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 Dar Mardin: Christian Arabic and Syriac Studies from the Middle East (1947-2897): These are titles published by Gorgias Press that originally appeared in the Dar Mardin press.
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| 978-1-61143-548-1 | Assad, Assad. The Commentary of Saint Ephrem on Genesis with an Arabic Translation
This book cantains the Syriac text of Saint Ephrem's Commentary on Genesis supplied with an Arabic translation and commentaries. Its text is one of the most beautiful texts in Syriac language. The book is good for the general readers and those who have interest in the Syriac fathers and churches. More... | $158.80 | Add to Cart |  | 
| 978-1-60724-248-2 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. The Instructor: Malphono Shukri Taraqji—His Life and Writings
Shukri Taraqji (1911-1982) was an important figure in the Syriac literary revival of the twentieth century and this small volume collects a number of his writings into one convenient place. An introduction by Bishop Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim provides an account of Taraqji’s life and activities, both professional and ecclesiastical. This volume will be of great interest to anyone interested in the contemporary history of Syrian Orthodox Christianity, Syriac, and Middle Eastern Christianity. More... | $115.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-151-5 | Elias, Ghattas, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Cries from the Heart: A Book of Poems and Essays
This is a collection of poems and essays by Ghattas Maqdasi Elias, an important figure in twentieth-century Syrian Orthodox letters and education, also known as ‘Malfono Denho.’ The book contains writings previously published in books and journals as well as items published for the first time in this volume. More... | $147.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-150-8 | al-Hamad, Muhammad, and Gregorios Ibrahim. The Role of the Syrians in the Arab Sciences
This book begins with a discussion of the contribution of the areas of al-Raqqa (Kallinikos) and Diyar Mudar to translation into the Arabic language; it also covers the importance of Christian monasteries in the region of the Jazira for the history of translation of Greek receives special emphasis. More... | $168.75 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-170-6 | Barnaba, Militos, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Selections from the Memre of Jacob of Sarugh
Militos Barnaba has chosen 20 of the most beautiful memre of Jacob of Sarugh and here provided a sense-for-sense translation of them into Arabic. For each memra a short excerpt of the Syriac original is given, followed by an Arabic translation of the entire piece. An introduction by Bishop Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim provides background on the life and writings of Jacob of Sarugh. More... | $137.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-169-0 | Barsoum, Aphram I, and Gregorios Ibrahim. The Lighthouse of the Syriac Church of Antioch
This book is a collection of articles written by the eminent scholar and Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Ephrem Barsaum. The “Lighthouse” in the book is meant to refer to the thought of Patriarch Barsaum: like a lighthouse, every researcher, scholar, or reader of Syriac must turn towards it for guidance. The articles in this volume display Barsoum’s characteristic erudition and scholarly thoroughness and cover a wide variety of topics, all related to the history of the various Syriac-speaking churches and the churches of Antioch, in addition to other Middle Eastern Churches. More... | $135.70 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-168-3 | Edessa, Job of, Yusuf Habbi, Behnam Daniel, and Gregorios Ibrahim. The Book of Treasures
Written around 817 AD, Job of Edessa's Book of Treasures is an encyclopedia of philosophy and natural philosophy. Habbi and Daniel’s introduction to The Book of Treasures provides a thorough overview of what we know about the life and writings of Job of Edessa and also discusses the sources of The Book of Treasures. This new translation of The Book of Treasures will be an important resource for all interested in the intellectual world of the Greco-Syriac-Arabic translation movement of the Abbasid period and the history of scientific study and research in Syriac. More... | $167.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-167-6 | Dolabani, Yuhanna, and Clement Kaplan. A Commentary on the Mysteries
This small book is an exposition of the mysteries (or sacraments) of the Syrian Orthodox Church by the eminent Philoxenos Dolabani. The mysteries discussed are: Baptism, the Myron, the Eucharist, penance, the priesthood, anointing the sick, and marriage. More... | $65.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-166-9 | al-Bakhzani, Yusuf. Travels among Scattered Syriac Manuscripts
In this book Yusuf al-Bakhzani has performed the marvelous task of combing through dozens of different historical sources and studies, many of them published in Arabic in the Middle East and little-known, if at all, to Western scholars, and culled references to Syriac books, manuscripts, and libraries—both East Syrian and West—throughout the Middle East, from the Middle Ages to the present; Syriac manuscripts in India also receive attention. More... | $123.75 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-165-2 | Elias, Ghattas, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Fragrance of the Mountain
Ghattas Maqdasi Elias, the ‘Malphono,’ was one of the most important Syriac writers of the twentieth century and devoted much of his life to ensuring that classical Syriac remained a vibrant and living language. For the lover of Syriac and Syriac poetry, therefore, this small book represents a special treat: a collection of twenty five of Elias’ poems are assembled and printed here. More... | $50.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-164-5 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. The Good Shepherd
This small book is the fourth volume in the ‘Allah Ma‘na’ (God With Us) series, created by the Syrian Orthodox community of Aleppo for use in Christian schools, Sunday schools, and Church educational programs. This particular volume focuses on the theme of Christ as the Good Shepherd. Stories includie: Christ’s preaching in Nazareth, the parable of the Good Samaritan, the parable of the Lost Sheep, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, Jesus as the Gate, and Jesus as the Good Shepherd. More... | $110.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-163-8 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. Blessed Hope
This small book is the second volume in the ‘Allah Ma‘na’ (God With Us) series, created by the Syrian Orthodox community of Aleppo for use in Christian schools, Sunday schools, and Church educational programs. The series aims to introduce and teach children about the life of Christ. This particular volume seeks to highlight the role of hope in the life of the Christian, taking Paul’s words in Romans 8:24 as its jumping-off point. More... | $110.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-159-1 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. Emmanuel
This small book is the first volume in the ‘Allah Ma‘na’ (God With Us) series, created by the Syrian Orthodox community of Aleppo for use in Christian schools, Sunday schools, and Church educational programs. The series aims to introduce and teach children about the life of Christ. This particular text focuses on the role of the Virgin Mary in the life of Christ and is intended for use both at school with a teacher and at home with parents. More... | $112.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-158-4 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. Lamb of God
This small book is part of the ‘Allah Ma‘na’ (God With Us) series, created by the Syrian Orthodox community of Aleppo for use in Christian schools, Sunday schools, and Church educational programs. This volume presents students with actual scriptural passages from a number of the most important passages in the Gospels, including: the Annunciation, the Prologue of John, the Baptism of Christ, the Temptation, the confession of Peter, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection. More... | $110.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-157-7 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. The Life of Jesus
This small book is part of the ‘Allah Ma‘na’ (God With Us) series, created by the Syrian Orthodox community of Aleppo for use in Christian schools, Sunday schools, and Church educational programs. This particular volume is intended for use by third-graders and is meant to introduce them to the basic outlines of the life of Christ—covering all the major events from the Annunciation to Pentecost—in language they can understand. More... | $110.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-156-0 | al-Khuri, Tuma, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Twelve Women in the Gospels
The Gospels mention that Jesus had twelve male disciples who aided Him in His earthly mission of proclaiming the Gospel. But were Jesus’ helpers only men? Convinced that women played an important role in assisting Jesus’ preaching and proclamation of the Kingdom of Heaven, Tuma al-Khuri has written a book highlighting twelve different females who appear in the Gospel text—the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, Mary the sister of Lazarus, the Samaritan woman, and the Syro-Phoenician woman, among others. More... | $118.75 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-155-3 | Jabbur, George. Arabness and Islam in Arab Constitutions
The question of the relationship between Arab identity and Islam is a pressing one for all Christian minorities in the Middle East. In this book, Syrian and Arab intellectual George Jabbur publishes a series of lectures concerned with examining the matter of Arabness, Arabhood, Islam, and political participation and belonging in the constitutions of the countries of the Arab world. More... | $131.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-153-9 | al-Bartilli, Severos, Behnam al-Bartilli, and Gregorios Ibrahim. The Book of Treasures
Among the works Jacob al-Bartilli has left us is this theological treatise, entitled The Book of Treasures, which has here been translated in its entirety into Arabic. The Syriac text remains unpublished and this Arabic translation has been executed by the Deacon Behnam Daniel al- Bartilli on the basis of three different manuscripts. More... | $182.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-149-2 | al-Hamad, Muhammad, and Joseph Shabo. The Syriac Contribution to Arab Civilization
The aim of this book is to demonstrate the movement of Greek thought into Arabic via the Syriac language. Al-Hamad devotes the four sections of this book to profiling four different authors who either wrote in Syriac or whose works were transmitted into Arabic via Syriac translations: Porphyry, John Philoponos (‘the Grammarian’), Jacob of Edessa and Dionysios of Tellmahre. More... | $135.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-249-9 | Doghramji, Sara, and Gregorios Ibrahim. The Torches of Edessa: Establishment – Development 1924-2004
After the expulsion of the Syrian Orthodox community from Edessa in 1924, they found refuge in Aleppo. One of the first things the community did upon its settling in Aleppo was found a school where its youth were taught the Syriac language and important melodies and prayers from the liturgy, among other things. This school was the ancestor of the Syrian Orthodox school of Aleppo which is today called by the name of Bani Taghlib, and in this book Sara Doghramji has given us a history of this institution, from its founding in 1927 to the present. More... | $170.75 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-173-7 | Taraqji, Marcel. Syriac Dialogue: Second non-official consultation on dialogue within the Syriac tradition. Pro Oriente 1996
This volume is a translation into Arabic of the papers and discussions published as part of the Pro-Oriente ecumenical consultation between members of Roman Catholic, Chaldean Catholic, Syro-Malankar, Syrian Orthodox, Maronite, and Assyrian Orthodox Churches, originally published in Vienna in 1994. Many of the papers in this volume are commentaries by members of the various churches represented at the consultation on the joint declaration issued by Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Denha IV. A number of other papers seeks to address the question of whether the Council of Ephesus unites or divides. More... | $173.20 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-268-0 | Taraqji, Marcel, and Gregorios Ibrahim. The Vienna Dialogue
This is a translation into Arabic of The Vienna Dialogue: Five Pro Oriente Consultations with Oriental Orthodoxy On Primacy. First Study Seminar. June 1991. Booklet nr. 4 (Vienna, 1991) and contains documents from the discussions which took place in Vienna in June 1991 relating to the question of Papal Primacy and the various Oriental Orthodox Churches. More... | $76.25 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-267-3 | Taraqji, Marcel, and Gregorios Ibrahim. The Vienna Dialogue
This is a translation into Arabic of The Vienna Dialogue: Five Pro Oriente Consultations with Oriental Orthodoxy On Councils and Conciliarity. Second Study Seminar. June 1992. Booklet No. 5 (Vienna 1993) and contains documents and communications from both Roman Catholic and Oriental Orthodox perspectives on questions relating to church councils. More... | $120.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-266-6 | Nasif, Awdit, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Pro Oriente: The Vienna Dialogue
This book is a translation into Arabic of The Vienna Dialogue: five Pro Oriente consultations with Oriental Orthodoxy/ Middle East Regional Symposium, Deir Amba Bishoy, October 1991 (Vienna, 1991) and contains a number of articles by Roman Catholic and Oriental Orthodox churchmen connected to the question of the relationship between these churches. More... | $135.25 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-265-9 | Azraq, Michel, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Pro Oriente: the Vienna Dialogue
This book is a translation into Arabic of The Vienna dialogue: Five Pro Oriente consulations with oriental Orthodoxy: communiqés and common declarations, edited by Rudolf Kirchschla¨ger and Alfred Stirnemann (Horn, Austria, 1991); it contains a number of documents written by both Roman Catholic and Oriental Orthodox churchmen connected to the question of the relationship between these churches. More... | $130.90 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-264-2 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. Syrian Orthodox Music
This book originated in Bishop Yohanna Gregorios’ dissatisfaction with the lack of a study which would show where the music of the Syrian church came from, how it was accepted in the church, the basis on which it entered the church, the regional variation in chanting traditions, and the development of church music through time. More... | $126.25 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-263-5 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. Accepting the Other
Written by the eminent Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, Accepting the Other, offers an eloquent and alternative perspective to the question of religious co-existence and the so-called ‘Clash of Civilizations.’ Bishop Gregorios’ book begins with an historical overview of the presence of Christians in the Middle East and their rich cultural contributions to the region, stretching back to the days of the Roman Empire and discusses the Islamic conquests and the Crusades from the little-heard yet extremely important Middle Eastern Christian perspective; he also offers examples of Christian-Muslim co-existence and discusses the question of citizenship. More... | $147.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-261-1 | Taraqji, Maurice, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Wort und Wahrheit
This is a translation into Arabic of Wort und Wahrheit: Revue for Religion and Culture, Supplementary Issue Number 1, which contained the papers and minutes of the first non-official ecumenical consultation between Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic theologians, sponsored by Pro Oriente, the ecumenical foundation. This volume contains a number of papers by Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic theologians relating to Christology, Monophysitism and Dyophysitism, and the acceptance of the Council of Chalcedon. More... | $198.44 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-250-5 | Mubaraka, Fadel, and Gregorios Ibrahim. The Aramaic Influence in the Vernacular of Sadad
Fadel Mubaraka has here given us a study of the linguistic survivals of Aramaic in the Arabic dialect of the town of Sadad, in Syria, home to a large Syrian Orthodox community. Arranged alphabetically in the style of a dictionary, Mubaraka lists hundreds of different Arabic words, defines them, and then discusses their Aramaic etymology. Although the focus is on the specific dialect of Sadad, Mubaraka’s work and the words he discusses are not necessarily only to be found in this one location. This work will therefore be of great value to all interested in Arabic dialectology, the Aramaic influence on colloquial Arabic, and in the cultural history of the Levant. More... | $187.50 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-172-0 | Taraqji, Marcel. Syriac Dialogue: The first unofficial consultation on dialogue within the Syriac tradition. Pro Oriente 1994
This volume is a translation into Arabic of the papers published as part of the Pro-Oriente ecumenical consultation between members of Roman Catholic, Chaldean Catholic, Syro-Malankar and Assyrian Orthodox Churches, originally published in Vienna in 1994. Participants included both European and Middle Eastern scholars and paper topics covered a range of issues relating to both the history and theology of the Church of the East. More... | $168.55 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-171-3 | Ibrahim, Gregorios. Dolabani, the Ascetic of Mardin: His Life and Works
Philoxenos Yuhanna Dolabani (1885-1969), Metropolitan of Mardin, was an important figure in the Syrian Orthodox church in the twentieth century and a prolific scholar, most of whose works remain unpublished and unknown to Western scholarship. Bishop Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim has here given us a biography of this key figure. More... | $145.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-262-8 | Murad, Mikhael, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Arabic-Syriac Dictionary
This book is a reprint of Murad’s Arabic-Syriac dictionary, the first such dictionary ever composed, and the only work of the author. The present volume extends from the letter alif to the beginning of the letter sin; the second half of the dictionary has unfortunately been lost. For each Arabic word given, a number of Syriac equivalents are recorded. The dictionary also gives Syriac equivalents to Arabic idioms. More... | $213.85 | Add to Cart | |
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