The volume collects selected papers from the fifth annual APECSS conference which focused on the topic of letters from Christian Antiquity. The conference papers deal with epistolography from the apostle Paul up to Theodore the Studite (ninth century), considered in different aspects, namely, historiography of studies, literary form, Church history, dogmatic contents, attribution, etc. Other patristic studies include hagiography, liturgics, Christian art, early Egyptian monasticism, Islamic-Christian relations in the Middle Ages, and the Jewish background of Christianity.

This volume, published at his death, celebrates the life and work of Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Afram II Rahmani (1848-1929), from his early life to his time as priest, bishop, and then patriarch.

Addai Scher, the last bishop of Siirt (Seert), here describes the collection of Syriac and Arabic manuscripts of the episcopal library there, a total of 136 codices in various genres.

The name Copt is restricted to the sect which has formed the national Christian Church of Egypt. This article is an attempt to illustrate the main characteristics of the church Coptic as it is uttered in Egypt today.

This work is a catalogue of 38 Arabic and Syriac manuscripts found in the Syrian Orthodox Monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem; contains liturgical and literary works.

This catalogue is a brief report of Arabic and Syriac manuscripts found at Saint Catherine's Monastery, compiled by Margaret Dunlop Gibson and her sister.

This work is a catalogue of 87 Ethiopic manuscripts housed in what is now the Berlin State Library.

This catalogue lists 153 manuscripts from the Chaldean monastery Notre-Dame-des Semences, located near Alqosh, Iraq.

This work consists of three different encomia of the Archangel Michael, each dealing with a different miracle.

This volume provides a facsimile of one of the oldest manuscripts of the standard Syriac translation of the Bible, Codex Ambrosianus (7a1), with an new Introduction by Emidio Vergani.

The author describes the Chaldee Targums, recommending them to readers such that they can use the Targums to convert Jews who use them as evidence for their own religion. The author also analyses several Targums.

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.

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 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.

This volume presents the Lectionary readings from the epistles according to the liturgical rite of the Syrian Orthodox Church. The text is presented in a vocalized Serto text with readings separated by section headings in red font.

Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani describes and defends the unique Christology of the Syrian Orthodox tradition and discusses the reasons for the split with the Chalcedonian tradition.

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.

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.

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

The present volume is the Syriac translation of the original Arabic work of Christian theology by Al-Kamus Michael Mina of Egypt.

This volume presents the text of one of the most important historical works of the Syriac tradition: the world history of Gregory Bar Hebraeus, which attempts to provide a history of the world from Adam until Bar Hebraeus' own lifetime.

Moran Mor Ignatius Aphram I Barsoum provides a history of the area of Tur Abdin, beginning with the introduction of Christianity and monasticism to the area and concluding with the persecution of the twentieth century.

The present volume is a bi-lingual (Syriac and German) edition of the liturgies for Baptism, Marriage, and Burial according to the rite of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch.

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.

The present volume is a first hand account of the atrocities suffered by the Syrian Christians at Tur Abdin during the genocide of 1915 by Suleyman Henno.