Volume 8, Number 1 (January 2005)

Introduction to the Special Issue.

In Memoriam

David J. Lane (1935-2005).

J.P.M. van der Ploeg O.P. (1909-2004).
Lucas Van Rompay, Duke University

Papers

Methods of Instructing Syriac-Speaking Christians to Care for the Poor.
Nancy A. Khalek, Princeton University

The Colloquy of Moses on Mount Sinai: Where Syriac Christianity Meets Islamic Spain and Africa between the 16th and 19th Centuries.
Karla R. Suomala, Luther College

Jacob of Edessa's version of Exodus 1 and 28.
Alison Salvesan, Oxford University

Publications and Book Reviews

Recent Books on Syriac Topics.
Sebastian P. Brock, Oxford University

Martin Tamcke. Orientalische Christen zwischen Repression und Migration: Beiträge zur jüngeren Geschichte und Gegenwartslage
Cornelia B. Horn, Saint Louis University

Mathunny John Panicker. The Person of Jesus Christ in the Writings of Juhanon Gregorius Abu'l Faraj Commonly Called Bar Ebraya.
Cornelia B. Horn, Saint Louis University

Robert Murray, Symbols of Church and Kingdom A Study in Early Syriac Tradition, revised edition.
Robert A. Kitchen, Knox-Metropolitan United Church

Stephen Ryan, O.P. Dionysius Bar Salibi's Factual and Spiritual Commentary on Psalms 73-82.
Lucas Van Rompay, Duke University

Nabil Matar. In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the Seventeenth Century.
Linda Wheatley-Irving, Chicago, IL

Project Reports

Christian Art and Identity in Medieval Syria, Damascus, May 20-22, 2004.
Andrea Schmidt, Université Catholique de Louvain

Digitization of Syriac Books and Other Holdings at The Catholic University of America.
Monica J. Blanchard, The Catholic University of America

BYU-CUA Eastern Christian Research Library
Kristian S. Heal, Brigham Young University

Vatican Syriac Manuscripts: Volume 1.
Kristian S. Heal, Brigham Young University

Conference Reports

The Bible of Edessa, Towards a New English Translation of the Syriac Bible, Leiden, August 2, 2004.
Wido T. van Peursen, Leiden University

Announcements

Symbols of Church and Kingdom Syriac Studies Workshop, Princeton University, May 4-6, 2005.

Beth Mardutho and Dorushe to organize trip to Tur Abdin, August 5-18, 2005.

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