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Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 18

A refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-0756-4
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Oct 30,2018
Interior Color: Black with Color Inserts
Trim Size: 8.25 x 10.75
Page Count: 98
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0756-4
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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.

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.

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ContributorBiography

AmirHarrak

Amir Harrak is full professor at the University of Toronto. His specialty is Aramaic and Syriac languages and literatures. His many publications deal with Syriac epigraphy, chronography, and cataloguing of manuscripts.

From the Editor (1)

Some Problems in Editing Liturgical Poetry (Sebastian P. Brock) (3)

Which One is He? Narsai of Nisibis on Moses and the Divine Name and Essence and a Few Plagues (Robert A. Kitchen)

East Meets East in the Chaldean Furnace: A Comparative Analysis of Romanos's Hymns and Jacob of Serugh's Homily on the Three Children (Demetrios Alibertis) (24)

'The Ten Plagues Brought on Egypt by Moses' in the Exegesis of Jacob of Serugh (Imad Syryany) (42)

Symbolisme et Théologie biblique dans les Bō'wōtō de St.  Jacques de Sarough (Antoine Nassif) (58)

Reports and Drawings of Celestial Observations in the 8th Century Syriac Chronicle of Zuqnīn (Auroral and Meteoric Phenomena) (D.L. Neuhäuser, R. Neuhäuser and A. Harrak) (67)

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