sdfb
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.
Jacob of Serugh's Homilies on the Spectacles of the Theatre
Edited and Translated by C. Moss
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 496
ISBN: 978-1-60724-974-0
This fascinating volume contains excerpts from four otherwise unedited (and untranslated) homilies from Jacob of Sarug on the theatre. Moss gives a substantive introduction, and then presents the texts in Syriac and in English translation.
$39.00
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Tamar (Gen 38)
S. Jacobi Sarugensis Sermo de Thamar
Edited by Joseph Zingerle
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 495
ISBN: 978-1-60724-973-3
This small volume contains an edition (from Vatican ms. 117) of Jacob of Sarug’s homily “On Tamar and on the Mystery of the Church.”
$38.00
Die Geschichte Josefs von Mar Narses
Edited and Translated by Victor Grabowski
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 494
ISBN: 978-1-60724-972-6
This volume contains an edition, with annotated translation, of one of Narsai’s poems on the Joseph story from Genesis.
$40.00
Das zweite Josephs-Gedicht von Narses
Edited with an Introduction by Max Weyl
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 493
ISBN: 978-1-60724-971-9
This volume, Weyl’s inaugural dissertation, contains the critical edition of Narsai’s second poem on Joseph (from Genesis), edited from two Berlin manuscripts, along with several pages of philological annotations to the text.
$48.00
The Diatessaron in the Syriac Acts of John / Jacob of Serug and the Diatessaron
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 491
ISBN: 978-1-60724-969-6
This volume contains two short studies on the Diatessaron and Syriac literature. Readers who study the history of the Gospels in Syriac and their reception and use in Syriac literature will find these two studies of interest.
$39.00
Die Haggadischen Elemente in den Homilien des Aphraates, des persischen Weisen
By Salomon Funk
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 489
ISBN: 978-1-60724-967-2
In this volume, Funk addresses questions concerning Aphrahat’s possible relationship to Jewish sources. His method in the main part is to go through biblical passages that Aphrahat comments on and show parallels with rabbinic literature.
$47.00
Prolegomena in Aphraatis Sapientis Persae Sermones Homileticos
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 488
ISBN: 978-1-60724-966-5
Sasse’s foundational study of the early Syriac author Aphrahat is divided into three sections: Aphrahat’s life, his writings (including a study of the Armenian translation), and his biblical citations in comparison with the Peshitta.
$41.00
Jacob of Serugh on the Eucharist
Homilies 22 and 95
Translation and Introduction by Hugh Connolly
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 487
ISBN: 978-1-60724-955-9
In the two articles reprinted here, Dom Hugh Connolly offers an annotated English translation of two homilies from Jacob of Serugh dealing with the Eucharist (Bedjan nos. 22 and 95), as well as a short selection from homily 53.
$39.00
Ueber und aus Reden von zwei syrischen Kirchenvätern über das Leiden Jesu
Translation and Introduction by Pius Zingerle
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 486
ISBN: 978-1-60724-954-2
In these two articles, Zingerle surveys, in German, fourteen poems from Isaac of Antioch and Jacob of Sarug. His aim is to look at how two different Syriac authors expound the same theme: the events surrounding Jesus’ crucifixion.
$41.00
Isaac of Antioch's Homily on the Royal City
Edited and Translated by C. Moss
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 485
ISBN: 978-1-60724-953-5
In this volume, Moss gives an introduction, edition, and annotated translation of an important poem (in the seven-syllable meter) from Isaac of Antioch on the Huns’ attack on Constantinople in the 440s.
$38.00
Aphrahat's Demonstrations 2 and 7
On Love, and On Penitents
Translated by Frank Hallock
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 484
ISBN: 978-1-60724-952-8
This volume reproduces translations of Aphrahat’s 2nd and 7th Demonstrations into English. The texts cover themes including Law and Gospel, salvation history, commandments to love and forgive, repentance, Jesus as physician, and pastoral care.
$38.00
Ein arabisches Poententiale bei den Kopten
Translation and Introduction by Georg Graf
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 483
ISBN: 978-1-60724-951-1
Georg Graf publishes a German translation, accompanied by translation notes, of an Arabic poenitentiale text that is a collection of previous material. Graf also provides an introduction to the text in which he discusses source materials and their relationship.
$36.00
Orientalisches in altspanischer Liturgie
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 482
ISBN: 978-1-60724-950-4
Anton Baumstark compares elements of the “old-Spanish” or Mozarabic liturgy with eastern liturgies in order to demonstrate an “oriental” influence.
$39.00
Eine Homilie des Ampiliochius von Iconium über Basilus von Cäsarea
Translation and Introduction by K.V. Zettersteen
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 481
ISBN: 978-1-60724-949-8
K.V. Zettersteen publishes here a German translation of a homily of which he had previously published separately the Syriac text. The homily is attributed to Amphilochius of Iconium and it serves as a biography of Basil the Great.
$38.00
105 Zitierte Psalmenübersetzung
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 480
ISBN: 978-1-60724-948-1
The Syriac tradition played an important role in shaping pre- and early Islamic concepts of Christianity. In this article, Anton Baumstark argues that a few Arabic citations of the Bible reflect reliance on Old Syriac translations rather than the Peshitta.
$36.00
Die Regenbitten Aphrems des Syrers
Ihre Überlieferung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des nestorianischen Officiums der Ninivitenasten und ihre religionsgeschichtliche Bedeutung
By Paul Krüger
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 479
ISBN: 978-1-60724-947-4
Paul Krüger discusses the influence of the “rain prayer” of Ephrem by tracing its use throughout several stages in the development of the Syriac liturgical traditions.
$43.00
Die äthiopische Überlieferung der Abhandlung des Evagrius "Über die acht Gedanken"
Edited with an Introduction by Otto Spies
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 478
ISBN: 978-1-60724-946-7
Otto Spies publishes here a critical apparatus with variant readings to supplement Johannes Bachmann’s edition of the Ethiopic version of the work “concerning the eight [sinful] thoughts” by Evagrius of Pontus. Spies provides a German translation of the collated text.
$36.00
Die zwölf Marka-Hymnen aus dem "Defter" der samaritanischen Liturgie
Translation and Introduction by Paul Kahle
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 477
ISBN: 978-1-60724-945-0
Paul Kahle publishes here a German translation, with critical notations, of twelve Aramaic Marka hymns, which are an important piece in the early Samaritan liturgy. Kahle’s work supplements other works that contain the Aramaic texts by providing a modern translation.
$37.00
Des Isho'dad von Maru Kommentar zum Hohenlied
Edited and Translated by Sebastian Euringer
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 476
ISBN: 978-1-60724-944-3
Sebastian Euringer publishes here the Syriac text of Isho’dad of Merv’s commentary on the Song of Songs accompanied by an introduction, a German translation of the commentary, notes on the translation, and parallels from other commentaries.
$36.00
Ostsyrische Tisch- und Abendmahlsgebete
Edited and Translated by P. Maternus Wolff
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 466
ISBN: 978-1-60724-919-1
P. Maternus Wolff publishes here the text and German translation of twenty Eucharistic prayers from the Syraic tradition. Wolff also includes an apparatus containing critical notes and an introduction in which he discusses several unique features of these prayers.
$36.00
Die Chronik des Eusebius in der syrischen Überlieferung
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 465
ISBN: 978-1-60724-918-4
In the present study, Paul Keseling surveys the use of the Chronicle of Eusebius in later Syriac historical works, such as the “Epitome of Syria” and the chronicles of Pseudo-Dionysius, Elias of Nisibis and Michael the Great.
$46.00
Die griechische Ephraem-Paraenesis gegen das Lachen in arabischer Übersetzung
Edited and Translated by Willi Heffening
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 464
ISBN: 978-1-60724-917-7
Willi Heffening publishes here the Arabic version of the “sermon against laughter” attributed to Ephrem. Heffening accompanies the Arabic text with a brief introduction, a German translation, and a critical apparatus with variants from the Greek version.
$37.00
Die äthiopische Anaphora des hl. Epiphanius Bischofs der Insel Cypern
Edited and Translated by Sebastian Euringer
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 463
ISBN: 978-1-60724-916-0
In the present article, Sebastian Euringer publishes the Ethiopic text of an anaphora attributed to Ephphanius, the Bishop of Cyprus, and accompanies the text with a German translation and a textual apparatus including variant readings.
$41.00
Die äthiopische Anaphora des hl. Athanasius
Edited and Translated by Sebastian Euringer
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 462
ISBN: 978-1-60724-915-3
In the present article, Sebastian Euringer publishes the Ethiopic text of an anaphora attributed to Athanasius. Euringer also provides a German translation of the text as well as a critical apparatus with variant readings and critical notes.
$43.00
Eine arabische Versio der zweiten Paraenesis des Johannes Chrysostomos an den Mönch Theodoros
Translation and Introduction by Willi Heffening
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 461
ISBN: 978-1-60724-914-6
In the present study, Willi Heffening presents a German translation of two sermons by Chrysostom on the subject of the monk Theodore preserved in Arabic. The text is also extant in Greek, but the Arabic version contains several unique features.
$37.00