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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.
The Testament of Solomon
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 56
ISBN: 978-1-59333-871-8
An excellent translation follows a critical essay, which argues that the Christian elements of the text do not point to a Christian author, but rather indicate that this work is a Christian recension of a Graeco-Jewish original.
$90.00 (USD) $54.00 (USD)
Clement of Alexandria and the Beginnings of Christian Platonism
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 59
ISBN: 978-1-59333-874-9
Casey’s survey reveals not only his adept insights into Clement’s thought but also the great breadth of his knowledge of the Greek philosophers and the early Jewish and Christian theologians in the Roman Empire.
$45.00 (USD) $27.00 (USD)
Bar Hebraeus' Book of the Pupils of the Eye
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 45
ISBN: 978-1-59333-859-6
The Book of the Pupils of the Eye is Bar Hebraeus’s introduction to Aristotle’s Organon. This volume makes the Sryiac text available to the interested scholar or student.
$59.00 (USD) $35.40 (USD)
Christian Writers on Judaism
Nineteen Centuries of Apologetics and Polemics
By George Moore
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 49
ISBN: 978-1-59333-864-0
Geroge Foot Moore’s Christian Writers on Judaism is a fundamental work which majestically traverses nineteen centuries of Christian literature regarding the Jews. This work is indispensable to the student of Jewish-Christian dialogue.
$45.00 (USD) $27.00 (USD)
Bardaisan and the Odes of Solomon
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 46
ISBN: 978-1-59333-860-2
A compelling discussion of the origins and authorship of the Odes of Solomon, this work provides great insight into the person of Bar Daysan as well as the research surrounding the text of the Odes of Solomon.
$41.00 (USD) $24.60 (USD)
Das Sendschreiben des Patriarchen Barschuschan an den Catholicus der Armenier
The Circular Letter of the Patriarch Bar Shushan to the Catholicos of Armenia
By Otto Lichti
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 50
ISBN: 978-1-59333-865-7
This work provides the Syriac text, with a German introduction and translation, of John Bar Shushan’s treatise attacking the Melkite tradition, upholding the Creed of Faith, defending the Syrian Orthodox preparation of the Eucharist, and criticizing Armenian Church practices.
$48.00 (USD) $28.80 (USD)
The Descent of Christ in the Odes of Solomon
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 51
ISBN: 978-1-59333-866-4
This title explores the implications of the Descent of Christ in the twenty-third Ode in regards to astrology and Gnostic thought and supports the thesis of the author’s earlier work that the Odes emerged from a Judaeo-Christian, Mesopotamian setting.
$41.00 (USD) $24.60 (USD)
Christian Demonology
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 55
ISBN: 978-1-59333-870-1
This work is concerned primarily with the treatment of the demonic within early Christian literature, but also incorporates evidence from various other world religions, especially early Judaism and paganism.
$64.00 (USD) $38.40 (USD)
Ascetic Strains in Early Judaism
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 53
ISBN: 978-1-59333-868-8
Reviewing the relevant Jewish and Christian literature the author demonstrates that though there is no mandate for ascetic practice within early Judaism, there is a deep respect there for an ascetic way of life.
$41.00 (USD) $24.60 (USD)
Islam Corrects Judaism
The Polemics of a Thirteenth Century Jewish Convert
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 47
ISBN: 978-1-59333-862-6
Herein a 13th century Alexandrian Jewish convert to Islam records his understanding of the truth of Islam over Judaism. Dr. Sidney A. Weston edits, translates and comments on this text making it accessible to the scholar and enthusiast alike.
$48.00 (USD) $28.80 (USD)
The Life of Al-Ghazzali
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 48
ISBN: 978-1-59333-863-3
Al-Ghazzali’s contributions to Muslim theology cannot be overestimated and Professor MacDonald brings to life the thoughts and experiences of this medieval theologian, philosopher, and mystic, with special attention to his religious experiences and opinions.
$46.00 (USD) $27.60 (USD)
The Emperor Julian and the Jews
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 44
ISBN: 978-1-59333-857-2
This study explores the Emperor Julian's actions in regards to the Jews, especially his advances toward rebuilding the Jewish Temple. It offers the reader an insight into an aspect of Julian’s reign not often examined by Christian historians.
$45.00 (USD) $27.00 (USD)
The Semitic Ishtar Cult
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 40
ISBN: 978-1-59333-851-0
Textual evidence regarding the ancient Near Eastern goddess Ishtar is carefully cataloged, transliterated and translated. This is a great resource for anyone interested in the languages and religions of the ancient Near East or Biblical Literature.
$57.00 (USD) $34.20 (USD)
Intermediaries in Jewish Theology
Memra, Shekinah, and Metatron
By George Moore
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 60
ISBN: 978-1-59333-875-6
A philological study of the usage of Memra, Shekinah, and Metatron in Tragumic and Cabbalistic literature that combats nineteenth century Christian attempts to read these as references to the Second or Third Persons of the Trinity.
$41.00 (USD) $24.60 (USD)
The Tale of Euphemia and the Goth
Text and Translation with Notes and Commentary
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 57
ISBN: 978-1-59333-876-3
This book provides the Syriac text along with a translation of the tale of Euphemia and the martyrs’ deliverance of her from the Goth.
$56.00 (USD) $33.60 (USD)
Shmona, Guria and Habib Edessan Martyrs
Texts and Translations with Notes and Commentary
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 58
ISBN: 978-1-59333-873-2
In this book the Syriac texts along with translations of the tales of the martyrs are introduced by Professor Burkitt with a commentary focusing on the historicity of the different accounts.
$71.00 (USD) $42.60 (USD)
The Early Syriac Lectionary
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 62
ISBN: 978-1-59333-878-7
This piece provides an introduction, translation and commentary to a previously unstudied lectionary text, which provides deeper insight into early liturgical practice and the conception of the canon; and includes an index of the lessons according to books of Scripture.
$41.00 (USD) $24.60 (USD)
The Syriac Versions of the Categories of Aristotle
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 77
ISBN: 978-1-59333-852-7
The role of medieval Syriac scholars in the translation, and thus preservation, of classical literature cannot be underestimated. Gottheil provides all of the extant Syriac texts of the translation of Aristotle’s Categories, and a brief introduction.
$42.00 (USD) $25.20 (USD)
Zoroastrianism
A Concise Introduction
By George Moore
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 65
ISBN: 978-1-59333-881-7
This work is an excellent, concise history of the development of the Zoroastrian religion. Special attention is given to the historical development of the religion from monotheism to a dualistic system, with particular emphasis on ethical and eschatological teachings.
$42.00 (USD) $25.20 (USD)
Megillat Taanit as a Source for Jewish Chronology and History in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 63
ISBN: 978-1-59333-879-4
Zeitlin’s masterful work supplies the Megillat Taanit’s text and a translation as well as a deft reading of this source’s utility for the history of the Jews from the Maccabees to the Great Revolt.
$59.00 (USD) $35.40 (USD)
The Barlaam and Josaphat Legend in the Ancient Georgian and Armenian Literatures
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 64
ISBN: 978-1-59333-880-0
This work focuses on the literary and textual concerns of the Georgian and Armenian recensions of the Barlaam and Josaphat legend, and provides translations of all that remains of the Georgian text and the relevant Armenian parallels.
$41.00 (USD) $24.60 (USD)
The Book of Canticles
Translation, Commentary, Notes and Edited Text
By Paul Haupt
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 74
ISBN: 978-1-59333-887-9
This work is a compilation of three articles by Professor Haupt on the Book of Canticles, also known as the Song of Songs. It is an excellent resource for study, both for the layperson and the scholar.
$57.00 (USD) $34.20 (USD)
The Book of Micah
Translation, Commentary, Notes and Edited Text
By Paul Haupt
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 68
ISBN: 978-1-59333-884-8
This work is a compilation of two articles by Professor Haupt on the book of Micah. Together, these articles provide an excellent resource for the study of the book of Micah, both for the layperson and the scholar.
$59.00 (USD) $35.40 (USD)
The Septuagint Text of Hosea Compared with the Massoretic Text
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 75
ISBN: 978-1-59333-889-3
This essay takes a text critical approach to the comparison between the Septuagint and Massoretic texts of Hosea. Its reproduction seems timely as Septuagint studies have seen increased interest in recent times.
$41.00 (USD) $24.60 (USD)
Samaritan Pentateuch Manuscripts
Two First-Hand Accounts
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 79
ISBN: 978-1-59333-892-3
The three essays in this volume address the physical, historical and literary features of what were at the time two of the very earliest clearly datable manuscripts of the Pentateuch known to exist.
$43.00 (USD) $25.80 (USD)