A New Issue of e-Gorgias
The new issue of the monthly e-Gorgias newsletter is now available on the web. The newsletter not only inform you about our recent releases and special sales, but also includes informative content of interest to the scholar and any interested readers. Our Gorgias Enthusiast of the Month section always provides an interesting list of books suggested by readers and scholars. All this information will be delivered straight to your inbox when you join our mailing list, so click here to join.

We invite you to read Issue 30 (June/July, 2008) now.

The Chronicle of Patriarch Michael Rabo: Support the Edessa (Hay al-Suryan) Manuscript Project

The Chronicle (or History) of Michael Rabo is one of the most important historical records of the Syriac Orthodox Church. There is only one copy of this History, written 500 years ago in Edessa. When in 1923 the entire community had to leave Edessa after Sayfo—leaving their homes, Churches and possessions— they kept the Chronicle of Michael Rabo with them. Today, this copy is still preserved by the Edessan community in Hay al-Syrian, Aleppo. We need your support to publish this manuscript for the very first time.

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A New Issue of e-Gorgias
The new issue of the monthly e-Gorgias newsletter is now available on the web. The newsletter not only inform you about our recent releases and special sales, but also includes informative content of interest to the scholar and any interested readers. Our Gorgias Enthusiast of the Month section always provides an interesting list of books suggested by readers and scholars. All this information will be delivered straight to your inbox when you join our mailing list, so click here to join.

We invite you to read Issue 29 (April-May, 2008) now.

Symposium on Jacob of Sarug and His Times: Studies in Sixth Century Syriac Christianity

Gorgias press is helping in the organization of a Symposium on Jacob of Sarug sponsored by St. Mark's Cathedral, Teaneck, NJ, on  October 24-26, 2008. [More info and registration form]

Adam J. De Ville, the editor of Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies in his review essay titled Eastern Ecclesial Polity: A Review Essay (Logos vol 48 (3-4), 2007 243-65), gave a rave review to our varied and rich selection of Gorgias titles in Eastern Christian studies:

“...a remarkable publisher to which all Eastern Christians should be paying close and regular attention and for which we can be grateful for their many, varied and rich offerings. Based in New Jersey, Gorgias has been putting into print both reissues of older, sometimes ‘classic’ works from Eastern Christian studies as well as new works, including doctoral dissertations in the discipline. Their website (www.gorgiaspress.com) has one of the largest and most interesting collections of books in Eastern Christian studies—and related disciplines—of any publisher in North America today, and this is both commendable and encouraging. What distinguishes Gorgias is their focus not just or even primarily on the Byzantine Orthodox Churches but also inter alia, on the Oriental Orthodox and the Assyrian Church of the East. They have a particular interest in various Syriac and cognate realities.”

Our top three best sellers in Eastern Christianity

	Symbols of Church and Kingdom By Robert Murray ISBN 1-59333-150-9, Paperback, $84
In this revised and updated edition of his classic work, Robert Murray offers the fullest and most vivid picture yet available of the development and character of the culture. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers.
	The Bible in the Syriac Tradition (English Version) By Sebastian Brock ISBN 1-59333-300-5, Paperback, $38
This is a basic introduction to the various Syriac translations of the Bible and the ways in which they were used in the Syriac tradition. After an initial discussion of the general problems of biblical translation, the different surviving Syriac translations are outlined, as well as biblical manuscripts, lectionaires, printed editions, and translations. A reception history of the Syriac Bible covers the ways in which it has been interpreted, the commentary tradition, its use in preaching, in liturgy, and in spirituality. An appendix offers some comparative samples (in translation) to illustrate some of the differences between the different Syriac translations.
	A Russian Presence: A History of the Russian Church in Australia By Michael Protopopov ISBN 1-59333-321-8, Hardback, $115
This work chronicles the Russian presence in Australia from the arrival in Australian waters of the first Russian Antarctic explorers in 1807, through the development of the community in the 20th century and the establishment of Russian Orthodox Church to the present day.