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Tjitze Baarda. / Essays on the Diatessaron. Contributions to Biblical...

1. For more than three decades, Prof. Baarda has immersed himself in what Arthur Vööbus called “one of the most difficult topics in all the field of New Testament textual criticism”–namely, Tatian’s...

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Hopes to Revive the Christian Area of Turkey / SUSANNE GÜSTEN

IDIL, TURKEY — Clambering over the rubble of what was once his hometown, Robert Tutus pointed to a spot just up the road from where his family’s house had stood. “This is where my father was...

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NEW LIGHT ON THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF BAR BAHLUL’S BOOK OF SIGNS

NEW LIGHT ON THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF BAR BAHLUL’S BOOK OF SIGNS Bar Bahlul was a tenth-century Nestorian who spent most of his life in Baghdad1. He is primarily remembered today for his remarkable...

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Identity and Christian-Muslim Interaction: Medieval Art of the Syrian...

Identity and Christian-Muslim Interaction: Medieval Art of the Syrian Orthodox from the Mosul Area, by Bas Snelders. (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta). Peeters, dist, by David Brown Book Company,...

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ALYSIS OF SYRIAN ORTHODOX ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN THE TUR ABDIN FOR...

ANALYSIS OF SYRIAN ORTHODOX ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN THE TUR ABDIN FOR CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

Elif Keser Kayaalp Turkish Cultural Foundation Fellow
Ph.D. in Archaeology, University of Oxford...

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HISTORIA DEL PRIMER GENOCIDIO MODERNO El Imperio Otomano, los sirios y los...

  HISTORIA DEL PRIMER GENOCIDIO MODERNO El Imperio Otomano, los sirios y los armenios (1914-1918) SyriacStudies www.syriacstudies.com HISTORIA DEL PRIMER GENOCIDIO MODERNO El Imperio Otomano, los...

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Bryn Mawr / Classical Review 2000.10.07 Elizabeth Key Fowden, The Barbarian...

Elizabeth Key Fowden, The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999. Pp. xix + 227; 17 b/w ills. ISBN 0-520-21685-7. $55.00....

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NEW LIGHT ON OUR NUMERALS / JEKUTHIAL GINSBURG

366 NEW LIGHT ON OUR NUMERALS. [May, Introductory Note.—It is interesting to see how much new light is constantly being thrown upon chapters in the history of mathematics which have always been more or...

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More Monastic Origins: The Syrian Orthodox Tradition in Turkey Today /...

A recompense for the disadvantage of distance in travelling from Australia to Europe is the ability to stop en route in any number of fascinating places. I thus took the opportunity in September, 1998,...

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Al-Kindi’s Role in the Transmission of Greek Knowledge to the Arabs*

Download in .zip format * This material, which is presented solely for educational/research purposes, appeared in the Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society Volume XV, Part I (January, 1967) pp....

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BOḴTĪŠŪʿ

The name of the eponymous ancestor of a Syro-Persian Nestorian family of physicians from Gondēšāpūr, Ḵūzestān, 8th-11th centuries, and of several of its members. BOḴTĪŠŪʿ, the name of the eponymous...

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Interpreting the Bible and Aristotle in Late Antiquity The Alexandrian...

• Imprint: Ashgate • Illustrations: Includes 2 b&w illustrations • Published: November 2011 • Format: 234 x 156 mm • Extent: 360 pages • Binding: Hardback • ISBN: 978-1-4094-1007-2 • Price :...

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Book Review: The Wisdom of the Pearlers Trans. and Intro. / Brian E. Colless

Cistercian Publications, 2008.  ISBN: 9780879073169.  ~$25 Recently there has been a great interest among the general public, and to a lesser extent, among scholars.  This book seems to be aimed more...

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Early Christianity with Peter Eyland The diffusion of Christianity on both...

The diffusion of Christianity on both sides of the Roman Eastern Frontier Peter Eyland Table of Contents Early Jewish influence Greek Influence Tatian and the Evangelion daMehallete Marcion and the...

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The Gospel of Thomas and Early Stages in the Development of the Christian...

Abstract: This work addresses the theological background of the Gospel of Thomas and its relationship to personified wisdom tradition on the one hand, and to the Syriac Christian tradition of the...

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Hopes to Revive the Christian Area of Turkey / SUSANNE GÜSTEN

IDIL, TURKEY — Clambering over the rubble of what was once his hometown, Robert Tutus pointed to a spot just up the road from where his family’s house had stood. “This is where my father was...

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NEW LIGHT ON THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF BAR BAHLUL’S BOOK OF SIGNS

NEW LIGHT ON THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF BAR BAHLUL’S BOOK OF SIGNS Bar Bahlul was a tenth-century Nestorian who spent most of his life in Baghdad1. He is primarily remembered today for his remarkable...

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Identity and Christian-Muslim Interaction: Medieval Art of the Syrian...

Identity and Christian-Muslim Interaction: Medieval Art of the Syrian Orthodox from the Mosul Area, by Bas Snelders. (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta). Peeters, dist, by David Brown Book Company,...

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CHAPTER 9 TO 13 (Kitab al-Lulu al-Manthur fi Tarikh al-Ulum wal-Adab...

CHAPTER NINE TO THIRTEEN CATEGORIES OF SYRIAN POETS / VERSIONS OF THE HOLY BIBLE / THE DIATESSARON / SYRIAC ORTHOGRAPHY / COMMENTARIES ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS CHAPTER NINE Among the Syrian poets...

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الدولة التاسعة ١ –٢ : المنتقلة إلى ملوك العرب المسلمين من محمد بن عبدالله…....

مقدمة قال القاضي صاعد بن أحمد الأندلسي صاحب قضاء مدينة طليطلة : إن العرب فرقتان فرقة بائدة وفرقة باقية. أما الفرقة البائدة فكانت أمماً ضخمة كعاد وثمود وطسم وجديس. ولتقادم انقراضهم ذهبت عنا حقيقة...

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