Gorgias Press

This study identifies the wisdom forms found in the admonition sections of the Dead Sea Scroll 4QInstruction, groups the admonitions by topic, and considers their structure, form, setting, and intenti...

Offers a reinterpretation of the history...

An excellent introduction to the Syriac Bible and its usage in the Syriac tradition. Brock gives an outline of all the Syriac versions of the Old and New Testaments, with chapters on the usage of the ...

This book presents the significance of healing theology and the ways in which the healing of man - spiritually, mentally and corporally - is highly valued by Ephrem the Syrian....

A useful tool for the teacher and student of beginning Syriac. It presents the common words which must be learned, lists of homographs, and verbal conjugation tables. The book is supplemented with a s...

The present study deals with the works of the Palestinian anti-Chalcedonian hagiographer John Rufus and traces the basic motives behind the opposition against the council of Chalcedon in the fifth cen...

The book contains evidence of the identity of the Nestorians, an account of their manners, customes and ceremonies, together with sketches of travel in ancient Assyria, Armenia, Media, and Mesopotamia...

Early Christianity Outside the Roman Empire consists of two lectures delivered by the author at Trinity College, Dublin. The first on Aphrahat, the Persian sage, and the second on Bardaisan and the Ac...