Gorgias Press

New Suggestions on the Ciris

ISBN: 978-1-60724-595-7

Robinson Ellis reviews the debate surrounding the Ciris, an epic in miniature often attributed to Virgil, though never confirmed to be that poet's work.

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On the Old Armenian Version of Plato's Apology

By Frederick Coneybeare

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 346

ISBN: 978-1-60724-600-8

Frederick Coneybeare analyzes old Armenian codices of Plato's Apology in order to demonstrate the weakness of the chief codex used to support the Greek text.

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Notes to the Dialogus de Oratoribus Based on Gudeman's Edition

By R. B. Steele

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 356

ISBN: 978-1-60724-610-7

Reading notes and commentary to Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus, a little-known yet key work in Tacitus' ouvre.

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The Gerund and Gerundive in Livy

By R. B. Steele

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 390

ISBN: 978-1-60724-639-8

R. B. Steele classifies Livy's use of the gerund and gerundive in his history of Rome, providing insight into the regular useage of this rather irregular feature of Latin grammar.

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The Significance of the Parodoi in the Greek Theater

By Kelley Rees

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 363

ISBN: 978-1-60724-650-3

Kelley Rees examines the question of whether or not the parodoi of Greco-Roman theaters conventionally represented specific destinations relative to the city/ stage.

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Un recueil de sentences attribué à Isaac le Syrien

Edited with an Introduction by Marius Besson

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 401

ISBN: 978-1-60724-675-6

Marius Besson presents the critical text of two manuscripts containing an apophthegmatic text with sayings attributed to Isaac of Nineveh. The text also includes a separate apparatus with references to parallel texts in various early Christian documents.

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Die armenischen apokryphen Apostelakten I. Das gnostische martyrium Petri

Edited with an Introduction by Paul Vetter

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 411

ISBN: 978-1-60724-688-6

Paul Vetter presents the Armenian text, along with a Greek translation, of the “Gnostic Martyrdom of Peter” from the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. The article also includes an appendix in which Vetter describes the manuscripts used in the collation.

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Die syrische "Liturgie" des Kyriakos von Antiocheia

Edited with an Introduction by Karl Kaiser

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 422

ISBN: 978-1-60724-713-5

Kyriakos, Patriarch of Antioch, was an influential figure in the development of the Syriac Monophysite tradition. Karl Kaiser presents here a brief but important survey of his life and publishes the Syriac text of a liturgy attributed to Kyriakos.

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Drei nestorianische Kirchenlieder

Edited and Translated by Daniel Haneberg

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 499

ISBN: 978-1-60724-977-1

In this study, Haneberg focuses on three prominent authors of the Church of the East: Theodore of Mopsuestia, Narsai, and Babai the Great. He includes three short poems from each author in vocalized Syriac together with a German translation.

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The Life of William Farel

Prepared from original authorities

By Anonymous

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 801

ISBN: 978-1-61143-179-7

The reviewer examines a biography of Protestant Reformer William Farel. The book describes Farel’s departure from Catholicism and contributions to the efforts of Swiss Reformation, Zuingle in particular. His trails and successes are described.

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Roman Catholicism

By Anonymous

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 804

ISBN: 978-1-61143-182-7

A scathing polemic against Roman Catholicism, the author uses logical and textual evidence to contradict Catholic rituals and beliefs.

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The Annual of the Board of Education of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Unite

By Anonymous

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 798

ISBN: 978-1-61143-176-6

The reviewer praises an annual, comprised of a series of articles, as valuable for students entering the ministry. The author advocates modesty, hard work and piety amongst other virtues.

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The Sinner’s Ability to obey God, if he will

Two Sermons by Rev. Mr. Perkins, Montreal, Canada. National Preacher, September, 1833. J.& J. Harper, New York.

By Anonymous

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 782

ISBN: 978-1-61143-160-5

The article reviews two sermons on the freedom of sinners to obey God. The author declares that man can obey so long as he is able, stating the reverend’s point is obvious and flawed.

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Cornelius Jansenius; and the Controversies on Grace, in the Roman Catholic Church

By Anonymous

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 789

ISBN: 978-1-61143-167-4

The author provides the biography of Cornelius Jansenius and describes his commentary, Augustinus, to explain Jansenius’s position on Grace in relation to Catholic doctrine. He concludes this history convicts the Catholic Church.

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The Unilingual Inscriptions K. 138 and K. 3232

Translated

By J. Dyneley Prince

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 767

ISBN: 978-1-61143-145-2

Three inscriptions are laid out, which directly relate to the Assyrian ceremony of the scapegoat. Many of the rites discusses in these inscriptions relate to those of the Israelites. Translations and commentaries are given of all three inscriptions.

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Notes on Recent Theories of the Origin of the Alphabet

By John Peters

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 768

ISBN: 978-1-61143-146-9

The author’s intent is to continue a search about the origins of the Phoenician alphabet and whether it has a connection to old Babylonian and Egyptian. Up until this point, no satisfactory connection has been made to the Babylonian syllabaries.

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On the Date of Zoroaster

By A.V. Williams Jackson

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 771

ISBN: 978-1-61143-149-0

Wide diversity prevails with regard to the date which Zoroaster lived. This diversity is largely due to incongruities in ancient statements on the subject. One can reasonably conclude that he lived between the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.E.

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Note sur l'ouvrage syriaque intitulé Le Jardin des Délices

By J.-B. Chabot

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 669

ISBN: 978-1-61719-619-5

In this short work, originally published in the Festschrift for Nöldeke, Chabot gives a notice and overview of the Gannat Bussame, a commentary on the East Syriac lectionary and an important witness to the East Syriac exegetical tradition.

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Jacob of Serugh, the Man Behind the Mimre

By Khalid S. Dinno

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1044

ISBN: 978-1-4632-0092-3

Credited by Dinno as the epitome of Syriac spiritual heritage, Mor Jacob of Serugh interpreted the physical world with the hidden realities of God. A prominent theme in Mor Jacob's mimre is the economy of salvation.

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Mar Jacob of Serugh on Monks and Monasticism

Readings in his Metrical Homilies ‘On the Singles’

By Sydney H. Griffith

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1045

ISBN: 978-1-4632-0093-0

Griffith discusses “On the Singles”, mimre by Mar Jacob of Serugh, for their reflections of Syrian monastic development. Following a biography and detailed literary analysis, Griffith examines the broader context of regional monastic literature for Mar Jacob’s possible influences.

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Women in Aphrahat

Some Observations

By Adam Lehto

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1039

ISBN: 978-1-4632-0087-9

Fourth-century Aphrahat is characterized as misogynist, especially when he compares women to Satan. This may be an unintended result of contemporary Christian literature. The the eschatological context of Aphrahat’s asceticism, salvific role of Mary, victimization in Aphrahat’s work, and positive statements about women negotiate this view.

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Les lectionnaires de l’ancienne liturgie de Jérusalem

By Sebastià Janeras

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1009

ISBN: 978-1-61143-998-4

An extract from Collectanea Christiana Orientalia (2005)

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A Ruined Nestorian City in Inner Mongolia

By Owen Lattimore

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 954

ISBN: 978-1-61143-871-0

Owen Lattimore, a historian of Central Asia, presents the first report on Kwei-hua, the ruined city of the Syriac-Ongut Turks.

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An Eastern Embassy to Europe in the Years 1287-8

By Norman McLean

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 957

ISBN: 978-1-61143-874-1

Rabban Sauma, a Syriac monk, travelled to Europe in 1287 as a diplomatic representative of the Mongols; this is his own account of his travels, the first translation into English.

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European Merchants in the Medieval Indies

The Evidence of Commercial Documents

By Robert Sabatino Lopez

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 959

ISBN: 978-1-61143-878-9

Commercial sources on journeying to the east after Marco Polo; the gradual closing of trade between Italy and China or India under the hostile or defensive rulers of the lands in between.

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