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Dominique Sirgy
Dominique Alexandra Sirgy is a PhD student in Religious Studies at Yale University. Her research focuses on Syriac and Arabic monastic anthologies, along with confluences between Eastern Christianity and Islam, especially in the areas of philosophy and mysticism.
Shbītho
Monastic prayers from the Syriac tradition
Translation and Introduction by Dominique Sirgy
Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 79
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4475-0
The Shbītho d-Dayroye is a thirteenth-century anthology dedicated to the personal prayer of monks and nuns. The collection comprises the writings of great saints in the Syriac Orthodox tradition including Ephrem the Syrian, Abraham Qidun, John Chrysostom, Gregory of Nazianzus, Philoxenos, Basil the Great, and Isaac the Syrian. For each of the seven daily prayer times (morning, third hour, noon, ninth hour, evening, and night), there is a main prayer and a closing prayer. The present edition is the first translation to make the spiritual treasures of the original Syriac text available to readers in English.
$45.00
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Paul's Word to Seek What is Above and on Outer Darkness
Edited and Translated by Dominique Sirgy
Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 76
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4464-4
Jacob of Sarug's homily on the Apostle Paul's advice to those who prioritise worldly matters, leading to an afterlife remote from God.
$25.00
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on the Love of God towards Humanity and of the Just towards God
Edited and Translated by Dominique Sirgy
Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 74
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4432-3
Jacob of Sarug's homily chronicles the unravelling of God's love in sacred history and the inability of humankind to return God's love and grace.
$28.00