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Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 20

Edited by Amir Harrak
A refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-4262-6
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Jan 27,2021
Interior Color: Black with Color Inserts
Trim Size: 8.25 x 10.75
Page Count: 119
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4262-6
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JCSSS is a refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies Inc. (CSSS), located at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. JCSSS contains the transcripts of public lectures presented at the CSSS and possibly other articles and book reviews. JCSSS focuses on the vast Syriac literature, which is rooted in the same soil from which the ancient Mesopotamian and biblical literatures sprung; on Syriac art that bears Near Eastern characteristics as well as Byzantine and Islamic influences; and on archaeology, unearthing in the Middle East and the rest of Asia and China the history of the Syriac-speaking people: Assyrians, Chaldeans, Maronites and Catholic and Orthodox Syriacs. Modern Syriac Christianity and contemporary vernacular Aramaic dialects are also the focus of JCSSS. The languages of the Journal are English, French and German, and quotations from ancient sources are given in the original languages and in translation. The articles are interdisciplinary and scholarly; the Editorial Committee brings together scholars from four American, Canadian, and European universities. The CSSS that publishes JCSSS was founded in 1999 at the University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, as part of the latter’s academic programme in Aramaic and Syriac languages and literatures. It was incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act in January 23, 1999.

This volume includes articles by Demetrios Alibertis, Ashoor Yousif, Catalin-Stefan Popa, Abdul-Masih Saadi, John Issak, and Rita Sawaya.

JCSSS is a refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies Inc. (CSSS), located at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. JCSSS contains the transcripts of public lectures presented at the CSSS and possibly other articles and book reviews. JCSSS focuses on the vast Syriac literature, which is rooted in the same soil from which the ancient Mesopotamian and biblical literatures sprung; on Syriac art that bears Near Eastern characteristics as well as Byzantine and Islamic influences; and on archaeology, unearthing in the Middle East and the rest of Asia and China the history of the Syriac-speaking people: Assyrians, Chaldeans, Maronites and Catholic and Orthodox Syriacs. Modern Syriac Christianity and contemporary vernacular Aramaic dialects are also the focus of JCSSS. The languages of the Journal are English, French and German, and quotations from ancient sources are given in the original languages and in translation. The articles are interdisciplinary and scholarly; the Editorial Committee brings together scholars from four American, Canadian, and European universities. The CSSS that publishes JCSSS was founded in 1999 at the University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, as part of the latter’s academic programme in Aramaic and Syriac languages and literatures. It was incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act in January 23, 1999.

This volume includes articles by Demetrios Alibertis, Ashoor Yousif, Catalin-Stefan Popa, Abdul-Masih Saadi, John Issak, and Rita Sawaya.

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ContributorBiography

AmirHarrak

Amir Harrak is full professor at the University of Toronto. His specialty is Aramaic and Syriac languages and literatures. His many publications deal with Syriac epigraphy, chronography, and cataloguing of manuscripts.

From the Editor (1)
Demetrios Alibertis - The Case of the Female Christ-Type: Jephthah’s Daughter in the Writings of the Syriac Fathers (3)
Ashoor Yousif - Churchmen and Statesmen: Christian Ecclesiastical Embassies and Diplomacy for Non-Christian Empires during Late Antiquity and Medieval Period (4th –14th centuries) (33)
Catalin-Stefan Popa - An Old Theme in a New Frame: The Genealogy of Miracles in the Syriac Literature Encountering Early Islam (58)
Abdul-Masih Saadi - Moshe Bar-Kepha’s Christological Harmony and Apology in the Adapted Cause of Nativity” (71)
Fr. Dr. John Issak - “Medicine of Immortality:” The Eucharist in the Writings of Saints Ignatius of Antioch and Ephrem (78)
Rita Sawaya - ‘Aṭāyā of Alqōsh: A 16th Century Priest, Scribe and Illuminator (Manuscript Borg. Sir. 169) (92)
Obituary - Father Dr. Jean-Marie Mérigoux (1938-2020) (110)
Members of the CSSS for 2019-2020 (112)

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