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George, Bishop of the Arabs on Myron Homily on the Consecration of Myron By Baby Varghese
A metrical homily of one of the last scholarly Syrian Orthodox bishops of the early Islamic period. George was one of the last scholarly Syrian Orthodox bishops to live in the early Islamic period. His metrical homily, probably composed to be sung during the consecration of the Myron, is presented here with the vocalised Syriac text and English translation on facing pages.
Gorgias Press • 9781463207311 • Paperback 229 x 152mm • 200 pages • December 2020 • £36.00
The Law Code of Simeon, Bishop of Rev-Ardashir Edited by Amir Harrak Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
A translation of The Law Code of Simeon of Rev-Ardashir. The Law Code of Simeon of Rev-Ardashir, originally written in Persian, was translated into Syriac by a monk of Bēṭ-Qatrāyē. The Code's author, possibly to be identified with a rebellious metropolitan mentioned in the letters of Patriarch Īšoʿ-yahb III, aims to clarify theoretical scriptural law, and to address specific cases of inheritance law.
Gorgias Press • 9781463241346 • Paperback 229 x 152mm • 104 pages • Available Now • £30.00
Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 19 Edited by Amir Harrak
A refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies. JCSSS focuses on the vast Syriac literature, which is rooted in the same soil from which the ancient Mesopotamian and biblical literatures sprung; on Syriac art that bears Near Eastern characteristics as well as Byzantine and Islamic influences; and on archaeology, unearthing in the Middle East and the rest of Asia and China the history of the Syriac-speaking people: Assyrians, Chaldeans, Maronites and Catholic and Orthodox Syriacs.
Gorgias Press • 9781463241117 • Paperback 273 x 210mm • 88 pages • Available Now • £61.00
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