JCSSS is a refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies Inc. (CSSS), located at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. JCSSS contains the transcripts of public lectures presented at the CSSS and possibly other articles and book reviews. JCSSS focuses on the vast Syriac literature, which is rooted in the same soil from which the ancient Mesopotamian and biblical literatures sprung; on Syriac art that bears Near Eastern characteristics as well as Byzantine and Islamic influences; and on archaeology, unearthing in the Middle East and the rest of Asia and China the history of the Syriac-speaking people: Assyrians, Chaldeans, Maronites and Catholic and Orthodox Syriacs. Modern Syriac Christianity and contemporary vernacular Aramaic dialects are also the focus of JCSSS. The languages of the Journal are English, French and German, and quotations from ancient sources are given in the original languages and in translation. The articles are interdisciplinary and scholarly; the Editorial Committee brings together scholars from four American, Canadian, and European universities. The CSSS that publishes JCSSS was founded in 1999 at the University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, as part of the latter’s academic programme in Aramaic and Syriac languages and literatures. It was incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act in January 23, 1999.

Volume 10 includes articles by Robert Thomson, Edward G. Mathews Jr., Claude Cox, Hidemi Takahashi and Jos J.S. Weitenberg, and Arman Akopian and is on Syriac-Armenian topics.

• Jornal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies (page 2)
• Table of Contents (page 5)
• From the Editor (page 7)
• Literary Interactions Between Syriac and Armenian by Robert Thomson (page 9)
• Notes (page 20)
• Syriac into Armenian: The Translations and their Translators by Edward G. Mathews, Jr. (page 26)
• Fifth Century (page 28)
• Intermediate Period (page 31)
• Cilician Period (page 32)
• Appendix: Armenian Translations of Syriac Works (page 39)
• Notes (page 40)
• The Syriac Prescence in the Armenian Translation of the Bible, with Special Reference to the book of Genesis by Claude Cox (page 51)
• Initial Causes for Hope (page 51)
• But 5th Century Historical Sources Look West (Greek) (page 52)
• Lyonnet and Armenian 1 and Armenian 2 (page 53)
• Complexity of the Issue (page 53)
• New Testament (page 54)
• Old Testament, or the Earlier Testament (page 54)
• Armenian Genesis and the Syriac (page 55)
• Splits in the Textual Tradition? (page 64)
• Conclusion (page 67)
• Notes (page 70)
• The Shorter Syriac-Armenian Glossary in MS. Yale Syriac 9: Part 1 by Hidemi Takahashi & Jos J.S. Weitenberg (page 74)
• 1. Introduction (page 74)
• 2. On MS. Yale Syriac 9 (page 74)
• 3. Syriac- Armenian Glossary (page 76)
• 4. On the Transcription (page 76)
• 5. Observations on the Armenian Dialect of the Glossary (page 78)
• Notes (page 86)
• Babylon, and Armenian-Language Syriac Periodical: Some Remarks on Milieu, Structure, and Language by Arman Akopian (page 91)
• Armenian-Speaking Syriac Christians of Kharberd (page 92)
• Syriac Christians of Kharberd in the United States (page 94)
• Babylon: The Language (page 95)
• Babylon: The Cover (page 98)
• Brief Synopsis of the Articles from Issue 15 (page 100)
• Conclusion (page 102)
• Notes (page 105)
• Obituary: Dr. J.C.J. (Jan) Sanders (1918 - 2010) by Herman Teule (page 107)
• Notes (page 109)
• Members of the CSSS for 2009 - 2010 (page 110)