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.
Le texte grec des récits du moine Anastase sur les saints pères du Sinaï
Edited with an Introduction by François Nau
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 402
ISBN: 978-1-60724-676-3
François Nau collated various manuscripts containing stories about the holy fathers of Sinai and presents here the critical and annotated text. These stories offer otherwise unknown information about St. John Climacus and include useful historical and geographic details.
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Une lettre de Sévère d'Antioche à la diaconesse Anastasie
Translation and Introduction by Marius Chaîne
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 437
ISBN: 978-1-60724-774-6
Marius Chaîne publishes the Coptic text and French translation of a letter attributed to Severus of Antioch and addressed to the deaconess Anastasia. In the introduction, Chaîne discusses the attribution to Severus and the exegetical method displayed within the letter.
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Ravenna als Vorort aramäischer Kunst
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 444
ISBN: 978-1-60724-852-1
Previous attempts to compare the art and architecture of Ravenna have focused only on Rome and Constantinople, but Josef Strzygowski argues here that the Oriental Christian tradition should be considered as a contributing influence as well.
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Die Götterliste des Mar Jakob von Sarug in seiner Homilie über den Fall der Götzenbilder
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 445
ISBN: 978-1-60724-853-8
In the early twentieth-century, P.S. Landersdorfer published a translation of Jacob of Serug’s homily on the fall of the idols accompanied by a commentary. Bernhard Vandenhoff publishes here a critique of Landersdorfer’s conclusions about the gods mentioned in Jacob’s “god-list.”
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Une nouvelle récension de la vie d'Abercius
Edited with an Introduction by Élie Batareikh
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 409
ISBN: 978-1-60724-684-8
The Life of Abercius, which received much attention after the archaeological discovery of the “inscription of Abercius,” previously existed in two recensions. Élie Batareikh found a manuscript containing a third recension and publishes here the Greek text of that recension.
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Griechische Philosophen und ihre Lehren in syrischer Ueberlieferung
Abschnitte aus Theodoros' bar Kônî "Buch der Scholien"
Translation and Introduction by Anton Baumstark
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 421
ISBN: 978-1-60724-712-8
Anton Baumstark publishes here the portion of Theodore bar Koni’s Scholia that deals with the various Greek philosophical schools of thought. Baumstark provides an introduction to the Syriac text and includes a Latin translation.
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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.
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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.
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De dialectorum linguae Syriacae reliquiis
Evidence for Syriac Dialects
By F. Larsow
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 457
ISBN: 978-1-60724-895-8
In this brief work, Larsow discusses the evidence for Syriac dialects, other than the well-known eastern and western varieties, and he especially makes use of material from the lexica of Bar Ali and Bar Bahlul.
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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.
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Sixth-Century Fragments of an East-Syrian Anaphora
Edited and Translated by R. H. Connolly
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 454
ISBN: 978-1-60724-888-0
Although this fragmentary Eastern Syriac Anaphora was previously published by G. Bickell, R.H. Connolly disagreed with several editorial and conjectural decisions. Thus, Connolly publishes here his own edited version of the text accompanied by a Latin translation and extended notes.
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Drei Begräbnisgersänge Narsais
Edited and Translated by Maternus Wolff
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 455
ISBN: 978-1-60724-889-7
P. Maternus Wolff publishes here the Syriac text and German translation of three burial hymns by Narsai that were originally included in an unfinished work by Karl Macke. Wolff also includes an introduction and a critical apparatus for the text.
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Zwei altertümliche Litaneien aus dem Paschabuch der koptischen Kirche
By Willi Heffening; In Collaboration With Anton Baumstark
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 513
ISBN: 978-1-60724-992-4
Willi Heffening publishes a German translation of two litanies that are preserved only in a Paschal book from the Coptic Church. Heffening also includes an introduction and supplements the translation with critical notes.
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Abendländischer Einfluss in armenischer Buchmalerei des 10. Jahrhunderts?
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 500
ISBN: 978-1-60724-979-5
In the present essay, Anton Baumstark responds to E. Weigand’s argument for a Western influence on the artwork found in tenth century illustrated Armenian manuscripts by demonstrating that the artistic influences could have come from the Eastern tradition as well.
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Elements of Mental and Moral Science
Designed to Exhibit the Original Susceptibilities of the Mind, and the Rule by Which the Rectitude of Any of its States or Feelings Should be Judged
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 797
ISBN: 978-1-61143-175-9
The article reviews a set of texts on mental philosophy. It reviews the author’s assessments of various sources and the aspects of the mind. The reviewer takes issue with certain philosophers’ beliefs.
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Gall's Lesson System of Education
By Anonymous
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 800
ISBN: 978-1-61143-178-0
The author reviews a text which proposes a “Lesson System” to replace the current ineffective Sabbath school model. The new system fixes many of the old system’s errors and has been successfully implemented in a few places.
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Review on the Scripture Doctrine of the Second Advent
By Anonymous
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 795
ISBN: 978-1-61143-173-5
The article reviews a text on the Second Advent. The reviewer compares two perspectives on the scriptural descriptions of the Second Coming: either it will literally look as is depicted or the prophecies are allegories.
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The Dates of the Philosophical Sutras of the Brahmans
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 772
ISBN: 978-1-61143-150-6
The author is concerned with finding the dates of composition of the Buddhist doctrines the Sunyavada and the Vijnanavada. It was concluded that the Vijnanavada was arranged later than the Sunyavada.
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The Latest Expansions of the Iliad
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 741
ISBN: 978-1-61143-051-6
In this article, George Melville Bolling examines the disagreements among the manuscripts of Homer's Iliad and the papyri. Through a comparison of these he shows that lines have not disappeared, but have rather been added to the manuscript tradition.
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Linen Ornaments of the Church
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 701
ISBN: 978-1-61719-820-5
The linen ornaments of the Anglican Cummunion, copiously considered, with plates and drawings.
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The Stag-Messenger Episode
By M. B. Ogle
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 765
ISBN: 978-1-61143-143-8
This article by M.B. Ogle is a demonstration of how the theory that the stag-messenger episode of Medieval literature is Celtic in origin has erred, and proposes it was of oriental provenance.
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Jacob of Serugh, Homily on Good Friday and Other Armenian Treasures
First Glances
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1048
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0096-1
Jacob of Serugh's Armenian version of “Homily on Good Friday” is most likely from the reign of Gregory III Pahlawuni (1113–1166 AD). Mathews provides its transcription, commenting that scholarship is widely unaware of Jacob of Serugh’s existing works in Armenian.
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Repentance and Fasting from an Ascetical Perspective
A Comparative Reading of Jacob of Serugh and an Unpublished Shortened Version of a Collection of Homilies by Severus of Antioch
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1043
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0091-6
Saints Jacob of Serugh and Severus of Antioch provided monastic interpretations for Syriac Orthodoxy. Bcheiry highlights St. Jacob’s exegesis of Jonah as a spiritual struggle with ascetic appearances. St. Severus address the movement from self-deial to purity in his Lenten homilies.
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Ancient Georgian Versions of the Old Testament
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 862
ISBN: 978-1-61143-411-8
This work is a description and analysis of a unique Old Testament codex in Georgian containing the first eight books of the Bible, the Prophets, and marginal commentary on both.
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Music-Archaeological Research on Pre-Columbian Music Cultures 1880-1920
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1054
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0102-9
This paper contains an overview of Pre-Columbian music research between 1880 and 1920. Figures and the interdisciplinary direction of the research movement are discussed in detail. Many of these early studies remain ignored, which is a concern for music historiography.
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