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Presentation of Christianity to Muslims

The Report of a Committee approved by the Board of Missionary Preparation
ISBN: 978-1-61719-003-2
Islam and the Muslim world, for missionaries, as of 1916; extensive survey of the subject, notes on missionary strategy and tactics. Extensive bibliographic appendix
$122.00 (USD) $73.20 (USD)
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Catenae in Evangelia Aegyptiacae quae supersunt

Edited by Paul de Lagarde
ISBN: 978-1-61719-017-9
Catena on selected passages from the Gospels, from Eusebius of Caesarea and others.
$146.00 (USD) $87.60 (USD)
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Redefining History on Pre-Islamic Accounts

The Arabic Recension of the Martyrs of Najrân
ISBN: 978-1-61719-158-9
The account of the Martyrs of Najran has hitherto been known only through the Greek and the Syriac textual tradition, but this book offers an analysis of the original Arabic account to provide information about the most important details, and for identifying the original text of the Arabic version. A comparative study of the contents and structure of the tragic events which took place in the South Arabian city of Najran as they were narrated in the Arabic recension contained in the MS Sinaitic Arabic 535.
$155.00 (USD) $93.00 (USD)

My Baby Brother Lucian

ISBN: 978-1-61719-081-0
My Baby Brother Lucian is a biography of a baby that is born into a Syriac family as told by his 9-year-old sister. It provides a glimpse of the exciting changes an elder sister faces in the first year of a new baby's life: From what to name the baby, to how the family prepares for a baptism in the Syriac Orthodox tradition, and finally to the one-year birthday party. This book is a simple yet elegant description of the milestones of an infant in his first year of life.
$18.00 (USD) $10.80 (USD)
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Shall this Nation Die?

By Joseph Naayem; Preface by Lord Bryce; Contribution by Gabriel Oussani
ISBN: 978-1-61719-041-4
In this volume, Father Joseph Naayem, based on his experiences and conversations with others, narrates the horrors experienced by the Chaldean Christians prior to World War I at the hands of the Turks.
$207.00 (USD) $124.20 (USD)
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Monte Singar

Storia di un popolo ignoto
Edited and Translated by Samuele Giamil
ISBN: 978-1-61719-042-1
This volume contains the Syriac text, with Italian translation, of a catechetical work on the beliefs and practices of the Yezidis based on a manuscript in the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd.
$164.00 (USD) $98.40 (USD)
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Epistulae Novi Testamenti Coptice

Edited by Paul de Lagarde
ISBN: 978-1-61719-048-3
Distinguished biblical scholar Paul de Lagarde provides an annotated Coptic version of the New Testament arranged by the General Epistles, preceding Pauline Epistles, and concluding with Philemon. Titles and references are in Latin.
$154.00 (USD) $92.40 (USD)
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Mémoire sur les Migrations des Tsiganes à travers l’Asie

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 527
ISBN: 978-1-61719-080-3
History of the Gypsies in Asia and the Middle East
$53.00 (USD) $31.80 (USD)
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A Quest for Belonging

Anatolia Beyond Empire and Nation (19th-21st Centuries)
ISBN: 978-1-61719-103-9
A Quest for Belonging collects Hans-Lukas Kieser’s works on identities and nationalities in late-Ottoman Anatolia and how their destruction during the First World War continues to resonate today.
$206.00 (USD) $123.60 (USD)
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Population History of the Middle East and the Balkans

ISBN: 978-1-61719-105-3
Population History of the Middle East and the Balkans collects together the work of Justin McCarthy on Ottoman demographics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
$163.00 (USD) $97.80 (USD)
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Lettres de Josué, fils de David, surnommé Bar-Kilo, de Sévère Jacques de Bartelli, surnommé Bar-Chac

Edited with an Introduction by Isaac Armalet
ISBN: 978-1-61719-161-9
This volume contains epistolary selections, in vocalized Serto script, of Joshua bar David (also known as bar Kilo), three questions from Jacob bar Shakko’s Dialogue, and letters from David de Beth Rabban.
$165.00 (USD) $99.00 (USD)
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Ephraem Syrus on the Repentance of Nineveh

A Metrical Homily on the Mission of Jonah
Translation and Introduction by Henry Burgess
ISBN: 978-1-61719-162-6
This volume contains English translations of five works of various lengths from St. Ephrem on the theme of repentance. The translator also includes a lengthy introduction, notes to the translation, and indices.
$183.00 (USD) $109.80 (USD)
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Moses bar Kepha und sein Buch von der Seele

Translated and Annotated by Oskar Braun
ISBN: 978-1-61719-163-3
This volume contains a German translation of a fascinating work on the soul in all its characteristics and aspects from the Syrian Orthodox author Mushe bar Kipho (d. 903).
$164.00 (USD) $98.40 (USD)
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Mastery in Inflecting the Language of the Syrians

ISBN: 978-1-61719-164-0
Maronite bishop Yusuf Daryan’s (d. 1920) detailed and lengthy work covers Syriac orthography and morphology, discussed with numerous vocalized examples, which are also generally translated into Arabic.
$220.00 (USD) $132.00 (USD)
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Papal Authority in the Syrian Church

ISBN: 978-1-61719-166-4
In this work, Syrian Catholic priest Isaac Armalet (d. 1954) investigates the subject of papal authority biblically and historically with respect to the Syrian Catholic Church.
$134.00 (USD) $80.40 (USD)
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Syriac Grammar and Poetry

ISBN: 978-1-61719-167-1
This detailed grammar of Syriac by the Maronite George Al-Ruzzi (Risius), written in Arabic, covers poetic meters in addition to the customary grammatical subjects.
$208.00 (USD) $124.80 (USD)
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Thomas of Edessa on the Nativity of the Lord

Edited and Translated by Simon Joseph Carr
ISBN: 978-1-61719-169-5
This volume contains the Syriac text of sixth-century Church of the East author Thomas of Edessa’s On the Nativity, along with a Latin translation and a brief introduction in English.
$153.00 (USD) $91.80 (USD)
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Homonyme Wurzeln im Syrischen

Ein Beitrag zur semitischen Lexicographie
ISBN: 978-1-61719-170-1
Semitist Friedrich Schulthess (d. 1922) here presents a study of forty-nine homonyms in Syriac considered in light of comparative Semitics. Language indices conclude the study.
$118.00 (USD) $70.80 (USD)
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Poems of Gregory Barhebraeus

Edited with an Introduction by Augustinus Scebabi
ISBN: 978-1-61719-171-8
Scebabi here presents in vocalized Serto script a number of poems penned by the famous and prolific Barhebraeus (1225-1286) together with a Syriac-Arabic-Latin glossary of difficult words found in the poems.
$152.00 (USD) $91.20 (USD)
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Severi Philalethes

Edited and Translated by A. Sanda
ISBN: 978-1-61719-172-5
The Philalethes of Severus of Antioch (d. 538) is one of the most important documents of anti-Chalcedonian christological writing. This volume contains the Syriac text, a Latin translation, and a brief introduction.
$182.00 (USD) $109.20 (USD)
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Opuscula Monophysitica Ioannis Philoponi

Edited and Translated by A. Sanda
ISBN: 978-1-61719-173-2
The Philalethes of Severus of Antioch (d. 538) is one of the most important documents of anti-Chalcedonian christological writing. This volume contains the Syriac text, a Latin translation, and a brief introduction.
$192.00 (USD) $115.20 (USD)
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Severi Antiiulianistica

Edited and Translated by A. Sanda
ISBN: 978-1-61719-174-9
This volume contains the Syriac version, with Latin translation, of Severus’ polemical work against Julian, bishop of Halicarnassus, especially on the question of the corruptibility of Jesus’ body.
$222.00 (USD) $133.20 (USD)
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Der Strophenbau in den Gedichten Ephraems des Syrers

Mit einem Anhange über den Zusammenhang zwischen syrischer und byzantinischer Hymnenform
ISBN: 978-1-61719-175-6
This volume studies the strophic patterns used by Ephrem the Syrian, which the author divides into five types. An appendix deals with possible relationships between Byzantine (esp. Romanos) and Syriac poetic forms.
$150.00 (USD) $90.00 (USD)
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Le livre des lois des pays

Texts syriaque et traduction française avec une introduction et de nombreuses notes
Edited and Translated by F. Nau
ISBN: 978-1-61719-176-3
The text published here is the Book of the Laws of Countries, a dialogue in which Bardaisan plays the major role. Nau gives this fascinating text in Syriac (Estrangela) and a French translation along with explanatory notes.
$149.00 (USD) $89.40 (USD)
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Die neu-aramaeischen Dialekte von Urmia bis Mosul

Texte und Übersetzung
Edited and Translated by Albert Socin
ISBN: 978-1-61719-177-0
This volume contains Neo-Aramaic texts, with German translation, from various regions between Urmia and Mosul, a collection of 27 narratives (including proverbs and songs) that offer a wealth of cultural information.
$177.00 (USD) $106.20 (USD)