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BIBLICAL & RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Antoniades, Lectionaries, and the Catholic Epistles By Jovan Stanojevi?
Expands the methodological and practical framework of textual scholarship on the Greek New Testament from an Orthodox perspective. This volume focuses on the Antoniades edition of the New Testament, commonly known as the Patriarchal Edition. It includes analysis of lectionary manuscripts using the Text und Textwert methodology and a detailed comparison of the Antoniades edition with the recent Editio Critica Maior of the Catholic Epistles. A textual commentary is provided on key verses in order to formulate guidelines for preparing an edition of the Greek New Testament that would satisfy the needs of Orthodox users in different contexts.
TEXTS AND STUDIES (THIRD SERIES) | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463242671 • £85.00 • Available Now 225 pages • 152 x 229 mm
Masorah 2 Kings
Vol. 6.2 Kings By David Marcus
The first publication of a major part of the masorah of the great Leningrad Codex into English. The translation and commentary are preceded by an Introduction which deals with topics such as description of the importance of the Leningrad Codex, the Masorah and its development, the Masorah of the Leningrad Codex, and the relation of the Leningrad’s Masorah to the accepted text of the Hebrew Bible.
TEXTS AND STUDIES | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463206048 • £133.00 • August 2021 400 pages • 178 x 254 mm
An Inventory of Syriac Texts Published from Manuscripts in the British Library
By Sebastian Brock
Guide to one of the most important collections of Syriac manuscripts in the world. The British Library possesses one of the most important collections of Syriac manuscripts in the world, with large numbers dating back to the second half of the first millennium CE. The aim of the present volume is to provide a guide to these scattered publications: following the sequence of the shelf-marks (call numbers), for each manuscript indication is given of what texts have been published from it.
GORGIAS HANDBOOKS | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463242145 • £115.00 • September 2020 334 pages • 178 x 254 mm
The Karbalāʼ Dreams By Christopher Clohessy
The story of Umm Salama and her dreams. When, on an autumn Medina night in 61/680, the night that saw al-Ḥusayn killed, Umm Salama was torn from her sleep by an apparition of a long-dead Muḥammad, she slipped effortlessly into a progression of her co-religionists who, irrespective of status, gender or standing with God, were the recipients of dark and arresting visions. This is her story.
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND THOUGHT | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463242091 • £69.00 • Available Now 280 pages • 152 x 229 mm
Bethlehem's Syriac Christians
Self, nation and church in dialogue and practice By Mark Calder
An anthropological study of Syriac Orthodox Christian identity in a time of displacement, upheaval, and conflict. For some Syriac Orthodox Christians in Bethlehem, their self-articulation - the means by which they connect themselves to others, things, places and symbols - is decisively influenced by their eucharistic ritual. This ritual connects being siryāni to a redeemed community or 'body', and derives its identity in large part from the Incarnation of God as an Aramaic-speaking Bethlehemite. This study examines these ties of identity.
THE MODERN MUSLIM WORLD | GORGIAS PRESS Paperback • 9781463242824 • £44.00 • Available Now 326 pages • 152 x 229 mm
La Şaḥīfa de Médine (VIIe siècle)
Une relecture critique By Yahia Bellahcene
Fresh light on the text of one of Islam’s most important documents. The Şaḥīfa of Medina is preserved thanks to two 9th century historiographers: Ibn Hishām and Abū ‘Ubayd. It clearly illustrates, through variants present in both the text and its chain of transmission, the challenges posed by sources that reach us by way of oral tradition. The present investigates its nuances, as adding greater clarity to the social and political context of this challenging and important text.
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND THOUGHT | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463242688 • £144.00 • May 2021 500 pages • 152 x 229 mm
The Arabs from Alexander the Great until the Islamic Conquests
Orientalist Perceptions and Contemporary Conflicts By Ayad Al-Ani
Examines historical writing in a period that still influences political discourse about the Arab world. This study of the sociology of historical writing focuses on the riddle of the disappearance of the Arabs from history before Islam, their sudden appearance behind the banners of the Prophet, and the powerful and traumatic effect this emergence into world history has had on the relationship between the Arabs and the West.
GORGIAS HANDBOOKS | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463242855 • £85.00 • May 2021 275 pages • 152 x 229 mm
The Exceptional Qu'ran
Flexible and Exceptive Rhetoric in Islam's Holy Book By Johanne Christiansen
Aims to fill a gap in the field of Qur’anic studies. This monograph examines the principle of dispensation in the Qur'an, which seems to be, if not unique, articulated in a new manner compared to previous religions (cf. Deut 12,32). The Qur'anic dispensations have never been systematically studied and this monograph aims to fill this vacuum in the fields of Qur'anic studies and the Study of Religion.
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND THOUGHT | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463207298 • £88.00 • May 2021 330 pages • 152 x 229 mm
The Many Faces of Iranian Modernity
Sufism and Subjectivity in the Safavid and Qajar Periods By Robert Ames
Challenges common assertions about the writings of 19th and 20th century Sufism. This study into both reformism and mysticism demonstrates both that mystical rhetoric appeared regularly in supposedly anti-mystical modernist writing and that 19th- and 20th-century Sufis actually addressed questions of intellectual and political reform in their writing, despite the common assertion that they were irrationally traditional and politically quietist.
THE MODERN MUSLIM WORLD | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463242374 • £77.00 • May 2021 205 pages • 152 x 229 mm
A New Perspective on the Kitāb al-Aghānī by Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī and Shīʻī Islam in the Tenth Century By I-Wen Su
An examination of what The Kitāb al-Aghānī can tell us about the beliefs of Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī. The Kitāb al-Aghānī (the Book of the Songs) stands as one of the most important extant sources for Arabic literature and Islamic history. The present study addresses the question of whether the sectarian leaning of its compiler, Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, can be discerned from it through an analysis based primarily on redaction criticism.
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND THOUGHT | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463207144 • £115.00 • Available Now 500 pages • 152 x 229 mm
Half of my Heart
The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of ʻAlî By Christopher Clohessy
The story of Muḥammad's granddaughter Zaynab. As Abû ʻAbd Allâh al-Ḥusayn moved inexorably towards death on the field of Karbalâʼ, his sister Zaynab was drawn ever closer to the centre of the family of Muḥammad. There she would remain for a few historic days, challenging the wickedness of the Islamic leadership, defending the actions of her brother, initiating the commemorative rituals, and protecting and nurturing the new Imâm until he could take his rightful place. This book explores and tells her story.
ISLAMIC HISTORY AND THOUGHT | GORGIAS PRESS Paperback • 9781463242367 • £45.00 • Available Now 309 pages • 152 x 229 mm
From Their Lips
Voices of Early Christian Women By V. McCarty
Explores Early Christian women and their wisdom. The Eastern Church venerates among its saints several Early Christian women whose teaching and wisdom contribute to the depth of our theological heritage. Their inspired voices can be heard at work witnessing: in the New Testament, in the early centuries of the Church Fathers and throughout the Byzantine era. Readers will find this volume bringing female leaders from the Early Church to life from the traditional ancient sources and sharing their experience of the presence of God.
Commentary on Daniel By T. Schmidt
First English translation of Ishoʻdad of Merv's Commentary on Daniel. Ishoʿdad of Merv’s (fl. 850 AD) Commentary on Daniel provides an important witness to East Syriac exegetical technique. In it, Ishoʿdad emphasises an historical reading of the Old Testament above any kind of allegorical, spiritual, or even Christological interpretation. Most notable is Ishoʿdad’s belief that the Maccabees fulfilled several of the visions described in the book of Daniel. These interpretations dramatically depart from most eastern and western commentators who considered Daniel’s visions to portend the rise of the Roman Empire and the advent of Christ.
TEXTS FROM CHRISTIAN LATE ANTIQUITY | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463242787 • £69.00 • July 2021 125 pages • 152 x 229 mm
Jacob of Sarug's Homilies
On Jacob's Revelation at Bethel and on our Lord and Jacob, on the Church and Rachel and on Leah and the Synagogue Edited by Mary Hansbury and Dana Miller
Bilingual Syriac-English editions of two of Saint Jacon of Sarug’s homilies on Jacob. Recognised as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Part of a series of fascicles containing the bilingual Syriac-English editions of Saint Jacob of Sarug’s homilies, this volume contains two of his homilies on Jacob. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical references.
TEXTS FROM CHRISTIAN LATE ANTIQUITY | GORGIAS PRESS Paperback • 9781463241896 • £31.00 • Available Now 100 pages • 152 x 229 mm
Jacob of Sarug's Homilies on Paul
On the Conversion of the Apostle Paul and a Second Homily on Paul the Apostle Edited by Raju Parakkott and Mary Hansbury
Bilingual Syriac-English editions of two of Saint Jacon of Sarug’s homilies on Paul. Recognised as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Part of a series of fascicles containing the bilingual Syriac-English editions of Saint Jacob of Sarug’s homilies, this volume contains two of his homilies on Paul.
Edited by Dana Miller and Mary Hansbury
Bilingual Syriac-English editions of two of Saint Jacon of Sarug’s homilies on Samson. Recognised as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. Part of a series of fascicles containing the bilingual Syriac-English editions of Saint Jacob of Sarug’s homilies, this volume contains his homily on Samson.
TEXTS FROM CHRISTIAN LATE ANTIQUITY | GORGIAS PRESS Paperback • 9781463242909 • £27.00 • May 2021 75 pages • 152 x 229 mm
Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Sixth Day
Edited by Edward Mathews Jr
Bilingual Syriac-English editions of two of Saint Jacon of Sarug’s homilies on the Six Days of Creation. Recognised as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. Part of a series of fascicles containing the bilingual Syriac-English editions of Saint Jacob of Sarug’s homilies, this volume contains his homilies on the Six Days of Creation.
TEXTS FROM CHRISTIAN LATE ANTIQUITY | GORGIAS PRESS Paperback • 9781463242114 • £30.00 • Available Now 118 pages • 152 x 229 mm
John of Dara On The Resurrection of Human Bodies
Edited by Aho Shemunkasho
An edition and translation of the four treatises of John of Dara (d. 860) On the Resurrection of Human Bodies. The Christian dogma of resurrection and the ecclesiastical understanding of eschatology are the central points of the treatises examined here. Theologically, the concept of the Creator and creation are in focus, along with the logical proof of God’s existence, exegetical commentaries on the relevant Biblical passages, and on the vision of the future world.
BIBLIOTHECA NISIBINENSIS | GORGIAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463242251 • £120.00 • Available Now 607 pages • 178 x 254 mm
The Semantics of Word Division in West Semitic Writing System
By Robert S. D. Crellin
Presents an important new approach to key aspects of early language. Much focus in writing systems research has been on the correspondences on the level of the grapheme/phoneme. Seeking to complement these, this monograph considers the targets of graphic word-level units in natural language, focusing on ancient North West Semitic (NWS) writing systems, principally Hebrew, Aramaic, Phoenician and Ugaritic. While in Modern European languages word division tends to mark-up morphosyntactic elements, in most NWS writing systems word division is argued to target prosodic units, whereby written ‘words’ consist of units which must be pronounced together with a single primary accent or stress. This is opposed to other possibilities including Semantic word division, as seen in Middle Egyptian hieroglyphic.
The monograph starts by considering word division in a source where, unlike the rest of the material considered, the phonology is well represented, the medieval tradition of Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic. There word division is found to mark-up ‘minimal prosodic words’, i.e. units that must under any circumstances be pronounced together as a single phonological unit. After considering the Sitz im Leben of such a word division strategy, the monograph moves on to compare Tiberian word division with that in early epigraphic NWS, where it is shown that orthographic wordhood has an almost identical distribution. The most economical explanation for this is argued to be that word division has the same underlying basis in NWS writing since the earliest times. Thereafter word division in Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform is considered, where two word division strategies are identified, corresponding broadly to two genres of text, poetry and prose. 'Poetic' word division is taken as an instance of mainstream ‘prosodic word division’, while the other is morphosyntactic in scope anticipating later word division strategies in Europe by several centuries. Finally, the monograph considers the digital encoding of word division in NWS texts, especially the difficulties, as well as potential solutions to, the problem of marking up texts with overlapping, viz. morphosyntactic and prosodic, analyses.
CONTEXTS OF AND RELATIONS BETWEEN EARLY WRITING SYSTEMS | OXBOW BOOKS Hardback • 9781789256772 • £50.00 • July 2021 256 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789256789
A Linguistic Approach By Natalia Elvira Astoreca
Explores ancient Greek scripts and their development and evolution as a variety of scripts that usually fall under the umbrella of 'the Greek alphabet'. Most scholarship on early Greek alphabetic writing has focused on the questions around the origin of 'the Greek alphabet', instead of acknowledging the diversity of alphabetic systems that emerged in Geometric and Archaic Greece. This study compares the different Greek alphabets in their earliest stages, i.e. 8th and 7th centuries BC, also taking into account other contemporaneous alphabets, like those for Phrygian, Eteocretan and the Italic languages.
CONTEXTS OF AND RELATIONS BETWEEN EARLY WRITING SYSTEMS | OXBOW BOOKS Hardback • 9781789257434 • £38.00 • August 2021 144 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w & colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257441
The Portrait of Abū i-Qāsim al-Baghdādī al-Tamīmī
By Abū l-Muṭahhar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azdī and edited by Emily Sealove and Geert Jan van Gelder
New translation and commentary on the scandalous and often ‘racy’ 11th century tale of a Baghdadi party-crasher in Isfahan. While some early scholars dismissed this unique narrative as disgusting and obscene, with its wealth of material-cultural, philosophical, spiritual, and literary treasures, it is much more than just a 'dirty book'. Following an introduction offering new insights into the relationship of the work to its Greek predecessors and European descendants, it provides an improved edition of the Arabic text, together with a richly annotated translation.
GIBB MEMORIAL TRUST Hardback • 9781913604042 • £90.00 • July 2021 486 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w illus.
Poems without Poets
Approaches to anonymous ancient poetry Edited by Boris Kayachev
An examination of a wide array of anonymous Greek and Latin poetry. The canon of classical Greek and Latin poetry is built around names like Homer and Virgil, but many ancient poems survive without a firm ascription to such authors. This negative category, anonymity, ties together texts as different as the orally derived Homeric Hymns and the Helen episode in Aeneid 2. What they have in common is that they have been maltreated, consciously or through neglect, by generations of readers and scholars. This collection of essays attempt to disentangle the historically accreted misconceptions that affect such anonymous texts.
CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTS | CAMBRIDGE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY Hardback • 9781913701406 • £60.00 • Available Now 230 pages • 148 x 210 mm • 3 b/w illus.
From Gordian I to Gordian III (AD 238–244) By Jerome Mairat (Ashmolean Museum) and Marguerite Spoerri Butcher (Ashmolean Museum)
A comprehensive account of the coins minted in the Roman provinces between AD 238 and 244. This volume presents for the first time an authoritative and systematic account of the coins minted in the Roman provinces between AD 238 and 244 (except the province of Asia, previously covered in volume VII.1), and shows how these coins can be regarded as an integral part of the coinage minted under the Roman emperors. The author gives a complete picture of the material, providing an essential reference for historians, archaeologists and other students of the Roman empire.
ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINAGE | BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS Hardback • 9780714118307 • £195.00 • November 2021 1000 pages • 219 x 276 mm • 250 illus.
Vernetzte Bilder
Münzen als Kommunikationsmittel im Kontext der Dynamik der Macht im westlichen Mittelmeerraum, ca. 500-100 v. Chr. By Ulrike M. Wolf
An exploration into the relationship between coin images and power in the Western Mediterranean from 500 - 100 BCE. Greek coins from antiquity are famous for their elaborately executed design. This book demonstrates the usefulness of a discussion that focuses on the role coin images have played in the discourse of power of the Western Mediterranean area from 500 – 100 BCE. It combines quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis and applies a longue durée perspective. Starting with local contexts of image production, it follows the supra-regional spread of the iconography in the Greco-Roman world.
SIDESTONE PRESS Paperback • 9789464280036 • £60.00 • May 2021 318 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 4 b/w & 376 colour illus. Hardback • £180.00
The Naval Meritorious Service Medal
By Simon Eyre
A key reference text focusing on the Naval Meritorious Service Medal. The Naval Meritorious Service Medal is a British medal awarded to sergeants and warrant officers of the British armed forces for long and meritorious service. For the first time this book documents all the surviving recommendations for these awards as well as providing analysis of the campaigns for which the awards were made.
