Algorithmic Musings in Syriac

A Verse Poem on Computation Attributed to George of the Arabs

Edited and Translated by George Anton Kiraz

An edition of George of the Arab's homily on the Chronicon - on the reckoning of the year and the computation of the dates of feasts such as Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter.

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Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC

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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-4705-8

Publication Status: Forthcoming

Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 80

Publication Date: Oct 2,2024

Interior Color: Black

Trim Size: 6 x 9

Page Count: 91

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-1-4632-4705-8

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An edition of George of the Arab's homily on the Chronicon - on the reckoning of the year and the computation of the dates of feasts such as Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter.

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	GeorgeKiraz	George A. Kiraz is the founder and director of Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, the Editor-in-Chief of Gorgias Press, and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He earned an M.St. degree in Syriac Studies from the University of Oxford (1991) and an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (1992, 1996). He has published extensively in the fields of computational linguistics, Syriac studies, and the digital humanities. His latest books include The Syriac Orthodox in North America (1895–1995): A Short History (2019) and Syriac-English New Testament (2020). George is an ordained Deacon of the rank of Ewangeloyo (Gospler) in the Syriac Orthodox Church where he also serves on several Patriarchal, Synodal, and local committees. He lives in Piscataway, NJ, with his wife Christine and their children, Tabetha Gabriella, Sebastian Kenoro, and Lucian Nurono.

Preface (vii)

Introduction (1)

Outline of the Mimro (3)

I. Introduction (3)

II. Methods of Computation (3)

III. Method of Seven (5)

IV–V. Methods of 19 and 28 (6)

VI–VII. The Year and the Months (6)

VIII. The Leap Year (6)

IX The Lunar Months (7)

X. Letters of the Months (7)

XI. Commencement of the Month (9)

XII. Days of the Months, Their Letters, and Residue (9)

XIII–XIV. The Base and Commencement of the Year (10)

XV–XVI. Christmas Day and Epiphany (12)

XVII–XVIII. Base of the Moon (12)

XIX. Last Day of Subsequent Years (14)

XX. Days of the Lunar Month (15)

XXI. The Lunar Cycle (15)

XXII. Leap Years (15)

XXIII–XXIV. Base of Lent (16)

XXV–XXVI Computing the 14th of Lunar Nisan (18)

XXV Computing the Day of the Week for the 14th of Lunar Nisan (19)

Manuscripts (20)

Text and Translation (23)

Authorship and George’s Prose Algorithms (63)

Lexicon of Technical Terms (71)

Bibliography of Church Calendars (77)

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Algorithmic Musings in Syriac

A Verse Poem on Computation Attributed to George of the Arabs