Biblical Studies
Biblical Studies is the collection of sub-fields that investigates the text of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament. It is also includes broader academic sub-fields that incorporate relevant disciplines such as literary criticism, theology, textual criticism, history, and liturgy. The Gorgias Biblical Studies series publishes monographs on the history, theology, redaction and literary criticism of the biblical texts. Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts deals with the study of the Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew and cognate languages. Biblical Intersections explores various topics beyond theological or exclusively historical exegetical studies, including the relationship of Hebrew and Christian scripture to philosophy, sociology, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, intertextuality and literary studies.
Scribal Habits of Codex Sinaiticus
Series: Texts and Studies (Third Series) 5
ISBN: 978-1-59333-422-2
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest, famous, and most important manuscripts of the Bible. At least three scribes copied the text manually, and they were faced with many decisions: What do I do when I spot an error in the text I just copied? What is the right spelling of this word? Is it time for a new paragraph? This book studies a variety of textual and non-textual phenomena in Codex Sinaiticus. We discover more about this important biblical manuscript as well as the individuals with their own habits, qualities, and skill levels who produced it.
$167.00
Exegesis in the Targum of Psalms
The Old, the New, and the Rewritten
Series: Gorgias Biblical Studies 28
ISBN: 978-1-59333-432-1
This volume illustrates how Targum Psalms creatively interprets selected psalms and how those interpretations relate to other Jewish and Christian traditions, including early translations of the psalms, rabbinic Midrashim, the New Testament and early Church Fathers. The study of these Psalms suggests viewing Targum Psalms as a creative partner in the world of biblical interpretation, as opposed to a compilation of already existing midrashic material. Edwards portrays the Targum as a link between the written and oral Torah that leads its readers on a path to tradition.
$157.00
A Syriac Compendium of Eleven Ecumenical Councils
Compendium Conciliorum Œcumenicorum Undecim, edited by Paul Bedjan
ISBN: 978-1-59333-417-8
Joseph Ma'aruf (1693-1713) produced (via an Arabic translation of the Latin) this Syriac compendium of eleven key ecumenical councils acknowledged by the Catholic Church. It is still read today, by Syriac-speaking Christians who wish to have a concise introduction to the theological decrees and canons of these great church councils which defined Catholic faith.
$155.00
The History of Mar Jab-Alaha and Rabban Sauma
Histoire de Mar Jab-Alaha, Patriarche, et de Raban Sauma
By Paul Bedjan
Series: Kiraz Chronicles Archive 14
ISBN: 978-1-59333-418-5
This books gives the Syriac text of the account of Yaballaha III, Church of the East Patriarch, and his vicar Bar Sauma, the Mongol Ambassador to the Frankish courts at the end of the thirteenth century.
$231.00
Selected Dialogue Poems [Sugyotho Mgabyotho]
Series: Bar Ebroyo Kloster Publications 1
ISBN: 978-1-59333-442-0
Dialogue poetry is a genre that began in ancient Sumer and continues in rich fashion in the Syriac tradition. Sebastian Brock has selected an edition of twenty six dialogue poems: between the Church and Zion; Abraham and Isaac; Joseph and Benjamin; the body and the soul; Joseph and Mary; the thief and the cherub; Mary and the Magi; the church and the believers; the angel and Mary; among the months of the year; between the angel and Zachariah; death and Satan; Jesus and the faithful; the two thieves; Jesus and John; the sinful woman and Satan; Abel and Cain; and wheat and gold.
$119.00
Six Homilies by Jacob of Sarug
ISBN: 978-1-59333-445-1
Jacob of Sarug (451–521) was a prolific writer of the Syriac Church and was known as “the flute of the Holy Spirit and the harp of the believing church”. Sebastian Brock gives the Syriac edition of six homilies written by Jacob: on the birth of our Lord; on the baptism of our Lord; on the Great Lent; on Palm Sunday; on Good Friday; on Easter Sunday. The text is based on an ancient manuscripts preserved in London and dated 609.
$109.00
Chaldean Christian Doctrine in the Urmia Dialect
Doctrina Christiana
By Paul Bedjan
ISBN: 978-1-59333-420-8
Paul Bedjan produced this catechism to advance the knowledge of Catholicism among Aramaic-speaking Christians of the Middle East. The book is written in Modern Aramaic, in the dialect of Urmia. The book is of interest not only for pedagogical purposes among the Aramaic speakers, but also will give the Neo-Aramaic scholar a literary text from the late nineteenth century.
$123.00
The Book of Ethics
Edited by Paul Bedjan
ISBN: 978-1-59333-421-5
Bar Hebraeus, a celebrated Syriac writer of the thirteenth century, wrote on nearly every subject imaginable. The Book of Ethics is a manual of discipline and etiquette covering secular life as well as spiritual life.
$241.00
A Greek Fragment of Tatian's Diatessaron from Dura
With Facsimile, Transcription and Introduction
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 2
ISBN: 1-59333-368-4
Discovered in 1933, a fragment of Tatian’s Diatessaron is published here with critical apparatus, a facsimile, and a transcription. The fragment, a discarded portion of a scroll with 14 surviving lines of text, was likely used in the worship of a third century C.E. chapel excavated at Dura Europos.
$41.00
Life of Saint Nino
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 3
ISBN: 1-59333-471-0
This translation makes readily available the basic hagiography of St. Nino. Apart from her personal significance, St. Nino represents the important place that women held in the introduction of Christianity to Georgia. Text critical material is offered, and chapters 8 through 11 of the Armenian version are presented.
$52.00
The Place of the Peshitto Version in the Apparatus Criticus of the Greek New Testament
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 4
ISBN: 1-59333-472-9
This essay by Gwilliam explores the vital role of the Syriac Peshitta for textual criticism of the New Testament. While maintaining the priority of the Greek, Gwilliam explores connections and disagreements between the Syriac and the traditional text. An apology for the Peshitto and problems associated with it are openly discussed.
$44.00
Gospel Texts and the Acts of Saint Thomas from Mount Athos
By Kirsopp Lake
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 5
ISBN: 1-59333-473-7
A rare glimpse into the wealth of manuscripts held by the community of Mount Athos, this volume includes material from codices psi and Evang. 1071, and chapters from Acta Pilati, and a fragment of Acta Thomae. A catalogue and description of the manuscripts Lake viewed on his 1899 visit to Mount Athos and substantial introductions to each piece round out this useful study.
$54.00
Baptism and Christian Archaeology
By C. F. Rogers
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 6
ISBN: 1-59333-474-5
Rogers examines what archaeology reveals for the early centuries of the church. From the period of persecution to that of the northern invasions, iconographic evidence for the performance of baptism is presented. Eastern and Western Church fonts are compared and evidence for baptism without a font is assessed. The question of immersion is considered.
$60.00
The Gospel Manuscripts of the General Theological Seminary
Series: Kiraz Theological Archive 5
ISBN: 1-59333-463-X
Three miniscule gospel codices held by the General Theological Seminary in New York are published in partial facsimile form, along with thorough collations and descriptions. Codices Gregory 669, 2324, and 2346 are included.
$108.00
The Earliest Life of Christ Ever Compiled from the Four Gospels
The Diatessaron of Tatian
Series: Kiraz Theological Archive 10
ISBN: 1-59333-477-X
In the second century, well before the canonical gospels took their present form, Tatian wove from the four gospels and one or more Judaic-Christian gospels one harmonized account of the life of Christ, the Diatessaron. The Earliest Life of Christ is an English translation of the Diatessaron based on the Arabic version, itself a translation from the lost Syriac.
$145.00
The Physical Geography, Geology, and Meteorology of the Holy Land
Series: Kiraz Theological Archive 11
ISBN: 1-59333-482-6
Tristram was among the earliest scholars to attempt a documentation of the physical landscape of the Holy Land. This study describes the geography, geology, meteorology, zoology, and botany of the land of the Bible, as experienced in the nineteenth century.
$215.00
Le Testament de Saint Éphrem
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 9
ISBN: 1-59333-486-9
A critical edition of the Syriac Testament of St. Ephrem, along with a French translation and notes, secure Duval’s study a place in the literature concerning this document. This historic study provides a translation in accessible French along with the necessary critical apparatus for scholars.
$52.00
The Galatia of Saint Paul and the Galatic Territory of the Book of Acts
By W. M. Ramsay
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 10
ISBN: 1-59333-488-5
Ramsay makes a strong case for the southern location of the Galatia mentioned in the New Testament. Using several streams of evidence, Ramsay makes a forceful case for the South-Galatian theory.
$42.00
The Acts of Pilate
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 11
ISBN: 1-59333-489-3
The Acts of Pilate is an apocryphal document of uncertain date. Conybeare offers an introduction to and a critical edition of this text based on a Greek recension compared with two Armenian versions.
$49.00
Evil as Explained in the Clementine and Lactantian Writings
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 12
ISBN: 1-59333-490-7
This essay grapples with the question of theodicy as represented by the Ante-Nicene writers Lactantius and the writer of the Pseudo-Clementine literature. Bussell’s dialogue with these sources points to the role human responsibility plays in the origin of evil.
$45.00
Style and Language in the Writings of Saint Cyprian
By E. W. Watson
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 13
ISBN: 1-59333-491-5
A thorough analysis of St. Cyprian’s writing style and use of language, this study is invaluable for the student of the saint. Comparison with contemporary writers and careful attention to grammatical and linguistic elements mark this useful study of an important figure of early Christianity.
$63.00
The Materials for the Criticism of the Syriac Peshitto New Testament With Specimens of the Syriac Ma
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 14
ISBN: 1-59333-492-3
Gwilliam organizes the sources available for a critical edition of the Peshitto New Testament. These sources include the major manuscripts, Syriac Massorah, and the Arabic and Persian versions. He addresses revisions of the Peshitto New Testament and how the materials cited might be used for a critical edition of the Peshitto.
$46.00
The Text of the Canons of Ancyra
The Greek, Latin, Syriac and Armenian Versions
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 15
ISBN: 1-59333-493-1
Rackham publishes here a critical edition of the Canons of the Council of Ancyra (314). In his comments on the text he evaluates the manuscripts available for this edition and provides the Syriac and Armenian versions for comparative purposes.
$50.00
The Books of the Bible and the Writings of Cyprian in the Phillipps Collection at Cheltenham
With a Stichometry by C. H. Turner
By W. Sanday
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 16
ISBN: 978-1-59333-494-9
The remarkable discovery of a fourth-century list of the books of the Old and New Testaments and the writings of Cyprian is related in this essay. The canon and order of the biblical books are discussed and the stichometry of the lists is also explored.
$90.00
The Authorship and the Titles of the Psalms According to Early Jewish Authorities
By Ad Neubauer
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 17
ISBN: 978-1-59333-495-6
Neubauer addresses the related issues of the authorship of the Psalms and the individual psalm titles according to the early Jewish authorities. Beginning with a survey of what is known about music usage in Israelite worship, Neubauer launches into a thorough examination of what the Rabbinic material preserves regarding these issues.
$46.00
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