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January 2000

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PUBLICATION/BOOK REPORT

Recent Books on Syriac Topics (1997 - 1999)


Sebastian P. BROCK
sebastian.brock@oriental-institute.oxford.ac.uk
University of Oxford
Oriental Institute
Pusey Lane, Oxford OX2 1LE


[1] The following list continues on from earlier lists in Hugoye. Authors are listed alphabetically under each year, and a few items from 1997, missing in earlier lists, are included here. For the most part only books in European languages have been included.


[2] 1997

Cassingena, F.: Ephrem le Syrien. Hymnes sur l'Epiphanie (Spiritualité orientale 70; Abbaye de Bellefontaine).

Cerbelaud, D., Ephrem le Syrien. Hymnes sur le jeune (Spiritualité orientale 69; Abbaye de Bellefontaine).

Dogan, H.: Mhadyono Wörterbuch. Syrisch-Deutsch, Deutsch-Syrisch (Syriac Patrimony 17; Aleppo/Damascus: Mardin Press, POB 4194, Aleppo).

Griffith, S.H.: "Faith adoring the Mystery": Reading the Bible with St. Ephraem the Syrian (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press).

Odisho M. Gewargis Ashitha: Hilqa de Leshana. Assyrian[i.e. Syriac]-Arabic Dictionary (Baghdad: the author). [With appendix of scientific terms, Syriac-Arabic-English].

Yousif, E-I.: Les philosophes et traducteurs syriaques. D'Athènes à Bagdad (Paris: L'Harmattan).


[3] 1998

-: The Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the Four Evangelists (Pshitta of Mardin) (Istanbul: Mor Gabriel Monastery and the Bible Societies).

-: Il Restauro del Monastero di San Mose l'Abessino, Nebek, Siria (Damascus).

Al-Rasheed, M.: Iraqi Assyrian Christians in London. The Construction of Ethnicity (Mellen Studies in Sociology 22: Lewiston).

Clackson, S., E. Hunter, S.N.C. Lieu, M. Vermes: Dictionary of Manichaean Texts, I, Texts from the Roman Empire (Texts in Syriac, Greek, Coptic and Latin) (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum, Subsidia II; Turnhout: Brepols).

Hansbury, M.: Jacob of Serug, On the Mother of God (Crestville NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press).

Humbert, J.B. and A. Desreumaux: Khirbet es-Samra 1, Jordanie. La voie romaine, le cimetière, les documents épigraphiques (Turnhout: Brepols). [Christian Palestinian Aramaic inscriptions].

Lenzi, G.: Il Vangelo di Giovanni secondo l'antico versione siriaca (Sussidi Biblici, 60; Reggio Emilia).

Mathews, E.G.: The Armenian Commentary on Genesis attributed to Ephrem the Syrian (CSCO 572-3, Scr. Arm. 23-24; Leuven: Peeters).

Müller-Kessler, C. and M. Sokoloff: A Corpus of Christian Palestinian Aramaic, IIA, The Christian Palestinan Aramaic New Testament Version from the Early Period, Gospels; IIB, Acts of the Apostles and Epistles (Groningen: Styx).

[Pro Oriente]: Syriac Dialogue 3. Third Non-Official Consultation on Dialogue within the Syriac Tradition (Vienna: Pro Oriente).

Suermann, H.: Die Gründungsgeschichte der Maronitischen Kirche. Orientalia Biblica et Christiana 10 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz).

Vazheeparampil, P.: The Making and Unmaking of Tradition. Towards a Theology of the Liturgical Renewal in the Syro-Malabar Church (Rome: Mar Thoma Yogam).


[4] 1999

Acharya, F.: The Clothing of Monks (Moran Etho series 13; Kottayam: SEERI).

Brock, S.P.: From Ephrem to Romanos: Interactions between Syriac and Greek in Late Antiquity (Aldershot: Variorum).

Brock, S.P. (tr. M. Campatelli): L'occhio luminoso. La visione spirituale di sant'Efrem (Pubblicazioni del Centro Aletti 23, Rome: Lipa, 1999). [Italian tr. of The Luminous Eye (1992), with updated bibliography].

Brock, S.P. (tr. M. Campatelli and M. Nin): L'arpa dello Spirito. 18 poemi di sant'Efrem (Pubblicazioni del Centro Aletti 22, Rome: Lipa, 1999). [Italian tr. of The Harp of the Spirit (1983)].

Chiala, S.: Isacco di Ninive. Un'umile speranza. Antologia (Magnano: Edizioni Qiqajon).

Drijvers, H.J.W. and J.F.Healey, The Old Syriac Inscriptions of Edessa and Osrhoene. Texts, Translations & Commentary (Handbuch der Orientalistik I.42; Leiden: Brill).

[Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Orientales]: Patrimoine Syriaque: Actes du colloque VI. Le Monachisme Syriaque du VIIe siècle à nos jours (Antelias: CERO).

Erbes, J.E.: The Peshitta and the Versions. A Study of the Peshitta Variants in Joshua 1-5 in Relation to their Equivalents in the Ancient Versions (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 16; Uppsala).

Escolan, P.: Monachisme et l'Eglise. Le monachisme syrien du IVe au VIIe siècle: un monachisme charismatique (Théologie historique 109; Paris: Beauchesne).

Gillman, I. and H-J. Klimkeit: Christians in Asia before 1500 (Richmond UK: Curzon).

Harrak, A.: The Chronicle of Zuqnin, Parts III & IV, A.D. 488 - 775 (Medieval Sources in Translation 36; Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies).

Hogan, M.: The Sermon on the Mount in St. Ephrem's Commentary on the Diatessaron (Bern: Peter Lang).

Hollerweger, H.: Lebendiges Kulturerbe. Living Cultural Heritage. Canli Kultur Mirasi: TurAbdin (Linz: Freunde des Tur Abdin, Bethlehemstrasse 20, A-4020 Linz, Austria).

Ica, I.I.: Sfantul Efrem Sirul. Imnele Paresimilor, Azimelor, Rastignirii si Ivnierii (Sibiu: Deesis).

Kiraz, G.A. (ed.): SyrCOM-99. Proceedings of the Third International Forum on Syriac Computing (Syriac Computing Institute).

Lattke, M.: Oden Salomos. Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar, Teil 1. Oden 1 und 3-14 (Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus 41/1; Freiburg/Göttingen: Üniversitatsverlag/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht).

McLeod, F.G.: The Image of God in the Antiochene Tradition (Washington: Catholic University Press).

Müller-Kessler, C. and M. Sokoloff: A Corpus of Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Vol. V. The Catechism of Cyril of Jerusalem in the Christian Palestinian Aramaic Version (Groningen: Styx).

Murre-Van Den Berg, H.L.: From a Spoken to a Written Language: the Introduction and development of Literary Urmia Aramaic in the Nineteenth Century (Publications of the 'De Goeje Fund', 28; Leiden: Brill).

Parry, K., D.J. Melling, D. Brady, S.H. Griffith and J.F. Healey, (eds), The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity (Oxford: Blackwell). [Contains many entries of Syriac relevance].

Pazzini, M.: Grammatica Siriaca (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Analecta 46; Jerusalem).

Petit F.: La chaine grecque sur l'Exode. I, Fragments de Sévère d'Antioche (Traditio Exegetica Graeca 9; Leuven: Peeters).

Possekel, U.: Evidence of Greek Philosophical Concepts in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian (CSCO 580, Subsidia 102; Leuven: Peeters).

Reinink, G.J. and A.C. Klugkist (eds), After Bardaisan. Studies on Continuity and Change in Syriac Christianity in Honour of Professor Han J.W. Drijvers (Orientalia Lovanensia Analecta 89; Leuven: Peeters).

Salvesen, A.: The Books of Samuel in the Syriac Version of Jacob of Edessa (Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Leiden, 10; Leiden: Brill).

Taylor, D.G.K.: The Syriac Versions of the De Spiritu Sancto by Basil of Caesarea (CSCO 576-577, Scr.Syri 228-229; Leuven: Peeters).

Valavanolickal, K.: Aphrahat, Demonstrations, I (Catholic Theological Studies of India, 3; Changanassery: HIRS Publications). [Introduction and English translation of Dem.1-10].

Vanstiphout, H.L.J.: with the assistance of W.J. Van Bekkum, G.J. Van Gelder, and G.J. Reinink (eds), All Those Nations...Cultural Encounters within and with the Near East. Studies Presented to Han Drijvers (Groningen: Styx).

Weitzman, M.: The Syriac Version of the Old Testament. An Introduction (Cambridge: University Press).


[4] The following can also be noted:

  1. There is a new periodical whose coverage includes Syriac, Khristianskij Vostok (St. Petersburg). The editorial board secretary is Dr. Alexei Muraviev, 32a Leninski Prospekt, Room 1502, 117334 Moscow, Russia; Fax +7 095 938 1912; e-mail Orient.x@relcom.ru.
  2. Cristianesimo nella Storia 19:3 (1998) is devoted to Syriac topics.