Gorgias Press. Syriac and Eastern Christianity

The Date of the Initial Miniatures of the Etchmiadzin Gospel

ISBN: 978-1-61143-263-3

A controversial essay on one of the treasures of Armenian art, arguing that its illuminations were original and Armenian; with 38 plates.

$38.00

S. Ephraem Syri Commentarii in Epistolas D. Pauli

Ephrem the Syrian's Commentary on the Pauline Epistles, translated by the Mekhitarist Fathers

Series: Kiraz Commentaries Archive 16

ISBN: 978-1-61143-296-1

Presented here are commentaries on the Letters of Saint Paul, translated into Latin from the Armenian version.

$186.00

De l’alphabet sogdien

By Robert Gauthiot

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 838

ISBN: 978-1-61143-309-8

This paper, reprinted from the Journal Asiatique, provides a handy introduction to the Sogdian alphabet used for Buddhist texts in Central Asia.

$35.00

A Selection from the Syriac Julian Romance

Edited by Richard J. H. Gottheil

Series: Syriac Studies Library 191

ISBN: 978-1-61143-333-3

Selections from the Syriac romance about the evils of Julian the Apostate, made into a reading for students with complete glossary.

$56.00

Contributions to the History of Syriac Folk-Medicine

By Richard J. H. Gottheil

Series: Analecta Gorgiana 852

ISBN: 978-1-61143-336-4

A collection of Syriac medical remedies, from a manuscript dated 1888; the origin is uncertain; the inscription mentions Galen.

$35.00

The Life and Works of Jacob of Serug

By Philoxenos Dolabani

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 23

ISBN: 978-1-61143-337-1

Philoxenos Dolabani provides a brief biographical introduction to Jacob of Serug, including a survey of his life and works.

$104.00

Book of Good Works

By Elia Yuhanon Mellus

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 24

ISBN: 978-1-61143-338-8

Mor Elia Yuhanon Mellus presents a book of Syriac hymns and poems, mostly by John of Mosul, intended to educate Syriac Christians about their heritage.

$154.00

Daily Meditations

For Each Day of the Month

By P. Muzzarelli; Translated by Francis David

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 26

ISBN: 978-1-61143-340-1

This small volume presents a daily devotional meditation for each day of the month.

$152.00

Selected Passages from Aramaic Literature

Edited by Jacques Eugène Manna

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 27

ISBN: 978-1-61143-341-8

The present volume is a chrestomathy of Aramaic (Syriac) literature including selections from the Bible, various patristic authors, and ecclesiastical leaders in the Syriac tradition.

$284.00

The Rite of Burial for the Order of Priests

Edited by Abraham Konat

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 28

ISBN: 978-1-61143-342-5

This volume presents the Syriac and Malayalam texts for the rite of the burial of priests in the Malankara Syriac tradition.

$171.00

Book of Common Prayer

Edited by Abraham Konat

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 29

ISBN: 978-1-61143-343-2

This volume presents the Syriac text of the Book of Common Prayer according to the rite of the Syriac Orthodox Church as practiced by the Malankara Christians of India.

$170.00

Modern Assyrian Language Grammar

for Intermediate Classes

By Nemrod Simono

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 30

ISBN: 978-1-61143-344-9

Nemrod Simono’s intermediate grammar for Modern Assyrian that serves as a follow up to his beginner’s grammar. The volume includes exercises for self-guided study.

$153.00

Book of the Holy Rites

According to the Rite of the Syriac Church of Antioch

By The Syriac Church of Antioch

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 34

ISBN: 978-1-61143-348-7

The present volume contains the Syriac text for the liturgies of the seven holy sacraments according to the rite of the Syriac Catholic Church of Antioch.

$192.00

Liturgical Breviary

According to the Syrian Orthodox Church

Edited by P. M. Geevarghese

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 35

ISBN: 978-1-61143-349-4

This work is the breviary for the Eastern Syriac tradition, containing daily liturgical prayers

$188.00

Book of Refutations against the Claims of the Pope

By Mahila Thomas

Series: Abrohom Nuro Library 36

ISBN: 978-1-61143-350-0

The present work is an argument against the authority of the pope on the grounds of misinterpretation of the concept of apostolic succession.

$115.00

Syriac Reading Lessons

Consisting of Extracts from the Peschito Version of the Old and New Testaments and the Crusade of Richard I from the Chronicle of Bar Hebraeus

By Benjamin Davidson

Series: Kiraz Historical Grammars Archive 28

ISBN: 978-1-61143-353-1

This volume is an inductive approach to Syriac grammar that focuses on learning through readiing.

$119.00

The History of the New Testament Canon in the Syrian Church

By Julius A. Brewer

Series: Syriac Studies Library 192

ISBN: 978-1-61143-356-2

In this volume, Julius Bewer attempts to construct a coherent history of the tramsission of the New Testament documents in the early Syriac tradition.

$145.00

The Liturgical Homilies of Narsai

Edited and Translated by R. H. Connolly

Series: Syriac Studies Library 193

ISBN: 978-1-61143-358-6

Dom R.H. Connolly provides an English translation and study of four liturgical homilies by Narsai.

$146.00

A Letter on Syriac Orthography

by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa and a Discourse by Gregory Bar Hebraeus on Syriac Accents

Edited and Translated by George Phillips

Series: Kiraz Historical Grammars Archive 29

ISBN: 978-1-61143-359-3

George Philipps presents the Syriac text and English translation for three ancient texts pertaining to Syriac grammar, orthography and pronunciation.

$123.00

Elements of Syriac Grammar

By an Inductive Method

By Robert Dick Wilson

Series: Kiraz Historical Grammars Archive 30

ISBN: 978-1-61143-368-5

Robert D. Wilson’s grammar of Syriac includes many excerpts from Syriac literature to help explain grammatical concepts in real syntactical context.

$138.00

Evangelii Concordantis Expositio

By Ephraem Syrus; Translated by Johannes Bapista Aucher; Edited with an Introduction by Georg Mösinger

Series: Syriac Studies Library 195

ISBN: 978-1-61143-374-6

This is a commentary of the fourth century Syriac saint Tatian’s work Diatessaron.

$190.00

Syrisch-arabische Biographieen des Aristotles. Syrische Commentare zur Eisagoge des Porphyrios

Translation and Introduction by Anton Baumstark

Series: Syriac Studies Library 196

ISBN: 978-1-61143-403-3

The surviving versions of the Syriac translation of Ptolemy's life of Aristotle (which contains Aristotle's will), and the Syriac commentaries on Porphyry's Isagoge; the only printed edition, with extensive introduction.

$167.00

Mois de Marie

Edited by Paul Bedjan

Series: Syriac Studies Library 197

ISBN: 978-1-61143-404-0

An anthology of hymns and devotions to the Virgin Mary in ancient and modern Syriac, collected in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception

$209.00

Le synaxaire géorgien

Redaction ancienne de l’Union arméno-géorgienne

Edited and Translated by Nikolai Marr

Series: Classics in the History of Early Christian Literature 72

ISBN: 978-1-61719-890-8

The surviving text of a Georgian martyrology, on Stephen Protomartyr, Peter and Paul, shows the influence of Armenian Christianity on Georgia, and reflects 6th century preaching against Judaism.

$153.00

Martyrologes et douze ménologes syriaques

Edited and Translated by François Nau

Series: Classics in the History of Early Christian Literature 76

ISBN: 978-1-61719-901-1

Contained in this work are thirteen lists of saints’ days in the Syriac tradition based on various sources.

$162.00