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| 1-931956-32-4 | Al-Khoury, Touma. A Stranger at the Door, And Other Lebanese Short Stories
This charming collection of short stories is packed with humor, suspense, and shock, but is essentially serious. Through an array of interesting characters, Al-Khoury illuminates an extraordinary range of issues. More... | $37.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-252-1 | Assemani, Joseph Simon. Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana
The 4,000-page Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana is described as “the first and best encyclopedia for the study of early Syriac Christian literature” by the Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. It is the standard encyclopedia in the field. More... | $767.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-448-6 | Audo, Thomas. Kalila and Dimna: Fables of Bidpai
The book of Kalila and Dimna, written originally in Sanskrit, is probably the most widespread fables book in the world. It has been translated several times into Syriac from various sources. The last of these translations was made by Thomas Audo from the Arabic version, and was published in East Syriac letters in 1895. This edition gives Audo’s text transcribed and vocalized in West Syriac by J. Çiçek. More... | $50.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-047-2 | Baerlein, Henry. Abu'l Ala, The Syrian
Abu'l Ala al-Maarri (973-1057) was one of Islam's most famous poets and philosophers, and one of Baghdad's leading intellectuals. In this book, Henry Baerlein brings out the life and genius of this poet and gives samples of his works in English translation. More... | $37.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-048-0 | Baerlein, Henry. The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala
Contains in English translation over one hundred quatrains derived from the works of the medieval Arab poet Abu'l-Ala of Ma'arri. The quatrains are a joy to read, and serve as quotations for various religious and secular topics. More... | $45.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-452-4 | Barsoum, Aphram (Ephrem) I. Histoire des Sciences et de la Litterature Syriaque
Barsaum's Histoire (known as al-Lulu al-Manthur in the original Arabic) gives the history of Syriac sciences and literary production from the beginning of Syriac until the twentieth century. More... | $89.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-931956-04-9 | Barsoum, Aphram (Ephrem) I. The Scattered Pearls: History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
The only history of Syriac literature to make use of hundreds of manuscripts from the east. More... | $124.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-888-6 | Baum, Paull Franklin. The Medieval Legend of Judas Iscariot
Professor Baum provides the reader with an in depth study of the Life of Judas the Betrayer, which obviously mirrors the story of Oedipus, and its various recensions, as well as a study of the English ballad of Judas Iscariot. More... | $50.70 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-436-2 | Behnam, Gregorios Boulos. Theodora
Theodora is a historical play which portrays the Byzantine Empress Theodora (d. 548) as a saintly lady with sublime character and decorum. She was the daughter of a Syrian priest and belonged to the Syrian Church; she protected the Fathers of her church from the persecution of the Byantine church and state. More... | $37.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-929-6 | Brockhaus, Hermann. Die Lieder des Hafis
A Persian mystic and poet of the 14th century, Hafez occasionally attained high office in court life, but he is best remembered for his influential poetry. Considered by major European literary figures as the greatest known poet, the works of Hafez were translated into German in the 19th century. This edition of Brockhaus is still considered one of the most reputable of the scholarly German editions. The poems of the Divan are here presented in Persian along with the commentary of Sudi. Originally three volumes, the collection is here bound in a single volume for affordability. Noted for his appreciation of the finer things of life, as well as a mysticism that influenced Sufism, Hafez remains a major figure in world literature. More... | $229.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-360-7 | Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. Drower's Folk-Tales of Iraq
A collection of folktales from Iraq, dating from the 1930s, found in the archives of the famous English Lady E. S. Drower (1879-1972), who was novelist, folklorist, specialist on the Mandaeans, and writer of travel accounts. New tales edited by Jorunn Buckley form a second volume of Drower’s Folktales. The stories—carrying recognizable Near Eastern folk-tale features—feature monsters and heroes, maidens and fairies and they give a vivid picture of a now extinct oral folktale tradition. This Gorgias Press edition includes previously unpublished tales in addition to those of the 1931 edition. More... | $139.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-123-1 | Budge, E A W. The Laughable Stories Collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus
The first complete edition, containing 727 "laughable stories", by Bar-Hebraeus. It was the child of the compiler's old age, and says much for the broadmindedness and versatility of the learned Bar-Hebraeus. More... | $89.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-692-9 | Burkitt, F C. Early and Later Jewish Influence on Christianity
Selected from the essays of the influential volume “The Legacy of Israel,” the three contributions in this volume explore early and later Jewish influence on Christianity. Written by F. C. Burkitt, A. Meillet, and L. Magnus, the articles consider the patristic period and modern European literary usage of Hebrew scripture and tradition. More... | $38.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-449-4 | Çiçek (ed.), Julius. Seyfe (Mimre d-`al Sayfe)
Seyfe is a collection of didactic poems, composed by various authors between 1714 and 1914, which are devoted to describing the various massacres that befell the Christians of Ottoman Turkey. Compiled by J. Çiçek and the malphone of Mor Gabriel Monastery, the volume contains fourteen mimre. More... | $50.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-340-4 | Dolabani, Yuhanna. The Poetry of Bar Hebraeus [Mush'hotho]
This volume comprises all the Syriac poems of the thirteenth-century polymath Mar Gregory Bar Hebraeus. Dolabani edited the text based on manuscripts at St. Mark’s monastery of Jerusalem. The poems vary in themes and genre, as well as rich poetic meters. More... | $50.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-437-0 | Dolabani, Yuhanna. Women of the Bible [al-aktab]
This book, written in Arabic, is a spiritual guide for women. Compiled by Yuhanna Dolabani, former bishop of Mardin, it gives an account of selected Old and New Testament women. Each account offers a biography and spiritual commentary which are intended to inspire contemplation. Written in Arabic. More... | $37.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-396-6 | Ebied, Rifaat (In Collaboration with Michael M.J. Young). An Anthology of Arab Wit and Wisdom
This anthology of Wit and Wisdom is a small drop from a deep ocean – that of the rich aphoristic and proverbial literature of the Arabs. It comprises five hundred items, ranging from the seventh to the twentieth centuries, and is organized under a number of headings which provide a broad classification of the subject matter. More... | $46.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-323-4 | Gerd De Ley and David Potter, . Jewish Wisdom
The Dictionary of Jewish Proverbs offers the reader a comprehensive insight into the world of Jewish wisdom. It comes in the form of an A-Z Dictionary and represents probably the biggest single collection ever published, with a total of over 4,000 proverbs coming from sources from every corner of the globe. More... | $63.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-852-7 | Gottheil, Richard J. H.. The Syriac Versions of the Categories of Aristotle
The role of medieval Syriac scholars in the translation, and thus preservation, of classical literature cannot be underestimated. Gottheil provides all of the extant Syriac texts of the translation of Aristotle’s Categories, and a brief introduction. More... | $37.70 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-057-X | Graetz, Naomi. S/He Created Them
A contemporaneous and religiously meaningful retelling of biblical stories by a feminist who looks at intimate lives of people inhabiting the Bible. She rediscovers a past in which biblical women actively participated and suggests women’s leadership might lead to a better world. More... | $38.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-058-8 | Graetz, Naomi. Unlocking the Garden: A Feminist Jewish Look at the Bible, Midrash, and God
A stirring collection of fifteen articles, many of which have been previously published by the author who is a feminist Jew. The author unabashedly confronts difficult biblical and midrashic texts, without taking an apologetic stance. More... | $58.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-143-6 | Holliday, V K. Every Best Gift: A Tale of the Ages
Forensic science, international intrigue, romance, betrayal, and the ultimate in conspiracy theories combine in the fast-paced action of this work of fiction. "I marvelled at the inventive and educated mind at work, and the deft artistry of the writer ... the plotting is subtle and imaginative, the writing vivid and sophisticated..."--Gene Mustain, author. More... | $39.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-931956-80-4 | Johnson, F E. The Seven Poems Suspended from the Temple at Mecca
A collection of seven pre-Islamic Arabic poems, the Mu`llaqat form the most celebrated forms of poetry. A tool for students of Arabic literature, this book gives the Arabic text, a literal translation of these poems, and a commentary. More... | $50.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-115-0 | Monroe, J T. Hispano-Arabic Poetry: A Student Anthology
An anthology of texts of Hispano-Arabic poems of exceptionally high literary quality and cultural significance. The texts are accompanied by literal translations and explanatory notes for the use of students of Arabic and Romance literatures. More... | $63.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-564-9 | Ogden, Antoinette. Christmas Stories from French
This collection of fifteen Christmas tales from French and Spanish sources represents a variety of genres. In the style of the late nineteenth century holiday story, this work of fables and stories will set an appropriate mood for the holidays. More... | $111.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-450-5 | Peters, Francis. Ours: The Making and Unmaking of a Jesuit
The Jesuits—that group of clerics so deeply imbedded in the dreams and nightmares of the Catholic Church and in the history of the world. Sometimes saints and sometimes energetic and devious schemers, the Jesuits have educated and trained most of the Catholic intellectuals of America and Europe for the last four hundred years.
F. E. Peters throws open the doors of the Jesuit citadel in this story of a young man’s coming of age. This is a personal story told without romance and without rancor, and if the Jesuit life is one of bondage to an almost impossible ideal of perfect obedience and self-denial, it is also, as Ours makes clear without the slightest trace of jesuitical equivocation, a life of intelligence, of intense camaraderie, and of high good humor.
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| 1-931956-20-0 | Rihani, Ameen. Hymns of the Valleys
An English translation of the first collection of modern Arabic poetry. The significance and vogue of these poems lies in the fact that they divert from the traditional Arabic poem and provide scholars with fresh material for study. More... | $37.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-327-7 | Sarug, Jacob of. Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis
Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines of poetry based on Bedjan’s 1905 edition. More... | $1,560.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-931956-67-7 | St. John, Bayle. Legends of the Christian East
This book consists of tales of a travel to the Christian East. Bayule St. John (1822-1859) was born in Kentish Town on Aug. 19, 1822, and died at Grove End Road, St. John's Wood, on Aug. 1, 1859. More... | $46.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 1-59333-346-3 | Zammit, Martin. `Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo (Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard): A Syriac Chrestomathy
`Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo is a chrestomathy intended primarily for students who have covered the essentials of Syriac morphology and syntax, but it should also interest anyone who enjoys Syriac literature in general. The twenty-six selections consist of examples of Syriac prose and poetry from the second until the thirteenth centuries AD. The readings reflect a wide and varied range of subject matter. Inevitably, selections of a religious nature predominate, but historical, ethnographic, chemical, astronomical, and linguistic excerpts produced by famous Syriac authors, as well as less familiar ones, have been included. A Syriac-English glossary and an index of grammatical points are included. More... | $85.00 | Add to Cart |
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