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      From Ephrem to Romanos: Interactions between Syriac and Greek in Late Antiquity

      Sebastian Brock

      It is often forgotten that many people in late antique Syria were bilingual in Syriac and Greek. These articles explore aspects of the interaction between these two literary cultures, exemplified…

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      The Stanzaic Poems of Jacob of Serugh: A Collection of His Madroshe and Sughyotho

      Although the verse homilies of Jacob of Serugh are well known to lovers of Syriac literature, his stanzaic poetry, in the form of madroshe and sughyotho, have been largely forgotten.

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      Bride of Light: Hymns on Mary from the Syriac Churches

      Sebastian Brock

      Syriac is particularly rich in poetry on Mary. Not only is some of this of great tenderness and beauty, but much is also highly imaginative. The present selection of translations…

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      The Syrian Fathers on Prayer

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      The Syriac translation of Sebastian Brock’s The Teaching of the Syrian Fathers on Prayer, an anthology of writings from the Syriac tradition that focus on prayer and the spiritual life.

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      Burial Service for Nuns: Syriac Text with Translation

      Sebastian Brock presents here the Syriac text and English translation of the liturgy for the burial of nuns in the Syriac tradition.

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      The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian

      Sebastian Brock

      The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian

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      The Old Testament in Syriac according to the Peshitta Version, Part III Fasc. 1. Isaiah: Edited on Behalf of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament by the Peshit ta Institute, Leiden

      Sebastian Brock

      This is the first scholarly edition of Isaiah according to the Peshitta, the Syriac translation of the Hebrew Old Testament from the second century CE, and up to this day…

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      Selected Dialogue Poems [Sugyotho Mgabyotho]

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      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…

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      Six Homilies by Jacob of Sarug

      Sebastian Brock

      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…

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      Mary and Joseph, and Other Dialogue Poems on Mary

      Sebastian Brock

      What was Joseph’s reaction when he arrived home to find Mary pregnant? Dialogue poems (sughyotho) offer lively, thought-provoking, and often delightful re-imaginings of Biblical events. The collection provides five dialogue…

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      The Holy Spirit in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition

      Sebastian Brock

      A sensitive and evocative treatment of the role of the Holy Spirit in worship. With a keen awareness of the tradition of Syrian Christianity, Brock begins his exploration with the…

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      Jacob of Serugh: A Select Bibliographical Guide

      Sebastian Brock

      Brock provides an indispensable bibliographic resource for Jacob of Serugh scholarship. This guide lists Jacob’s mimre by biblical passage and liturgical events, uplifted saints and topics, other works including prose…

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      Fire from Heaven: Studies in Syriac Theology and Liturgy

      Sebastian Brock

      Focuses on three areas: the christology of the Church of the East, the phraseology of the invocations to the Holy Spirit in the Syriac liturgical tradition, and two early Commentaries…

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      An Inventory of Syriac Texts Published from Manuscripts in the British Library

      Sebastian Brock

      Guide to one of the most important collections of Syriac manuscripts in the world.

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      The History of the Holy Mar Ma'in: With a Guide to the Persian Martyr Acts

      Sebastian Brock

      Tells the story of a Sasanian general during the time of Shapur II (309-79) who suffered persecution after his conversion to Christianity. This title includes a basic guide to the…

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      The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life

      From the semitic-aramaic spirituality of the early Church to the Hellenized theological Vision of later centuries, the Syrian tradition offers modern Christians an intensity, insights, and an immediacy rare in…

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      Spirituality in the Syriac Tradition

      Sebastian Brock

      In the present volume, Sebastian Brock provides an introduction and overview of the unique themes and features of spirituality in the Syriac tradition and includes excerpts from various texts throughout…

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      A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature

      Sebastian Brock

      Sebastian Brock provides an overview of Syriac literature from the second to the twenty-first century. Brock divides this overview into six historical periods, surveys the important authors and writings of…

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      An Introduction to Syriac Studies

      Sebastian Brock

      This Introduction aims to provide basic guidance to important areas of Syriac studies. topics include grammars, dictionaries, the Bible in Syriac, histories of Syriac literature, bibliographical aids and relevant series…

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      Singer of the Word of God: Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity

      Sebastian Brock

      The articles cover a wide array of topics, including a biographical overview of the saint, an exposition of St. Ephrem’s importance for Christianity today and his relevance as a theologian…

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      The Martyrdom of St Phokas of Sinope: The Syriac Version

      Sebastian Brock,Sebastian P Brock

      The fame of the martyr St. Phokas, first bishop of Sinope (on the Black Sea) and patron of seafarers, had spread to many parts of the Christian world by the…

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      Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian). the Second Part , Chapters IV-XLI: T.

      Sebastian Brock,Brock as

      Born in Qatar in the early seventh century AD, Isaac of Niniveh (also known as Isaac the Syrian) was the author of a number of very fine writings on the…

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      Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian). the Second Part , Chapters IV-XLI: V.

      Sebastian Brock,Brock as

      Born in Qatar in the early seventh century AD, Isaac of Niniveh (also known as Isaac the Syrian) was the author of a number of very fine writings on the…

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      Two Early Lives of Severos, Patriarch of Antioch

      These two accounts of the most important ecclesiastical figures of the early sixth century focus especially on Severos’ student years in Alexandria and Beirut, and the earlier part of his…

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      A Classified Bibliography of the Septuagint

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      Pocket Gorgias Syriac-English Dictionary

      George Kiraz,Sebastian Brock

      The Pocket Dictionary is both a convenient academic resource and a door into the world of Modern Literary Syriac. With 13,000 entries drawn from the major existing works, it is…

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      Two Early Lives of Severos, Patriarch of Antioch

      These two accounts of the most important ecclesiastical figures of the early sixth century focus especially on Severos’ student years in Alexandria and Beirut, and the earlier part of his…

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      The People and the Peoples: Syriac Dialogue Poems from Late Antiquity

      Sebastian P. Brock

      The main purpose of the book is to provide the Syriac texts from 5th to 7th AD and annotated English translations of four anonymous dialogue poems (with separate introductions to…

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      Lexical Tools to the Syriac New Testament: With a Skeleton Grammar by Sebastian P. Brock

      George Kiraz,Sebastian P Brock

      This is a Syriac-English dictionary based on word frequencies, tables of conjugations, a list of homographs, a list of Greek words, a skeleton grammar, and more. It is a necessary…

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      Malphono w-Rabo d-Malphone: Studies in Honor of Sebastian P. Brock

      George Anton Kiraz (Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute)

      A collection of 34 essays that explores the world of Eastern Christianity in Late Antiquity.

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      The Bible in the Syriac Tradition (Syriac Version): Translated from English into Syriac by Eugene Aydin

      Sebastian Brock,Mor Polycarpus Augin Aydin

      This is an introduction, written in Syriac, to the Syriac versions of the Bible, with chapters on the manuscript tradition, the main editions, commentaries, and various aspects of the ways…

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      Psalms for Jesus: A Heart Longing for Union with Christ

      George Bebawi

      In a poetic exploration of the mystery of union with God, Psalms for Jesus offers rich heart songs about the intimacy and transformation we experience when we participate in God’s…

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      Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Veil on Moses’ Face: Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug

      Sebastian Brock,Of Serug Jacob,Sebastian Brock (Oxford University Wolfson College, Oxford Wolfson College, Oxford)

      This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug’s (d. Jacob finds the hermeneutical key in Paul’s exegesis of Gen. The volume constitutes a fascicle of The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob…

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      Holy Women of the Syrian Orient

      The 15 hagiographies of holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs’ passions and saints’ lives, pious romances and personal reminiscences. Dating from the 4th to…

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      The Life of Simeon of the Olives: An entrepreneurial saint of early Islamic North Mesopotamia

      Robert Hoyland,Sebastian Brock,Kyle Brunner,Jack Tannous

      The first ever critical edition and complete translation of the Syriac Life of Saint Simeon of the Olives, who was an abbot of Qartmin Monastery in Tur Abdin and a…

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      Headings on Spiritual Knowledge

      Sebastian P Isaac

      St Isaac of Nineveh (7th c.), or Isaac the Syrian, is renowned for his spiritual writings. After only five months as bishop of Nineveh, he returned to a life of…

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      Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis (vol 2)

      Jacob of Sarug

      Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines…

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      Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis (vol 3)

      Jacob of Sarug

      Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines…

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      Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis (vol 4)

      Jacob of Sarug

      Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines…

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      Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis (vol 1)

      Jacob of Sarug

      Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines…

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      Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis (vol 5)

      Jacob of Sarug

      Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines…

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      Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis (vol 6)

      Jacob of Sarug

      Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines…

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      Ephrem the Syrian

      Ephrem the Syrian

      Ephrem the Syrian is the most important poet and theologian of the Syriac Christian tradition. This translation of twenty poems offers an introduction to Ephrem’s work. Arranged according to his…

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      Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage

      The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (GEDSH) is the first major encyclopedia-type reference work devoted exclusively to Syriac Christianity, both as a field of scholarly inquiry and as…

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      Diccionario Gorgias Siriaco-Espanol

      Joan Ferrer,George Kiraz,Sebastian Brock

      El Diccionario Gorgias Siriaco-Espanol, basado en el Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary de Brock y Kiraz, ha sido concebido como un recurso academico, concebido tanto para el siriaco clasico como…

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      The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor: Church and War in Late Antiquity

      The first translation into a modern language in over a hundred years of a vital source for the history of church and empire in Late Antiquity.

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      The Christian Heritage of Iraq: Collected papers from the Christianity of Iraq I-V Seminar Days

      Iraq has been a centre of Syriac Christianity for almost two thousand years. This volume of collected papers from the Christianity in Iraq I-V Seminar Days (2004-2008) explores the Christian…

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      History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai

      The Sinai peninsula emerged in late antiquity as a distinct region of the Christian holy land, identified from the fourth century onward as the Old Testament place where the Hebrews…

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