The present volume is a collection of poems about the suffering of the Christians in Turkey leading up to the massacre of 1915.

This volume presents the Syriac text of Gregory Bar Hebraeus' collection of humorous stories, sayings, and anecdotes known as the Laughable Stories.

The present work presents the text of Dionysius bar Salibi's commentary on the "100 Theses" concerning the ascetic life by Evagrius Ponticus.

The first hand account of the atrocities suffered by the Christians of Tur Abdin from 1914-1918 by A. Naman Karabash and translated into German by George Toro and Amill Gorgis.

The present work is a brief essay that provides a basic introduction to the Syrian Orthodox Church. This volume includes the essay in five languages: Arabic, German, Dutch, Turkish, and English.

Dialogue poetry is a genre that began in ancient Sumer and continues in rich fashion in the Syriac tradition. Sebastian Brock has selected an edition of twenty six dialogue poems: between the Church and Zion; Abraham and Isaac; Joseph and Benjamin; the body and the soul; Joseph and Mary; the thief and the cherub; Mary and the Magi; the church and the believers; the angel and Mary; among the months of the year; between the angel and Zachariah; death and Satan; Jesus and the faithful; the two thieves; Jesus and John; the sinful woman and Satan; Abel and Cain; and wheat and gold.

In volume 2 of his Syriac Grammar, Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolbani introduces grammatical concepts for more advanced students. The book is organized into brief chapters that introduce new concepts, and each chapter includes questions and exercises.

In volume 1 of his Syriac Grammar, Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolbani presents an introduction to the rules of Syriac grammar and pronunciation. The book is organized into brief chapters that introduce new concepts, and each chapter includes questions and exercises.

The present volume contains the text of the liturgical rite for the burial of priests in the Syrian Orthodox Church.

The present volume presents the text of Gregory Bar Hebraeus' instructions for the ascetic life, commonly known as the Book of the Dove.

The present volume commemorates the visit of Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas to Heidelberg in 1996 by presenting the German translation of four essays delivered during that historic meeting at the Ecumenical Institute of Ruprecht-Karls University.

In response to the various events of the twentieth century that resulted in the loss of both property and lives in the region of Tur Abdin, H. Numan Aydin offers a series of laments for the monasteries of the region.

Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani discusses the unique practice of the seven mysteries according to the Syrian Orthodox tradition: Baptism, Holy Unction, the Eucharist, Penitence, the Priesthood, Anointing of the Sick, and Marriage.

This work, written by an unnamed "teacher of the School of Edessa," provides an account of the persecution experienced by Christians under the Persian Empire.

This volume contains the liturgy for the sacrament of Eucharist according to the rite of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch.

The present volume contains the text of the rite for the liturgy of penance, one of the sacraments of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch.

This volume includes four poems by John Bar Ma`dani (d. 1263), former Patriarch of Antioch.

This volume contains the liturgical rite for the Eucharist according to the order of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch.

This volume includes three metrical memre about the book of Ecclesiastes, each written by three authors: Eprhem the Syrian, Jacob of Serug, and John of Mosul.