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Jacob of Sarug's Homilies on Women Whom Jesus Met
Av Reyhan Durmaz, Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
713 kr
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Five homilies by Jacob of Sarug on women whom Jesus met: the Canaanite Woman, the Samaritan Woman, the Hemorrhaging Woman, the Woman Bent Double, and Jairus' Daughter.
Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Fifth Day
Av Jr. Mathews, Edward G., Edward G Mathews Jr m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
601 kr
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In this fifth installment of the long Homily 71, On the Six Days of Creation, Jacob treats of the events of the fifth day, the creation from the waters of the various species of fish and reptiles, as well as the assorted types of birds and other winged creatures. God created them all in wisdom and …
Martyrdom of St Phokas of Sinope
The Syriac Version
Häftad, 2013
399 kr
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The fame of the martyr St. Phokas, first bishop of Sinope (on the Black Sea) and patron of seafarers, had spread to many parts of the Christian world by the fifth and sixth centuries. Although the Acts of his martyrdom under Trajan were composed in Greek, the earliest witness to them is the Syriac …
Gnomai of the Council of Nicaea (CC 0021)
Critical text with translation, introduction and commentary
Häftad, 2015
676 kr
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The first English translation and first complete critical text of a neglected moral treatise from fourth-century Egypt, throwing fresh light on the social history of Egyptian Christianity and on the growth of the church-order tradition.
Armenian Prayers attributed to Ephrem the Syrian
Av Jr. Mathews, Edward G., Edward G Mathews
Häftad, 2014
437 kr
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Armenian text of the Prayers attributed to Ephrem the Syrian, with the first-ever translation into a western language. Utilizing a highly developed poetic rhythm, the author manifests a profound spirituality laying his own emptiness before the inexhaustible Mercy of God.
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on the Creation of Adam and the Resurrection of the Dead
Häftad, 2014
463 kr
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Mêmrâ 72 is a meditation on the fall of Adam and its consequences, subjecting all creation to corruption. God’s mercy, however, will restore everything to a spiritual, incorruptible state that will exist eternally in the unending light of Christ.
Mar Narsai: Homily 33 on the Sanctification of the Church
Häftad, 2018
821 kr
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Narsai’s memra 33 is made of 12 by 12 syllables, and its title “On the Sanctification of the Church” suggests that it was written for the feast of the Dedication of the Church celebrated by the Church of the East to this day on the first of November. The memra names the Church of the Nations the …
Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Second Day
Häftad, 2016
546 kr
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In this second part of Homily 71, On the Fashioning of Creation, Jacob treats the making of the firmament: what it was, where it was, what – as far as can be determined – was placed above it and what below it, its purpose and utility for humanity, and the importance of its place in the Genesis …
Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya’s Compendious Commentary on The Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers
in Garshuni
Av Suleiman Mourad, Mario Kozah m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
545 kr
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The Compendious Commentary by the Church of the East monk Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya (7th cent.) was originally written in Syriac but was eventually translated into Garshuni or Syro-Arabic. It is a work aimed at immersing the novice monk in the spiritual lore of the monastic vocation, and saturating his mind …
Isaac the Syrian's Spiritual Works
Häftad, 2016
656 kr
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Isaac the Syrian lived the solitary life in the 7th century. He was born in Qatar and subsequently lived in present day Iraq and Iran. After life as a monk, then briefly as a bishop, he withdrew to live the solitary life. These discourses are primarily for solitaries to consolidate them in the love …
Works of Cyrillona
Av Carl Griffin
Häftad, 2016
1071 kr
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Cyrillona (fl. 396) has been ranked among the foremost early Syriac poets since his work was rediscovered by scholars in the mid-19th century. His Holy Week discourses on the Last Supper, the Washing of the Feet, and the Institution of the Eucharist have become particularly well-known to western …
Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Third Day
Av Jr. Mathews, Edward G., Edward G Mathews
Häftad, 2016
548 kr
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In this third part of Homily 71, On the Fashioning of Creation, Jacob treats the God's separation of the waters from the earth, and the bringing forth of vegetation on the newly-revealed dry land.
Moshe Bar Kepha’s Cause of the Celebration of the Nativity
A Genre for Exegesis, Ecumenism, and Apology
Häftad, 2017
827 kr
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This book is a part of series of Causes of Celebrations written by Moshe Bar Kepha (813-903). These Causes are unique in that they demonstrate a new genre of the Syriac literature initiated by the East Syriac authors at the beginning of the sixth century. Moreover, these Causes reveal the …
Jacob of Sarug's Additional Homilies on Good Friday
Av Edward G Mathews, Jr. Mathews, Edward G. m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
766 kr
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Two homilies by Jacob of Sarug on Good Friday, one of which has only survived in Armenian translation.
Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Fourth Day
Häftad, 2018
601 kr
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In this fourth installment of the long Homily 71, On the Six Days of Creation, Jacob treats of the events of the fourth day, the creation of the spheres of light over the earth: the sun to rule over the day, and the moon and the stars to rule over the night.
Commentary of Gabriel of Qatar on the East Syriac Morning Service on Ordinary Days
Text, Translation, and Discussion
Häftad, 2018
1450 kr
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This volume provides a study and an original edition and translation from Syriac into English of Discourse Two of Gabriel of Qatar's liturgical commentary, written in the first half of the seventh century.
Law Code of Simeon, Bishop of Rev-Ardashir
Häftad, 2019
748 kr
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The Law Code of Simeon of Rev-Ardashir, originally written in Persian, was translated into Syriac by a monk of Bēṭ-Qatrāyē. The Code's author, possibly to be identified with a rebellious metropolitan mentioned in the letters of Patriarch Īšoʿ-yahb III, aims to clarify theoretical scriptural law, …
Jacob of Sarug's Homilies
On Jacob's Revelation at Bethel and on our Lord and Jacob, on the Church and Rachel and on Leah and the Synagogue
Häftad, 2020
583 kr
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Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. Part of a series of fascicles containing the …
Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Sixth Day
Av Edward G. Mathews, G Mathews, Edward m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
553 kr
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In this sixth installment of the long Homily 71, On the Six Days of Creation, Jacob treats the events of the sixth day.Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into …
Jacob of Sarug's Homilies on Paul
On the Conversion of the Apostle Paul and a Second Homily on Paul the Apostle
Av Raju Parakkott, Mary Hansbury
Häftad, 2021
442 kr
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Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. Part of a series of fascicles containing the …
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Samson
Häftad, 2021
510 kr
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Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. Part of a series of fascicles containing the …
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Edessa and Jerusalem
Häftad, 2021
656 kr
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Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. Part of a series of fascicles containing the …
Jacob of Sarug's Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Seventh Day
Häftad, 2021
363 kr
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Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. Part of a series of fascicles containing the …
Life of Simeon of the Olives
An entrepreneurial saint of early Islamic North Mesopotamia
Av Robert G Hoyland, Sebastian P Brock m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
969 kr
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The first ever critical edition and complete translation of the Syriac Life of Saint Simeon of the Olives, who was an abbot of Qartmin Monastery in Tur Abdin and a bishop of the city of Harran in the late seventh and early eighth century AD.
Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Av Sarah Knight, Sarah Knight m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
758 kr
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Different parts of the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary are known from the second century onwards. Translations and adaptations into Syriac and other languages also became available from very early centuries. The compilation in the Syriac language was translated into Malayalam in 1925, but an …
Life of Theodotus, Bishop of Amida (d. 698)
Sanctity and Liminality on the Frontier Between Byzantium and Islam
Av Robert Hoyland, Andrew Palmer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1173 kr
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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 texts from seventh-century North Mesopotamia. It is imbued with local color and contemporary detail, revealing an intimate …
Shbītho
Häftad, 2022
605 kr
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The Shbītho d-Dayroye is a thirteenth-century anthology dedicated to the personal prayer of monks and nuns. The collection comprises the writings of great saints in the Syriac Orthodox tradition including Ephrem the Syrian, Abraham Qidun, John Chrysostom, Gregory of Nazianzus, Philoxenos, Basil the …
Algorithmic Musings in Syriac
A Verse Poem on Computation Attributed to George of the Arabs
Av George Kiraz
Häftad, 2025
1221 kr
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An edition of George of the Arab's homily on the Chronicon - on the reckoning of the year and the computation of the dates of feasts such as Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter.
Life of Sallara and his Mother Elishbah
East Syrian Christianity in Northern Mesopotamia from Late Antiquity to Early Islam
Av Robert Hoyland, Simon Brelaud m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
1434 kr
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The first ever edition and translation of a biography of Sallara and his mother Elishbah, exploring both its local context – their asceticism and deeds in North Mesopotamia in the early 7th century – and the geopolitical events underway in the Middle East: war between Persia and Byzantium, and the …
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Christ's Entrance to Sheol
Häftad, 2024
455 kr
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Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. In this homily, On the Entrance of Our Lord into …
