platform known as the Syrian Bema to utilise an interdisciplinary approach. By combining archaeological and architectural research with a study of the Syriac Liturgy to explore how worship evolved on the …
Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian Monasticism
Av Malcolm Choat, Mariachiara Giorda
Inbunden, 2017
1983 kr
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As senders of letters, copyists of literary texts, compilers of accounts, readers, and teachers, the monks of late antique Egypt articulated their interactions with their ascetic and secular environments via their role as authors, scribes, and owners of written text. This volume edited by Malcolm …
Georgian Christian Thought and Its Cultural Context
Memorial Volume for the 125th Anniversary of Shalva Nutsubidze (1888-1969)
Av Tamar Nutsubidze, Cornelia B. Horn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2948 kr
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The volume contains contributions dedicated to the person and the work of Shalva Nutsubidze and his scholarly interests: the Christian Orient from the fifth to the seventh century, the Georgian eleventh century, the Neoplatonic philosopher Ioane Petritsi and his epoch and Shota Rustaveli and …
Book of Union of Babai the Great
English Translation with Edited Syriac Text
Inbunden, 2024
3039 kr
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The Book of Union by Babai the Great (d. 628) is a compendium of christological texts by the famed author at a time when the christological position of the Assyrian Church of the East (also known as the ‘Church of the East’ or the ‘Church of Persia’) became crystalized. It is the finest …
Ethiopian Homily on the Ark of the Covenant
Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Dǝrsanä Ṣǝyon
Inbunden, 2015
2400 kr
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In The Ethiopian Homily on the Ark of the Covenant, Amsalu Tefera offers an editio princeps of the Ethiopic text of Dǝrsanä Ṣǝyon together with an annotated English translation. This homily, most likely composed in the fifteenth century, links the term Zion with the Ark of the Covenant and recounts …
Dimitrie Cantemir, Salvation of the Sage and Ruin of the Sinful World
Av Ioana Feodorov, Yulia I. Petrova m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
3678 kr
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This is a thoroughly revised and expanded version of the first edition of the Arabic version of Dimitrie Cantemir’s The Divan or the Sage’s Dispute with the World (Ṣalāḥ al-ḥakīm wa-fasād al-ʿālam al-ḏamīm) (Iaşi, 1698), his first printed book, the earliest ethical treatise in Romanian literature …
Late Antique Images of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning
Allotting the Scarlet and the Purple
Inbunden, 2018
3233 kr
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In Late Antique Images of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning: allotting the scarlet and the purple, Catherine Gines Taylor traces the way early Christians assimilated the symbolism of spinning into images of the Annunciation. Taylor offers an art historical and interdisciplinary look at the earliest …
Ethiopian Orthodox Church's Tradition on the Holy Cross
Inbunden, 2017
2897 kr
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s Tradition on the Holy Cross is a volume that combines both ancient and derived Ethiopic literature on the Cross. The work brings together all the major sources from manuscripts preserved in different monasteries and edited and translated into English. The sources …
Architecture and Asceticism: Cultural interaction between Syria and Georgia in Late Antiquity
Inbunden, 2018
2374 kr
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In Architecture and Asceticism Loosley Leeming presents the first interdisciplinary exploration of Late Antique Syrian-Georgian relations available in English. The author takes an inter-disciplinary approach and examines the question from archaeological, art historical, historical, literary and …
Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis
Cultural Memory Reinterpreted
Inbunden, 2018
2961 kr
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In The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis, Elizabeth Agaiby demonstrates how the redacted Life of Antony, the “Father of all monks and star of the wilderness”, gained widespread acceptance within Egypt shortly after its composition in the 13th century and dominated Coptic …
Dionysius Bar Ṣalībī’s Treatise Against the Jews
Edited and Translated with Notes and Commentary
Av Rifaat Ebied, Malki Malki m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2274 kr
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Dionysius Bar Ṣalībī’s Treatise against the Jews offers rare and illuminating insight into Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations during the Crusader era, not from the perspective of western Crusaders, but from the frequently neglected viewpoint of the oriental orthodox tradition. Bar Ṣalībī, a …
Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt
Inbunden, 2020
3104 kr
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In The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt Gillian Spalding-Stracey brings the design of crosses in monastic and ecclesiastical settings to the fore. Visual representations of the Holy Cross are often so ubiquitous in Christian art that they are often overlooked as artistic devices …
Caught in Translation: Studies on Versions of Late-Antique Christian Literature
Av Madalina Toca, Dan Batovici
Inbunden, 2020
3209 kr
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Ancient translations of late antique Christian literature serve to spread the body of knowledge to wider audiences in often radically new cultural contexts. For the texts which are translated, their versions are not only sometimes crucial textual witnesses, but also important testimonies of …
Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads
Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu
Av Ken Parry
Inbunden, 2022
3814 kr
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This collection of papers reflects the interests and influence of Samuel N. C. Lieu on scholars and students during his academic career. It demonstrates not only the importance of his work on Manichaeism, but his broader intellectual contribution to early Christian, Roman, Byzantine, and …
Syriac Hagiography
Texts and Beyond
Av Sergey Minov
Inbunden, 2021
3013 kr
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Chapters gathered in Syriac Hagiography: Texts and Beyond explore a wide range of Syriac hagiographical works, while following two complementary methodological approaches, i.e. literary and cultic, or formal and functional. Grouped into three main sections, these contributions reflect three …
Apocryphal and Esoteric Sources in the Development of Christianity and Judaism
The Eastern Mediterranean, the Near East, and Beyond
Inbunden, 2021
4056 kr
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Apocryphal traditions, often shared by Jews and Christians, have played a significant role in the history of both religions. The 26 essays in this volume examine regional and linguistic developments in Ethiopia, Egypt, Syria, Armenia, the Balkans, and Italy. Dissenting groups, such as the …
Copts in Modernity
Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of Coptic Studies, Melbourne, 13-16 July 2018
Inbunden, 2021
3222 kr
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Copts in Modernity presents a collection of essays – many of which contain unpublished archival material – showcasing historical and contemporary aspects pertaining to the Coptic Orthodox Church. The volume covers three main themes: The first theme, History, gathers studies that look back to the …
Door of the Wilderness: The Greek, Coptic, and Copto-Arabic Sayings of St. Antony of Egypt
An English Translation, with Introductions and Notes
Av Elizabeth Agaiby, Tim Vivian
Inbunden, 2021
2196 kr
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Saint Antony of Egypt (c. 251–356), often called “the father of monasticism,” has numerous representations: the Antony of the Life of Antony and the Letters, but also the Antony of around 120 sayings or apophthegmata. This volume presents fresh English translations of the Greek and Coptic sayings, …
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity in a Global Context
Entanglements and Disconnections
Inbunden, 2022
2322 kr
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Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity constitutes an exceptional religious tradition flourishing in sub-Saharan Africa already since late antiquity. The volume places Ethiopian Orthodoxy into a global context and explores the various ways in which it has been interconnected with the wider Christian world …
John of Damascus: More than a Compiler
Av Scott Ables
Inbunden, 2022
2425 kr
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John of Damascus, the eighth century theologian of the newly re-established Jerusalem Patriarchate, remains understudied because many consider him no more than a compiler of tradition, saying nothing original. We challenge this misconception by exploring ways in which John made his sources his own, …
Heirs of Theodore
Aḥob of Qatar and the Development of the East Syriac Exegetical Tradition
Inbunden, 2023
2795 kr
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In The Heirs of Theodore Seth M. Stadel examines Aḥob of Qatar, a late 6th-century East Syriac biblical commentator, and his surviving Old Testament exegetical works. He further investigates what can be deduced of Aḥob’s influence on the later East Syriac exegetical tradition, and he details the …
Cyril ibn Laqlaq’s Book of Confession
A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation with an Introduction
Inbunden, 2023
3196 kr
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Cyril ibn Laqlaq’s Book of Confession offers the critical edition and translation of a treatise that is published here for the first time. Cyril, the 75th Coptic Patriarch, was a controversial figure who was judged for simony by his own bishops in an official synod. Despite his failure to promote …
Sahidic Coptic Leviticus
Its Manuscript Witnesses and Its Text
Inbunden, 2024
4231 kr
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Until recently, the Sahidic Old Testament has received little attention. In Sahidic Coptic Leviticus, Antonia St Demiana fully documents, for the first time, the manuscript evidence of Sahidic Coptic Leviticus and offers a full codicological investigation and reconstruction of its codices and …
Monuments and Identities in the Caucasus
Karabagh, Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan in Contemporary Geopolitical Conflict
Inbunden, 2023
2896 kr
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This is the first multidisciplinary volume whose focus is on the barely accessible highlands between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and their invaluable artistic heritage. Numerous ancient and mediaeval monuments of Artsakh/Karabagh and Nakhichevan find themselves in the crucible of a strife involving …
Shaping Letters, Shaping Communities: Multilingualism and Linguistic Practice in the Late Antique Near East and Egypt
Inbunden, 2023
2221 kr
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The volume explores linguistic practices and choices in the late antique Eastern Mediterranean. It investigates how linguistic diversity and change influenced the social dimension of human interaction, affected group dynamics, the expression and negotiation of various communal identities, such as …
Principles of Religion by Rabban Daniel Ibn al-Ḥaṭṭāb: A 13th-Century Synopsis of Syriac Orthodox Belief
Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary
Av Simon Burke
Inbunden, 2024
2687 kr
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“The most important of all things sought.” Thus the Syriac Orthodox monk Rabban Daniel Ibn al-Ḥaṭṭāb describes the subject of The Principles of Religion, written in the 13th century, probably in South-East Anatolia. In this treatise, Rabban Daniel Ibn al-Ḥaṭṭāb systematically explained and defended …
Marqus ibn Qunbar’s Master and Disciple
Coptic Medieval Controversy on Auricular Confession
Inbunden, 2024
2127 kr
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Marqus ibn Qunbar's Master and Disciple offers the critical edition and translation of a theological treatise that is published here for the first time. Marqus (+1208), a Coptic priest, was a controversial figure who challenged the Coptic hierarchs and eventually joined the Melkites. He argued that …
First in the Desert: St. Paul the Hermit in Text and Tradition
Inbunden, 2024
3506 kr
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This volume invites the reader to a journey into the mystery that is St. Paul the First Hermit. Presented in nine language traditions that span ten centuries of transmission, Paul’s vitae are a case study in cultural fusion and diversity. Assembled here for the first time, they provide the …
Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition
Inbunden, 2025
2483 kr
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Dionysius bar Salībī, a prominent 12th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop and scholar, played a key role in shaping Syriac Christian theology during a period of significant political upheaval in the eastern Mediterranean. His vast intellectual contributions spanned all major ecclesiastical disciplines …
Divine Participation: A Reconstruction of St Cyril of Alexandria’s and Fr Matta al-Miskīn’s Commentaries on the Gospel of St John
Av Wagdy Samir
Inbunden, 2025
2367 kr
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This monograph offers a comparative study of Cyril of Alexandria (c.378–444) and Matta al-Miskīn (1919–2006) on humankind’s union with God, or deification, as articulated in their commentaries on the Gospel of John. By bridging over fifteen centuries, it highlights the continuity of contemporary …
