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.

This volume includes four poems by John Bar Ma`dani (d. 1263), former Patriarch of Antioch.

Mor Ignatius Aphram I Barsoum presents a comprehensive history of the literature of the Syriac tradition.

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.

In the present volume, Hanna Aydin offers a history of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch from its beginning to the late twentieth century.

This volume presents the Syriac text of Gregory Bar Hebraeus' collection of humorous stories, sayings, and anecdotes known as the Laughable Stories.

This volume presents the Syriac text for two works: a collection of monastic prayers and the book of Psalms.

Gregory Bar Hebraeus, one of the most important authors of the later Syriac tradition, presents here a systematic book of ethics for the Christian life.

The present volume presents the text of Gregory Bar Hebraeus' instructions for the ascetic life, commonly known as the Book of the Dove.

The present work is a Dutch-Syriac dictionary with separate sections for Syriac to Dutch and Dutch to Syriac.