Tag: Syriac

Free Download Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, "Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches (Volume 55) "
English | ISBN: 0520284968 | 2015 | 232 pages | PDF | 1287 KB
Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches analyzes the hagiographic traditions of seven missionary saints in the Syriac heritage during late antiquity: Thomas, Addai, Mari, John of Ephesus, Simeon of Beth Arsham, Jacob Baradaeus, and Ahudemmeh. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent studies a body of legends about the missionaries’ voyages in the Syrian Orient to illustrate their shared symbols and motifs. Revealing how these texts encapsulated the concerns of the communities that produced them, she draws attention to the role of hagiography as a malleable genre that was well-suited for the idealized presentation of the beginnings of Christian communities. Hagiographers, through their reworking of missionary themes, asserted autonomy, orthodoxy, and apostolicity for their individual civic and monastic communities, positioning themselves in relationship to the rulers of their empires and to competing forms of Christianity. Saint-Laurent argues that missionary hagiography is an important and neglected source for understanding the development of the East and West Syriac ecclesiastical bodies: the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of the East. Given that many of these Syriac-speaking churches remain today in the Middle East and India, with diaspora communities in Europe and North America, this work opens the door for further study of the role of saints and stories as symbolic links between ancient and modern traditions.

Free Download George Anton Kiraz, "Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament: Third Expanded Edition "
English | ISBN: 146324603X | 2024 | 228 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament provides an essential tool to students of Syriac. A frequency-based glossary guides the student through the text of the Syriac New Testament’s most significant terms. In addition, verbal paradigms demystify the language’s structure, fostering a deeper understanding. The volume includes: Frequency-based glossary of common words, proper nouns, and Greek loan-words; Lists of consonantal homographs; Verbs arranged by paradigm and nouns arranged by stem; Words arranged by Part of Speech; Words arranged by root; Hebrew and Arabic cognate lists; List of compound words. Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament is an essential tool for students of Syriac, especially of the New Testament Peshitta.

Free Download George Anton Kiraz, "Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament: Third Expanded Edition "
English | ISBN: 146324603X | 2024 | 228 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament provides an essential tool to students of Syriac. A frequency-based glossary guides the student through the text of the Syriac New Testament’s most significant terms. In addition, verbal paradigms demystify the language’s structure, fostering a deeper understanding. The volume includes: Frequency-based glossary of common words, proper nouns, and Greek loan-words; Lists of consonantal homographs; Verbs arranged by paradigm and nouns arranged by stem; Words arranged by Part of Speech; Words arranged by root; Hebrew and Arabic cognate lists; List of compound words. Lexical Aids to the Syriac New Testament is an essential tool for students of Syriac, especially of the New Testament Peshitta.

Free Download George Anton Kiraz, "Mfahmono Kashiro: Perspectives on the Syriac Bible in Honor of Andreas Juckel "
English | ISBN: 1463247389 | 2024 | 426 pages | PDF | 18 MB
In celebration of Andreas Juckel’s seminal contributions to the field of Syriac studies and biblical scholarship, Mfaḥmono Kashiro offers a compelling tapestry of research and insight. Edited by George A Kiraz and Hannah Stork, this Festschrift honors Juckel on his 70th birthday, bringing together a diverse range of papers from leading scholars in the field. The volume traverses the rich landscape of Syriac biblical scholarship, reflecting Juckel’s vast influence and the depth of his academic pursuits. From intricate analyses of Syriac texts and exploration of translation techniques to examining manuscripts, historical interpretations, and theological discourse, each chapter contributes to the vibrant dialogue within Syriac studies and beyond. The contributors include Sebastian P. Brock, Terry C. Falla, Ephrem Aboud Ishac, Piotr Jutkiewicz, Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala, Peter Juhás, Grigory Kessel, Robert Kitchen, Jonathan Loopstra, Jerome Lund, Daniel L. McConaughy, Craig E. Morrison, Jack Tannous, Willem Th. Van Peursen, J. Edward Walters, and Polycarpus of the Netherlands. Mfaḥmono Kashiro not only celebrates a distinguished scholar’s lifetime achievements but also paves the way for future research in the realm of Syriac biblical studies.

Free Download Baby Varghese, "Syriac Liturgy in India: Syro-Malabar, Malankara Orthodox and Marthoma Liturgies"
English | ISBN: 3447119640 | 2023 | 84 pages | PDF | 1378 KB
About four million Syriac Christians, living in the South Indian State of Kerala with important diaspora in India and outside, are following East or West Syriac liturgical traditions. They are popularly known as St Thomas Christians, as they are believed to have been evangelized by the apostle Thomas. As these Christians were in intermittent relationship with the Syriac Christianity in Mesopotamia since the early centuries, they are also known as Syriac Christians. At least since the sixth century, perhaps fourth century, they were following East Syriac Liturgy. In the sixteenth century several East Syriac Prelates, both Catholics and non-Catholics, introduced the East Syriac liturgy in its final form. Since the middle of the sixteenth century nearly half of them are following the West Syriac liturgy. Their liturgical practices provide examples of liturgical conservatism and radical reforms. Now the liturgical texts have been translated into Malayalam, language of Kerala, and English, Hindi or other regional language for the use of the diaspora. However, Syriac is used by several clergy. Syro-Malabar liturgy is a highly latinised form of East Syriac liturgy, followed in the Eastern-Catholic community. Malankara Orthodox Church follows the liturgical rites of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch. History of the Marthoma liturgy, a reformed version of the West Syriac liturgy and used by the Reformed group, is presented here for the first time for the students of Syriac Christianity and liturgy.

Free Download The Syriac Legend of Alexander’s Gate: Apocalypticism at the Crossroads of Byzantium and Iran (Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity) by Tommaso Tesei
English | November 7, 2023 | ISBN: 0197646875 | True EPUB/PDF | 240 pages | 1.1/12.9 MB
The Syriac text entitled Neshana d-Aleksandros (also known as Syriac Alexander Legend) is a seminal text for late Christian and Muslim apocalyptic traditions. Containing the earliest recorded versions of literary motifs that would become central to the medieval apocalyptic tradition, it represents an early witness to an influential political ideology that guided both Byzantine and early Islamic imperial policies. While the scholarly consensus commonly dates the Neshana to the time of Heraclius (r. 610-641 CE), in this book author Tommaso Tesei argues that an earlier version of the text was produced during the reign of Justinian I (r. 527-565). This new historical contextualization of the text enables us to better delineate the role of the Neshana in the development of late antique, politicized, forms of apocalypticism, which assign to the Christian Roman Empire the task of establishing a cosmocratic rule in view of Jesus’ Second Coming.

Free Download John W. Watt, "The Aristotelian Tradition in Syriac "
English | ISBN: 1138334669 | 2019 | 304 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This volume presents a panorama of Syriac engagement with Aristotelian philosophy primarily situated in the 6th to the 9th centuries, but also ranging to the 13th. It offers a wide range of articles, opening with surveys on the most important philosophical writers of the period before providing detailed studies of two Syriac prolegomena to Aristotle’s Categories and examining the works of Hunayn, the most famous Arabic translator of the 9th century. Watt also examines the relationships between philosophy, rhetoric and political thought in the period, and explores the connection between earlier Syriac tradition and later Arabic philosophy in the thought of the 13th century Syriac polymath Bar Hebraeus.

Free Download Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, "The Third Lung: New Trajectories in Syriac Studies: In Honour of Sebastian P. Brock "
English | ISBN: 9004537880 | 2023 | 417 pages | PDF | 131 MB
The essays of this volume capture what the field of Syriac studies has recently attained, how it presents itself at the moment, where it has yet to go, and how one person, Sebastian Brock, figures in its midst.