Dialogue poetry is a genre that began in ancient Sumer and continues in rich fashion in the Syriac tradition. Sebastian Brock has selected an edition of twenty six dialogue poems: between the Church and Zion; Abraham and Isaac; Joseph and Benjamin; the body and the soul; Joseph and Mary; the thief and the cherub; Mary and the Magi; the church and the believers; the angel and Mary; among the months of the year; between the angel and Zachariah; death and Satan; Jesus and the faithful; the two thieves; Jesus and John; the sinful woman and Satan; Abel and Cain; and wheat and gold.
In volume 1 of his Syriac Grammar, Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolbani presents an introduction to the rules of Syriac grammar and pronunciation. The book is organized into brief chapters that introduce new concepts, and each chapter includes questions and exercises.
In volume 2 of his Syriac Grammar, Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolbani introduces grammatical concepts for more advanced students. The book is organized into brief chapters that introduce new concepts, and each chapter includes questions and exercises.
In response to the various events of the twentieth century that resulted in the loss of both property and lives in the region of Tur Abdin, H. Numan Aydin offers a series of laments for the monasteries of the region.
Gregory Bar Hebraeus, most well known for his historical works, also produced a grammar of the Syriac language. The present volume presents his grammar typed in Serto font and accompanied by Latin chapter headings.
This volume presents the Lectionary readings from the epistles according to the liturgical rite of the Syrian Orthodox Church. The text is presented in a vocalized Serto text with readings separated by section headings in red font.
Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani describes and defends the unique Christology of the Syrian Orthodox tradition and discusses the reasons for the split with the Chalcedonian tradition.
Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani discusses the unique practice of the seven mysteries according to the Syrian Orthodox tradition: Baptism, Holy Unction, the Eucharist, Penitence, the Priesthood, Anointing of the Sick, and Marriage.
This volume presents the text of one of the most important historical works of the Syriac tradition: the world history of Gregory Bar Hebraeus, which attempts to provide a history of the world from Adam until Bar Hebraeus' own lifetime.
Moran Mor Ignatius Aphram I Barsoum provides a history of the area of Tur Abdin, beginning with the introduction of Christianity and monasticism to the area and concluding with the persecution of the twentieth century.
The present volume is a bi-lingual (Syriac and German) edition of the liturgies for Baptism, Marriage, and Burial according to the rite of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch.
This work, written by an unnamed "teacher of the School of Edessa," provides an account of the persecution experienced by Christians under the Persian Empire.
The present volume is a first hand account of the atrocities suffered by the Syrian Christians at Tur Abdin during the genocide of 1915 by Suleyman Henno.
The present work is a brief essay that provides a basic introduction to the Syrian Orthodox Church. This volume includes the essay in five languages: Arabic, German, Dutch, Turkish, and English.
This volume includes three metrical memre about the book of Ecclesiastes, each written by three authors: Eprhem the Syrian, Jacob of Serug, and John of Mosul.
The present volume commemorates the visit of Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas to Heidelberg in 1996 by presenting the German translation of four essays delivered during that historic meeting at the Ecumenical Institute of Ruprecht-Karls University.
The Syriac translation of Sebastian Brock's The Teaching of the Syrian Fathers on Prayer, an anthology of writings from the Syriac tradition that focus on prayer and the spiritual life.