Books in the Syriac Studies Library series

Arthur Voeoebus presents here a study of charitable giving among the monks of the Syriac tradition and compares these practices with the monks of the Western tradition.

Albrecht Goetze presents here a study of the transmission history of the text known as the "Cave of Treasures" and the sources used in its compilation.

T. J. Lamy publishes here the Syriac text of the canons of the Synod of Mar Isaac that met in Seleucia-Ctesiphon in 410 CE at which the Syriac bishops officially accepted the canons of the Council of Nicaea.

J. P. N. Land provides here an introduction to John of Edessa, an early leader of the non-Chalcedonian, miaphysite Christian tradition and the first church historian of the Syriac tradition.

The present volume is the travelogue of Eduard Sachau, who visited various sites throughout the Middle East in 1879-80. Sachau focuses primarily on issues pertaining to topography and geography.

P. Henri Charles discusses the various forms of interaction between Christians and Arab nomads in the sixth and early seventh-century that led to the rise of a unique expression of Christianity among the nomad tribes.

Johann Goettsberger presents a detailed study of Gregory Bar Hebraeus's Commentary on the whole Bible with special attention to the biblical version(s) that Bar Hebraeus uses for his citations.

A. C. Moule presents here a survey of the sources for Christianity in China prior to 1550 in order to construct a history of Christianity in China prior to the modern missions of the sixteenth century.

This volume represents the Bross Lectures given by Frederick J. Bliss in 1908 in which he describes the religious practices of Christians and Muslims in Syria and Palestine.

The present work is the travelogue compiled from the notes and letters of Eli Smith and Harrison Dwight who traveled to the Middle East to interact with Armenian Christians in the early nineteenth-century.

Erwin Preuschen published here the text and translation of two early Gnostic hymns in the Syriac tradition and then discusses the content of the hymns and their implications for our understanding of early Syriac Christianity.

Felix Neve provides here a literature review of publications in Syriac studies that have broader implications for other sub-fields of religious studies, such as biblical studies, patristics, history and linguistics.

Alberto Bonus publishes here the first attempt at collating the variants of the two manuscripts containing the Old Syriac version of the Gospels with the Peshitta. The variants are presented in three parallel columns for easy reference.

William Wright presents here the Syriac text and English translation of extracts from a manuscript containing a previously unknown recension of the text "Secular Laws of the Emperors Constantine, Theodosius, and Leo."

Volume 1 of Thomas J. Levy's collection of the works of Ephrem the Syrian, including the Syriac text and Latin translation.

Volume 1 of Thomas J. Levy's collection of the works of Ephrem the Syrian, including the Syriac text and Latin translation.

Volume 1 of Thomas J. Levy's collection of the works of Ephrem the Syrian, including the Syriac text and Latin translation.

Volume 1 of Thomas J. Levy's collection of the works of Ephrem the Syrian, including the Syriac text and Latin translation.

E. A. Wallis Budge presents here the Syriac text of a metrical, acrostic work that covers the life of Rabban Hormizd and the foundation of the monastery named after him important within the Assyrian Church of the East tradition.

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

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.

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

Jean Baptiste Chabot, who produced works like Synodicon Orientale, surveys the different branches of the Aramaic Aramaic languages and their extant literature in theology, science, and history, as well as inscriptions at archaeological sites.

Addai Scher, the last bishop of Siirt (Seert), here describes the collection of Syriac and Arabic manuscripts of the episcopal library there, a total of 136 codices in various genres.

This volume, published at his death, celebrates the life and work of Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Afram II Rahmani (1848-1929), from his early life to his time as priest, bishop, and then patriarch.

Bedjan here presents the Syriac text, in vocalized East Syriac script, of a lengthy and highly praised poem (sometimes attributed to Ephrem, sometimes to Balai) on the Joseph story. An appendix contains a poem on the translation of Joseph's bones.

Ryssel here offers a German translation of a variety of works from George, Bishop of the Arabs (died 724). Included here are poems on monasticism and the chrism, and several letters dealing with a variety of topics, with commentary.

In this volume, Baumstark deals with the transmission of Aristotelian philosophy into Syriac and Arabic. Syriac texts with German translations are included, alongside a detailed study of their textual interrelationships.

In this important study, still a standard resource on Aphrahat, Schwen deals with that writer's life, works, and doctrine. It will be of certain use for students of Syriac literature and early Syriac Christianity.

Drawing on the more progressed fields of Greek and Roman and Arabic rhetoric, Haefeli here presents Aphrahat's style in terms of numerous stylistic categories. Naturally, the work is brimming with examples (in Syriac and German) from Aphrahat.