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| 978-1-59333-984-5 | Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Lectionary of the Book of Acts According to the Rite of the Syriac Orthodox Church
This book contains the lectionary for the book of Acts for both Sunday and feast readings through the liturgical year for use in the Syrian Orthodox Church. Lectionaries have been used for centuries in liturgically based Christianity and contain the readings for the weekly worship services as they have been set down by the authorities of the church. This particular volume contains the readings from the book of Acts in the New Testament. Presented in both English and Arabic, this lectionary will be useful for those who wish to stay informed of the liturgical readings throughout the church year. More... | $48.00 | Add to Cart |  | 
| 978-1-59333-752-0 | Friedlander, Gerald. Laws and Customs of Israel
This is the full four-volume set of the Laws and Customs of Israel published in 1915-1916, bound in two volumes. Based on the codes Chayyê Adam and Kizzur Shulchan ‘Arukh, this Hebrew-English compendium is an invaluable source for Judaic traditions and customs. More... | $234.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-328-1 | Bar, Shaul, and Lenn Schramm. I Deal Death and Give Life
Is death the end of the human journey, or is there continuity after death? Why must human beings die? What happens to body and soul after death? Were Israelites worshipping the dead? What is the source of mourning practices? More... | $133.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-801-5 | Husmann, Heinrich. Die Melodien der Jakobitischen Kirche
Published two years apart, the work of musicologist Heinrich Husmann on the music of the Syriac Orthodox Church remains a unique contribution to the liturgical study of that tradition. The first volume of this set is a study of the melodies of the weekly breviaries, arranged by the canonical hours of the days of the week. These studies are according to the offices as sung by Mor Cyril (Qorillos) Jacob, then Metropolitan of Damascus. The second volume contains the vigils, recorded by Mor Jacob’s brother, Malphono Asmar Khouri. The vigils, in eight modes, are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the saints, penitence, and the departed. More... | $220.72 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-327-4 | Naef, Thomas. Holy Bits
This book is an excellent resource for students, scholars, pastors and other people interested into biblical studies for their daily work at the computer. It can be used as text book as well as a reference work. More... | $104.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-219-8 | Macuch, Rudolf. Geschichte der spät- und neusyrischen Literatur
More than a literary survey, this introduction to the history of late and Neo-Syriac (Neo-Aramaic) covers the works of the past several centuries. Macuch begins with the post-Mongolian period to the end of the 18th century. For the 19th century, Macuch considers the situation of the Assyrians in this period, including the American, Anglican, and Russian Orthodox missionary enterprises in Urmia, noting the writers of the foreign missions. For the twentieth century he includes literature from the period of the wars up to the 1970s. Various East-Syriac and West-Syriac authors of the Chaldean and Church of the East, and Syrian Orthodox and Maronite traditions, as well as the Syrian literature of Malabar in southern India are also considered. More... | $145.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-409-7 | Zwemer, Samuel, Mrs. Samuel Zwemer, and Peter Riddell. Moslem Women
Moslem Women is built around six main chapters, with half devoted to the place and experience of Islamic women and half considering Christian mission to Islamic women and associated themes.
The Zwemers acknowledge some of the great women of Islamic history, such as Rabia, the famous early mystic, and Nurah Mahal, wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. They speak in glowing terms about advances in the women’s situation in post-Ottoman Turkey.
Samuel and Amy Zwemer’s dedication to serving Muslims and to seeing them as people rather than as faceless numbers provides an excellent model for today’s Christians who feel called to engagement with Islam.
More... | $120.80 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-014-3 | Brown, S., and Aida el-Sayed. The Ostraca of the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo, Egypt
The ostraca of the Coptic Museum, written on pottery pieces, limestone flakes and wood, present the lives of ordinary people in their interactions with one another, including in economic and personal ways. More... | $126.68 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-412-7 | Stephens, W. R. W., and Clinton Bennett. Christianity and Islam
Based on lectures delivered in Chichester Cathedral, this book mirrors typical nineteenth century English attitudes toward the non-European space. This needed Christianity and European political oversight, or its people would remain backward and spiritually lost. The book shows how someone whose inclinations were liberal could look at Islam and dislike what he saw. On the other hand, the book also shows that a non-specialist scholar in the second half of the nineteenth century could write seriously if not impartially about Islam using material available in European languages. This suggests that Islam was a subject of increasing interest in Victorian England. More... | $104.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-104-1 | Coakley, J., and David Taylor. Syriac Books Printed at the Dominican Press, Mosul
Since the 1850s until the outbreak of World War I, the Dominican Press in Mosul, Iraq, produced scholarly, liturgical, and pedagogical publications to service the local Christian communities. These hard to find publications have now been cataloged in detail by J. F. Coakley and David G. K. Taylor. More... | $86.72 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-326-7 | Ben Zvi, Ehud. Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures V
This volume incorporates all the articles and reviews published in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures in 2008. Contributors include D. Stein, R. Kletter, J. Cook, Y. Shemesh, A. Pinker, R. Hendel, S. Olyan, A. Marx, R. Schmitt, D. Wright, S. Apóstolo, H. Basser, T. Römer, J. Jacobs, M. Kline, M. Avioz, E. Assis, F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp, N. Na'aman, Y. Garfinkel, S. Ganor, A. Steinmann, and I. Young. The review section includes more than fifty reviews. More... | $165.08 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-251-2 | Dolabani, Yuhanna, and Gregorios Ibrahim. Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery
This book is a reproduction of Philoxenos Dolabani’s handwritten catalogue of the Syriac, Karshuni, and Arabic manuscripts located in St. Mark’s Syrian Orthodox Monastery in Jerusalem, one of the most important Christian manuscript collections in the Middle East. Dolabani was one of the greatest scholars of Syriac of the twentieth century and this manuscript is an important resource for all interested in Syriac and Christian Arabic. A lengthy introduction by Bishop Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim contains information about Dolabani’s life and works. This is the first volume in a three-volume series which also includes Dolabani’s handwritten catalogues of the manuscripts of Dayr al-Za‘faran and other Syrian Orthodox collections in the Middle East. More... | $139.76 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-385-4 | Turner, Timothy. Welcoming the Baptized
Issues associated with ecumenism and the reception of other Christians in Anglicanism and other associated concerns form the topic of this brief examination. More... | $88.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-382-3 | West, Fritz. The Comparative Liturgy of Anton Baumstark
An homage to Anton Baumstack and his comparative liturgy. This brief study includes an intellectual biography and his method and comparative practice in regards to liturgy. More... | $88.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-379-3 | Holeton, David. Revising the Eucharist
Studies in Preparation for the 1995 Dublin Consultation. More... | $88.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-662-6 | Ramelli, Ilaria. Possible Historical Traces in the Doctrina Addai
The Teaching of Addai is a Syriac document convincingly dated by some scholars in the fourth or fifth century AD. I agree with this dating, but I think that there may be some points containing possible historical traces that go back even to the first century AD, such as the letters exchanged by king Abgar and Tiberius. Some elements in them point to the real historical context of the reign of Abgar ‘the Black’ in the first century. The author of the Doctrina might have known the tradition of some historical letters written by Abgar and Tiberius. More... | $110.84 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-059-4 | Stewart, Columba. Yours, Mine, or Theirs? Historical Observations on the Use, Collection and Sharing of Manuscripts in Western Europe and the Christian Orient
In the west centuries ago manuscripts were replaced by printed books, and relegated to mostly secular libraries as a result of religious and political upheavals. In the Christian Orient such changes were slower and remain less advanced. Manuscripts have not entirely vanished from regular use, and Christian communities retain ownership of significant collections of their historic manuscripts. The vital connection between manuscripts and religious culture endures, even if attenuated by persecution, diaspora, technology, and other aspects of modernity. This essay provides an historical survey of these issues in both Europe and the Christian Orient (limited here to the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Ethiopia/Eritrea). More... | $29.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-979-1 | Clohessy, Christopher. Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad
This work, based almost entirely on the primary Arabic texts of Sunnî and Shîca Islam, offers a fresh examination of the life of Fatima, Muhammad’s only surviving child, and reveals for the first time her distinctive and fascinating personality. More... | $113.24 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-103-4 | Sebastian, J. Jayakiran. Enlivening the Past
This collection of essays offers an innovative exploration by an Asian theologian of various issues and themes that engaged the early teachers of faith, with a special focus on their ongoing relevance to Christian theological discourse and praxis today. More... | $102.92 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-964-7 | de Lagarde, Paul. Hieronymi Quaestiones Hebraicae in Libro Geneseos
Written in the scholarly Latin of his day, Lagarde considers in this brief study the questions Jerome raises on the Hebrew of the book of Genesis. In an abridged commentary form, Lagarde follows the questions in the order in which the book of Genesis presents the material. Beginning with the creation, Lagarde skips along to the phrases of Jerome’s text that raise questions and provides his insights about them. Presuming that the reader of the Vulgate will understand the Latin of the original, the comments on the material are likewise written in Latin. More... | $37.70 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-962-3 | de Lagarde, Paul. Materialien zur Kritik und Geschichte des Pentateuchs
Originally published in two volumes, this edition of the Arabic translation of the Pentateuch stands as one of Lagarde’s lasting contributions to biblical scholarship. Critical editions make frequent reference to this work. Included are two translations of Genesis into Arabic, along with a single version of the remaining pentateuchal books, also in Arabic. The first translation of Genesis represents the tradition of the Paris Polyglot, translated directly from the Hebrew, while the second is a cantena text from the Syriac tradition, representing two-thirds of Genesis. Lagarde’s study provides a valuable text-critical tool and easy access to the Arabic versions of the material. More... | $133.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-953-1 | Purinton, Carl. The Re-Interpretation of Jesus in the New Testament
Believing that a firm basis for understanding Jesus could be found in the sources of the Bible, Purinton undertook to justify such sources as Paul’s letters and the gospels as authentic source material for the life of Jesus. He examined all the books of the New Testament, but with the realization that not all of the Epistles add to our knowledge of who Jesus was. Purinton wished to make Jesus accessible by means of a scholarly study of his life, in this venture his book has few equals even today. More... | $107.36 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-620-2 | Gavin, Frank. Aphraates and the Jews
In the first English attempt to address the Syriac homilies of Aphraates, Gavin sets a context for the material by considering the church and the sermons themselves. The topic of how the Jews are treated in the homilies is given special attention. More... | $38.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-625-7 | Shukri, Ahmed. Muslim Law of Marriage and Divorce
Concerned that many in his day did not understand basic Muslim teaching led Shukri to produce this brief monograph. In it he explores the various schools of Islamic jurisprudence and the teachings concerning the legal issues of marriage and divorce, including the topic of the equalities of the partners. More... | $45.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-626-4 | Honor, Leo. Sennacherib's Invasion of Palestine
Considering both the Assyrian and biblical sources for the description of Sennacherib’s devastating invasion on Palestine, Honor tests the records to see if he can develop an historical account. He makes use of the Annals of Sennacherib and the biblical books of 2 Kings, 2 Chronicle, and Isaiah. More... | $45.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-084-6 | Baranov, V., and Basil Lourié. Patrologia Pacifica: Selected Papers Presented to the Western Pacific Rim Patristics Society
Scrinium. Revue de patrologie, d’hagiographie critique et d’histoire ecclésiastique, established in 2005, is an international multilingual scholarly periodical devoted to patristics, critical hagiography, and Church history. This volume is dedicated to patrology and contains a partial publication of the papers of the 3rd Conference of the Asian Pacific Early Christian Studies Society. More... | $138.92 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-784-1 | Kiraz, George. The Acts of Saint George and the Story of his Father
One of the most enduring of the saints, Saint George has seldom failed to capture the imagination of Christian readers, both ancient and modern. The Acts of Saint George, originally written in Greek, quickly spread to many linguistic traditions in the church of late antiquity. Presented here in vocalized Syriac and Arabic, the original text of the Acts is made easily accessible to readers of these languages. A detailed introduction in English summarizes the hagiography for those unacquainted with the Semitic languages. The account follows the hagiographic practice of describing the trials, steadfast faith, and martyrdom of the saint. Also included is the story of the father of Saint George, recorded in Syriac. More... | $38.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-056-3 | Monferrer-Sala, Juan Pedro, Vassilios Christides, and Theodoros Papadopoullos. East and West
This book traces the rich religious, cultural, artistic, ecconomical, social and historical relations among the Greeks and the Middle East people from the Late Antiquity up to the 17th century. More... | $130.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-848-0 | Smith, Henry. Old Testament History
This classic study by a biblical scholar at the turn of the twentieth century is a period piece as well as a stepping stone into the discussions as they continue today. Smith covers each period of the history of the Hebrew Scriptures, beginning with the sources and origins, and taking the study up through the Greek and heroic ages until the time of the reigning High Priests. A standard of biblical study for many years, Smith is still read and enjoyed by those who want to be reminded of how the Bible was viewed before the Fundamentalist debates somewhat later in the century. More... | $139.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-426-4 | Kiraz, George. Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies (volume 12)
Widely regarded as a premier journal dedicated to the study of Syriac, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies was established in 1998 as a venue devoted exclusively to the discipline. An organ of Beth Mardutho, the Syriac Institute, the journal appears semi-annually and will be printed in annual editions. A peer-reviewed journal, Hugoye is a respected academic source for up-to-date information about the state of Syriac studies and for discovering what is going on in the field. Contributors include some of the most respected names in the world of Syriac today. This is Volume 12 of the journal from 2009. More... | $77.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-000-6 | Butts, Aaron. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Tower of Babel
This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug’s homily on the Tower of Babel. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical references. The volume constitutes a fascicle of Gorgias’s Complete Homilies of Saint Jacob of Sarug. More... | $51.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-60724-041-9 | Watt, John. Al-Farabi and the History of the Syriac Organon
Scholarly study of the transmission of Aristotelian philosophy from Greek late antiquity to medieval Islam is to some extent still influenced by the account in Ibn Abi U?aibi?a attributed to al-Farabi, which served as the basis for Max Meyerhof’s famous essay Von Alexandrien nach Bagdad. The present work, utilising evidence unknown to Meyerhof and still often neglected in more recent scholarship, argues that such a restriction never represented the whole Syriac tradition, but reflects an alternative logical curriculum with deep roots in the ancient world, while Syriac writers who were proficient in Greek adhered throughout to the other strand of this two-strand tradition, that of the full Organon. More... | $29.00 | Add to Cart | |
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