Things are in "full fall swing" here at Gorgias Press. This month, George (Gorgias Press co-founder) and Jeffrey (our Marketing and Editorial Assistant) attended the Inaugural Summit of an organization called In Defense of Christians in Washington D.C., September 9-11. For more information, see the Conferences section.

Last week, Dayroyo Joseph Bali (co-editor of many texts in the Antioch Bible series) visited our offices; see further details in the News section. As always, we hope you are aware of our deal on the Antioch Bible.

In our Enthusiast of the Month section, we are happy to tell you a little bit more about two of our authors: Fuat and Suphan Andic.

Happy reading!

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For the complete list of recent releases, please visit our Just Published page.

Here is a select list of forthcoming publications. Click here for a complete list.

The Life and Works of Severus of Antioch in the Coptic and Copto-Arabic Tradition By Youhanna Youssef
Severus of Antioch is by far the most prolific and well known theologian of the non-Chalcedonian churches. Although his life and writings came to our knowledge in Syriac, gaining him the title “Crown of the Syriac Literature,” many texts relating to his life and works survived in the Coptic and Copto-Arabic tradition, as well as a number of other texts that were traditionally attributed to him. This book provides an analysis of these texts as and a discussion of the veneration of Severus of Antioch in the Coptic Church.
ISBN 978-1-61719-738-3, Hardback, $222.625 (Gorgias BiblioPerks $200.36)

"I will be King over you!" By Terry R. Clark
This book examines various rhetorical ways in which the motif of Yahweh’s Kingship functions in the Book of Ezekiel and explores what these arguments contribute to our understanding of the prophetic book as a whole.
ISBN 978-1-4632-0286-6, Hardback, $95 (Gorgias BiblioPerks $85.50)

Pronunciation is in the Brain, not in the Mouth By Edward Y. Y. Odisho
This book investigates the cognitive roots of pronunciation in children and adults and the emergence of accent with adults when learning a second language (L2). Subsequently, any teaching of L2 pronunciation to adults should be premised on a multisensory and multicognitive approach covering a wide selection of teaching and learning strategies consistent with the cognitive roots.
ISBN 978-1-4632-0415-0, Paperback, $79.82 (Gorgias BiblioPerks $71.84)

This month we’re pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of books in the fields of Syriac Literature and Lexicography, Biblical Studies, and the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.

The Martyrs of Mount Ber’ain, with an Introduction by Paul Dilley and edited and translated by Sebastian Brock, is the next volume in our Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Text and Translation series. This poignant seventh-century tale of three noble Iranian siblings who are martyred under Shapur II, demonstrates enduring concerns of Christian self-definition in Iran, especially with respect to the Zoroastrian priesthood.

In Soteriology as Motivation in the Apocalypse of John, Alexander Stewart employs Stephen Toulmin’s model of argumentation analysis to study John’s explicit and implicit motivational argumentation and to argue that the two primary grounds for John’s argumentation are soteriological. Hearers are motivated positively by the promise of future salvation and negatively by warnings of future judgment.

Until relatively recently, excavations in the ancient Near East have focused on macro level questions involving political history and chronology. Often these efforts in Israel focused on elucidating biblical history itself and tying that world into the larger ancient world. Very often the daily lives of average Israelites were ignored, and materials associated with them left largely unstudied and relegated to lists at the ends of site reports. “As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah …”: The Tell en-Nasbeh Excavations after 85 Years, edited by Jeffrey Zorn and Aaron Brody, includes studies on trade and economy, death and burial, metals, cooking, and water management at Tell en-Nasbeh (biblical Mizpah), shedding light on aspects of daily life in this important border town.

Finally, the fourth published colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project (Foundations for Syriac Lexicography IV, edited by Kristian Heal and Alison Salvesen) is in the final stages of publication, and will be in print in early November. The volume presents papers from an international team of authors working to develop contemporary, interdisciplinary approaches to linguistics and lexicography.

To see the full list of titles in different series, visit our series page.

Melonie Schmierer-Lee

Acquisitions Editor

The Martyrs of Mount Ber'ain Introduction by Paul C. Dilley; Edited and Translated by Sebastian P. Brock
The Martyrs of Mount Ber’ain is the poignant tale of three noble Iranian siblings who are martyred under Shapur II. Composed in the seventh century, it demonstrates enduring concerns of Christian self-definition in Iran, especially with respect to the Zoroastrian priesthood.
ISBN 978-1-4632-0421-1, Paperback, $49.4 (Gorgias BiblioPerks™ $44.46)

Soteriology as Motivation in the Apocalypse of John By Alexander Stewart
This monograph employs Toulmin’s model of argumentation analysis to examine how the Apocalypse of John motivates its hearers to respond to John’s prophetic apocalyptic exhortation. John’s visions of salvation and judgment provide the positive and negative grounds for motivational argumentation.
ISBN 978-1-4632-0419-8, Hardback, $95 (Gorgias BiblioPerks™ $85.50)

"As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah …”: The Tell en-Nasbeh Excavations after 85 Years Edited by Jeffrey R. Zorn & Aaron Brody
Collected essays on aspects of daily life at the Israelite site of Tell en-Naṣbeh (biblical Mizpah of Benjamin). These include: trade and economy, death and burial, metals, cooking, water management, curation of the site’s materials, and a site bibliography.
ISBN 978-1-4632-0416-7, Hardback, $95 (Gorgias BiblioPerks™ $85.50)

Foundations for Syriac Lexicography IV Edited by Kristian S. Heal & Alison G. Salvesen
The fourth published colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project (ISLP), presenting papers from an international team of authors working to develop contemporary, interdisciplinary approaches to linguistics and lexicography.
ISBN 978-1-61143-933-5, Hardback, $150 (Gorgias BiblioPerks™ $135.00)

Last week, we were joined in the office by Dayroyo Joseph Bali (co-editor of many texts in the Antioch Bible series), visiting from Lebanon. Joseph completed his academic studies in the field of philosophy and then joined St. Ephrem Seminary, Damascus, in 2007. A year later, he became a monk and in 2011 he was ordained as a priest. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy in the University of Athens working on the influence of Greek Philosophy on the works of Bar Hebraeus. He is fluent in Syriac, Arabic, French, English and Greek. His visit included a selection of the sights in nearby Princeton, NJ as well as diligent editorial work (both pictured at left).

Fuat and Suphan Andic are natives of Istanbul. They studied development economics at the Universities of Istanbul, Michigan, and Edinburgh, and taught economics and public finance at the University of Puerto Rico. Both jointly and individually, Fuat and Suphan have published fifteen books and monographs, and over sixty articles in professional journals in the United States, Great Britain and Germany. Fuat Andic, upon retirement, worked and continues to work as senior consultant to international organizations. Suphan Andic, after working several years as consultant to the World Bank and IMF, retired from consultancy and collaborated with her husband in research on Ottoman history.

As Gorgias Press authors, they have written The Last of the Ottoman Grandees: The Life and Political Testament of Âli Pașa and Reforming Ottoman Governance. Regarding their favorite Gorgias Press works, they shared:

“The publications of Gorgias Press are quite varied and are indispensable for those interested in different facets of the Middle East. We particularly enjoyed David Bertania’s highly informative Christian and Muslim Dialogues and Benjamin Trigona-Harany’s The Ottoman Suryani from 1908 to 1914. Because of our personal interest in Ottoman history, we found the book quite enlightening in dispelling the many existing misconceptions about the Ottoman Empire’s last years of existence.”

The In Defense of Christians conference was an exciting place to be, especially because there were so many Syrian-Americans there. The purpose of the conference was to raise funds for humanitarian relief for the crisis in Iraq and Syria as well as to inform politicians of recent events in those locations. Several of the patriarchs of the Middle Eastern churches also attended, including His Holiness Aram I, the Catholicos of the Armenian Orthodox Church of the Great House of Cilicia and His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church.

As for our exhibit, it was a big hit. Some conference favorites were The Last Assyrians, the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, and Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I. Several people were also intrigued by The Hidden Pearl, a classic that gives an illustrated overview of the history of the Syriac peoples. (Note: we have recently split up the Hidden Pearl into three separate book volumes, all available at $50 each.)

If you were one of the people who attended the conference, we want to say thanks for all your support for our efforts to promote Syriac language, history, and culture, and that we hope we see you again soon.

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