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Analecta Gorgiana
Analecta Gorgiana is a collection of long essays and short monographs which are consistently cited by modern scholars but previously difficult to find because of their original appearance in obscure publications. Carefully selected by a team of scholars based on their relevance to modern scholarship, these essays can now be fully utilized by scholars and proudly owned by libraries.
Life of Saint Nino
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 3
ISBN: 1-59333-471-0
This translation makes readily available the basic hagiography of St. Nino. Apart from her personal significance, St. Nino represents the important place that women held in the introduction of Christianity to Georgia. Text critical material is offered, and chapters 8 through 11 of the Armenian version are presented.
$52.00 (USD) $31.20 (USD)
Gospel Texts and the Acts of Saint Thomas from Mount Athos
By Kirsopp Lake
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 5
ISBN: 1-59333-473-7
A rare glimpse into the wealth of manuscripts held by the community of Mount Athos, this volume includes material from codices psi and Evang. 1071, and chapters from Acta Pilati, and a fragment of Acta Thomae. A catalogue and description of the manuscripts Lake viewed on his 1899 visit to Mount Athos and substantial introductions to each piece round out this useful study.
$54.00 (USD) $32.40 (USD)
Baptism and Christian Archaeology
By C. F. Rogers
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 6
ISBN: 1-59333-474-5
Rogers examines what archaeology reveals for the early centuries of the church. From the period of persecution to that of the northern invasions, iconographic evidence for the performance of baptism is presented. Eastern and Western Church fonts are compared and evidence for baptism without a font is assessed. The question of immersion is considered.
$60.00 (USD) $36.00 (USD)
A Greek Fragment of Tatian's Diatessaron from Dura
With Facsimile, Transcription and Introduction
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 2
ISBN: 1-59333-368-4
Discovered in 1933, a fragment of Tatian’s Diatessaron is published here with critical apparatus, a facsimile, and a transcription. The fragment, a discarded portion of a scroll with 14 surviving lines of text, was likely used in the worship of a third century C.E. chapel excavated at Dura Europos.
$41.00 (USD) $24.60 (USD)
The Origin and Mutual Relation of the Synoptic Gospels
By F. H. Woods
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 18
ISBN: 1-59333-496-6
The vexing question called the Synoptic Problem has long interested New Testament scholars. Woods weighs in on this question providing evidence for Mark’s priority based on the use of language in the Gospels.
$43.00 (USD) $25.80 (USD)
The Day and Year of Saint Polycarp’s Martyrdom
By C. H. Turner
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 19
ISBN: 1-59333-497-4
Among the most important chronological questions of Christianity in the second century is the date of St. Polycarp’s martyrdom. Turner scours the evidence to determine a precise date, based on comparison between the Roman and Asiatic calendars and other historical references. This dating in turn helps to date Irenaeus and St. John.
$44.00 (USD) $26.40 (USD)
Codex Amiatinus of the Latin Vulgate Bible and Its Birthplace
By H. J. White
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 20
ISBN: 1-59333-498-2
White takes the reader through a historical puzzle revolving around the date of the Vulgate manuscript Codex Amiatinus. He demonstrates that the manuscript falls in the eighth century and traces its origins to Italy.
$44.00 (USD) $26.40 (USD)
The Place of the Peshitto Version in the Apparatus Criticus of the Greek New Testament
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 4
ISBN: 1-59333-472-9
This essay by Gwilliam explores the vital role of the Syriac Peshitta for textual criticism of the New Testament. While maintaining the priority of the Greek, Gwilliam explores connections and disagreements between the Syriac and the traditional text. An apology for the Peshitto and problems associated with it are openly discussed.
$44.00 (USD) $26.40 (USD)
The Galatia of Saint Paul and the Galatic Territory of the Book of Acts
By W. M. Ramsay
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 10
ISBN: 1-59333-488-5
Ramsay makes a strong case for the southern location of the Galatia mentioned in the New Testament. Using several streams of evidence, Ramsay makes a forceful case for the South-Galatian theory.
$42.00 (USD) $25.20 (USD)
The Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus
A Critical Edition of the Syriac Text with an Essay on the Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, and Harmonizing Tables in the Syriac Gospels
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 21
ISBN: 1-59333-499-0
Gwilliam presents a critical edition of the letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, as well as a Latin translation. Essays concerning this important epistle addressing the harmonization of the Gospels provides a valuable early insight into the Synoptic Problem.
$45.00 (USD) $27.00 (USD)
Evil as Explained in the Clementine and Lactantian Writings
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 12
ISBN: 1-59333-490-7
This essay grapples with the question of theodicy as represented by the Ante-Nicene writers Lactantius and the writer of the Pseudo-Clementine literature. Bussell’s dialogue with these sources points to the role human responsibility plays in the origin of evil.
$45.00 (USD) $27.00 (USD)
Style and Language in the Writings of Saint Cyprian
By E. W. Watson
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 13
ISBN: 1-59333-491-5
A thorough analysis of St. Cyprian’s writing style and use of language, this study is invaluable for the student of the saint. Comparison with contemporary writers and careful attention to grammatical and linguistic elements mark this useful study of an important figure of early Christianity.
$63.00 (USD) $37.80 (USD)
A Tract of Plutarch on the Advantage to be Derived from One's Enemies
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 7
ISBN: 1-59333-484-2
This Syriac edition with English translation is the historic first printing of such an edition of the manuscript available to European scholars. The unusual nature of Syriac monks translating the work of the Greek heathen Plutarch give this document inherent historical value.
$43.00 (USD) $25.80 (USD)
Le Testament de Saint Éphrem
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 9
ISBN: 1-59333-486-9
A critical edition of the Syriac Testament of St. Ephrem, along with a French translation and notes, secure Duval’s study a place in the literature concerning this document. This historic study provides a translation in accessible French along with the necessary critical apparatus for scholars.
$52.00 (USD) $31.20 (USD)
The Authorship and the Titles of the Psalms According to Early Jewish Authorities
By Ad Neubauer
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 17
ISBN: 978-1-59333-495-6
Neubauer addresses the related issues of the authorship of the Psalms and the individual psalm titles according to the early Jewish authorities. Beginning with a survey of what is known about music usage in Israelite worship, Neubauer launches into a thorough examination of what the Rabbinic material preserves regarding these issues.
$46.00 (USD) $27.60 (USD)
Acts of Saint George
By E. W. Brooks
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 8
ISBN: 1-59333-485-0
The classic hagiography of Saint George is presented here by E. W. Brooks. He gives a critical edition of the Syriac accompanied by an annotated English translation of the Acts. The “Acts of Saint George” stands in the tradition of early Christian devotional and historical records, and is a standard source for information about this formative saint.
$43.00 (USD) $25.80 (USD)
The Acts of Pilate
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 11
ISBN: 1-59333-489-3
The Acts of Pilate is an apocryphal document of uncertain date. Conybeare offers an introduction to and a critical edition of this text based on a Greek recension compared with two Armenian versions.
$49.00 (USD) $29.40 (USD)
The Materials for the Criticism of the Syriac Peshitto New Testament With Specimens of the Syriac Ma
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 14
ISBN: 1-59333-492-3
Gwilliam organizes the sources available for a critical edition of the Peshitto New Testament. These sources include the major manuscripts, Syriac Massorah, and the Arabic and Persian versions. He addresses revisions of the Peshitto New Testament and how the materials cited might be used for a critical edition of the Peshitto.
$46.00 (USD) $27.60 (USD)
The Text of the Canons of Ancyra
The Greek, Latin, Syriac and Armenian Versions
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 15
ISBN: 1-59333-493-1
Rackham publishes here a critical edition of the Canons of the Council of Ancyra (314). In his comments on the text he evaluates the manuscripts available for this edition and provides the Syriac and Armenian versions for comparative purposes.
$50.00 (USD) $30.00 (USD)
The Books of the Bible and the Writings of Cyprian in the Phillipps Collection at Cheltenham
With a Stichometry by C. H. Turner
By W. Sanday
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 16
ISBN: 978-1-59333-494-9
The remarkable discovery of a fourth-century list of the books of the Old and New Testaments and the writings of Cyprian is related in this essay. The canon and order of the biblical books are discussed and the stichometry of the lists is also explored.
$90.00 (USD) $54.00 (USD)
The Witness of the Vulgate, Peshitta and Septuagint to the Text of Zephaniah
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 25
ISBN: 978-1-59333-567-0
Zandstra focuses specifically on the text of the prophetic book of Zephaniah. Comparing the Latin Vulgate, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Greek Septuagint, against the original Hebrew of the text he concludes that these versions are interdependent. Zandstra also considers the variants between these primary witnesses and the Masoretic Text.
$45.00 (USD) $27.00 (USD)
Sumerian Hymns from Cuneiform Texts in the British Museum
Transliteration, Translation and Commentary
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 30
ISBN: 978-1-59333-624-0
Vanderburgh’s noted study of the Sumerian hymns to Bel, Sin, Adad, and Tammuz in the British Museum is an excellent example of one of the early attempts to grapple with the difficulties of the Sumerian language. Each hymn is presented in transliteration and translation, and these are accompanied by the author’s own commentary.
$53.00 (USD) $31.80 (USD)
Early and Later Jewish Influence on Christianity
Essays on Hebrew Influence on Religion, Language and Literature
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 38
ISBN: 978-1-59333-692-9
Selected from the essays of the influential volume “The Legacy of Israel,” the three contributions in this volume explore early and later Jewish influence on Christianity. Written by F. C. Burkitt, A. Meillet, and L. Magnus, the articles consider the patristic period and modern European literary usage of Hebrew scripture and tradition.
$48.00 (USD) $28.80 (USD)
A Syriac Valentinian Hymn
An Excerpt from Epiphanius' Panarion
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 52
ISBN: 978-1-59333-867-1
Epiphanius, the great fourth century heresiographer, included in his discussion of the Valentinians an excerpt from a manuscript, of which Newbold here provides the Greek text and the Syriac original, along with his translation, textual notes and commentary.
$90.00 (USD) $54.00 (USD)
Catalogue of All Works Known to Exist in the Armenian Language
Up to the Seventeenth Century
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 54
ISBN: 978-1-59333-869-5
This work provides a summary, short author biography, and reference to editions or translations of all the works of Armenian provenance known to the author. It concludes with works of Greek Church Fathers and secular literature preserved in Armenian.
$90.00 (USD) $54.00 (USD)