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Index to Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies

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INDEX TO HUGOYE: JOURNAL OF SYRIAC STUDIES, VOLUMES 1-10 J. EDWARD WALTERS & LOGAN WILMOTH BETH MARDUTHO PISCATAWAY, NJ

INTRODUCTION Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, launched in 1998, was one of the first scholarly journals to be published primarily on the Internet and one of the only journals in the world dedicated solely to the scholarship of Syriac studies. Since its inception, Hugoye has included articles and book reviews by many of the top scholars of Syriac studies and Eastern Christianity from around the world, and it has served as a source of information for scholarly projects, publications, and conferences relating to Syriac subjects. As Hugoye forges into its second decade and continues to seek to provide the best scholarship available in the field of Syriac studies, it is now a convenient time to provide an index of the contents of its first ten volumes. This index is organized into five distinct parts. Part I provides the article titles, authors, abstracts, and page numbers for all articles

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in each volume of Hugoye organized by volume and number.1 Part II provides an index of all the articles of Hugoye organized alphabetically by article title. Likewise, Part III is an index of all the articles in Hugoye organized alphabetically by author. Part IV shifts from articles to book reviews and organizes this material in two parts: the first provides an index of all the book reviews organized alphabetically by author of the book reviewed; the second is organized alphabetically by the name of the reviewer. The first section provides the full title and bibliographic record of the book, while the second section provides only a shortened version of the book's author and title intended to refer the reader to the full citation in section IV.1. Part V provides a subject index organized into five sections: manuscripts, ancient texts, people, places, and keywords. This subject index does not attempt to include every reference to a manuscript, text, person, place, or keyword; instead, it seeks to provide a list of the major subjects of all of the articles in Hugoye and direct the reader to the appropriate articles. The editors hope that scholars will find the various attempts to organize the material found in this index useful for further research. And hopefully the next ten years of Hugoye will be just as fruitful as the first ten.

1 Unlike subsequent volumes, the first two volumes of Hugoye did not include abstracts written by the authors of the articles. Thus, the abstracts provided below for these first two volumes were written by the editors of this index. Only a few articles from volumes three through ten did not include abstracts, and the editors have supplied these as well. Any abstract not supplied by the author of the article and written by the editors of this index is indicated with brackets [ ].

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I. INDEX OF VOLUME CONTENTS Volume 1, Number 1 (1998) The Baptismal Anointings According to the Anonymous Expositio Officiorum.....................................................................................................5 Sebastian Brock [The Expositio Officiorum, an annonymous 7th-9th century text incorrectly attributed to George of Arbela (edited, translated into Latin, and published by R.H. Connolly as Anonymi auctoris expositio officiorum ecclesiae Georgio Arbelensi vulgo ascripta CSCO 64, 71, 72, 76), includes a chapter that discusses the rite of baptism and the three anointings associated with baptism. The details described therein are remarkably similar to the current liturgical practice of the East Syriac tradition. The present article includes an English translation of the pertinent portion of the text and also provides an introduction to the baptismal practices and a brief discussion of the unique features of this text.]

MS Vat. Syr. 268 and the Revisional Development of the Harklean Margin......................................................................................................19 Andreas Juckel [The generic use of the term "Harklean Version of the NT" falsely suggests that the text of the Harklean Version and its marginalia were consistent and faithfully represented in all Harklean manuscripts. Such was not the case, however, as there was a gradual revision of the text and marginalia toward the Byzantine text type over time as well as a systematic revision undertaken by Dionysius bar Salibi in the 12th-century. There are only four manuscript witnesses for the Harklean marginalia from the first millennium, and even these four witnesses demonstrate variants from one another and evidence of revisional development. The present article argues that one of these four witnesses, MS Vat. Syr. 268, represents an earlier stage of revision than the other three, and should be considered the earliest and primary witness of the Harklean marginalia and textual revisions. As such, this manuscript should be given priority in any effort to establish a critical edition of the Harklean text.]

A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa.............35 Dirk Kruisheer & Lucas Van Rompay

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Hugoye Index [Jacob of Edessa (d. 708 CE) is an important and yet often overlooked source for Syriac Christianity at the time of the advent of Islam. At the time of the publication of this Clavis, Jacob had received very little attention in scholarly writings, with only a handful of publications concentrating on his life and his prolific works. The present publication presents a bibliography of sources for Jacob's writings as well as publications that include Jacob as a subject or deal with subject matter that is directly related to Jacob's life and writings.]

An Epiphany of Mystical Symbols: Jacob of Sarug’s Mêmrâ 109 on Abraham and His Types........................................................................57 Richard E. McCarron [Jacob of Sarug is unquestionably one of the most prolific and creative authors of the Syriac tradition, weaving narrative, exposition, dialogue, and commentary into poetic form in well over 700 metrical homilies that have survived. Jacob's memra 109 ("On Abraham and His Types") offers an excellent example of his christocentric and "typological" exegesis. The present article provides and outline and overview of the contents of this memra and then provides a discussion of Jacob's use of signs, symbols and types in the presentation of Abraham, Isaac, and the event of the binding of Isaac.]

Volume 1, Number 2 (1998) Special Issue: The Influence of Saint Ephraim the Syrian - I Guest Editor: Andrew Palmer A Single Human Being Divided in Himself: Ephraim the Syrian, the Man in the Middle.........................................................................119 Andrew Palmer [Ephrem the Syrian is undoubtedly the most important representative of the early Syriac tradition, as demonstrated by the wealth of extant original works of Ephrem and the large corpus of texts falsely attributed to him in various languages. Despite the fact that Ephrem avoids direct autobiography, a close examination of his works reveals various aspects and characteristics of Ephrem's personality that allow modern readers to catch glimpses of his identity. In so doing, however, we are frequently confronted with depictions of Ephrem that appear to conflict with each other. For example, in one text, Ephrem can be antagonistic to "philosophy" or philosophical inquiry, and yet in another text he can engage deeply in philosophical questions about the nature of God, revelation, and

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the relationship between divine and human. The present article presents various examples of this "divided" Ephrem, and relies heavily on various texts from Ephrem's corpus that reveal hints and clues to the clouded details of Ephrem's life.]

The Tears of the Sinful Woman: A Theology of Redemption in the Homilies of St. Ephraim and His Followers.........................165 Hannah M. Hunt [The Gospel narrative of the sinful woman crying at the feet of Jesus (Luke 7:37-50) became a popular topic of creative theological reflection in the Syriac tradition, as evidenced by its use in several extant homilies and verse dialogues from multiple authors. The present article surveys the place of this sinful woman in the writings of Ephrem as well as Ephrem's use of typology and symbols in order to demonstrate the way that this narrative functions as a representation of penitence and, more broadly, of salvation. The article also surveys the way that the sinful woman is included within a confluence of women from NT narratives and the way that these female figures are depicted within Ephrem's writings.]

St. Ephraim’s Influence on the Greeks.............................................185 David G.K. Taylor [It is well known that there are references to Ephrem in Greek literature beginning not long after his death, and that Ephrem was generally highly esteemed in these references. Moreover, there developed a corpus of (pseudo-)Ephremic works in Greek as well as a Vita tradition distinct from the Syriac Vita tradition. This article briefly surveys these references to Ephrem and concludes that they may not, in fact, represent the best source for understanding Ephrem's influence on the Greek tradition. Instead, the article suggests that new inquiries need to be made into the writings of the Cappadocians, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Pseudo-Macarius in order to find possible traces of Ephrem's theological and intellectual influence.]

A Spiritual Father for the Whole Church: The Universal Appeal of St. Ephraem the Syrian........................................................................197 Sidney H. Griffith [Given the fact that Ephrem's works were collected, translated, and emulated in various languages among different types of Christian communities and his emergence as an object of scholarly study in recent decades, it is clear that Ephrem offers some kind of

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Ephraim in Christian Palestinian Aramaic.......................................221 Alain Desreumaux [The present article provides a brief overview of the evidence for (ps.-)Ephrem's writings as preserved in Christian Palestinian Aramaic manuscripts by Melkite Christians who spoke and thus preserved texts in Palestinian Aramaic rather than Syriac.]

St. Ephraim the Syrian’s Thought and Imagery as an Inspiration to Byzantine Artists..................................................................................227 Zaga Gavrilovic [This article surveys the influence of Ephrem within Byzantine art, and particularly on the art that deals with the final judgment. Upon close examination, it becomes evident that this influence stems from the pseudo-Ephrem tradition in Greek literature rather than the genuine writings of Ephrem. The article also includes a series of pictures to accompany the discussion of artwork mentioned in the article.]

Ephraim the Syrian in Anglo-Saxon England..................................253 Jane Stevenson [Works attributed to Ephrem were translated at an early date into Greek and Latin and circulated among Christian communities in Europe. Some of these works even made it to Anglo-Saxon England and may have influenced the development of the theological language and thought of the early Anglo-Saxon Christian tradition. This article surveys the evidence for Ephrem's writings in AngloSaxon England and suggests that some of these texts may have even been translations from the genuine corpus of Ephrem's works.]

John Wesley and Ephraem Syrus.......................................................273 Gordon Wakefield [It is well known that John Wesley was a brilliant linguist and student of patristic literature, but it would be surprising to many scholars to learn that Wesley names Ephrem the Syrian among a list of influential patristic authors he had read. The present article provides the evidence for John Wesley's knowledge of the writings

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of Ephrem and then discusses points of contact where Ephrem's thought may have influenced Wesley directly.]

Volume 2, Number 1 (1999) Special Issue: The Influence of Saint Ephraim the Syrian - II Guest Editor: Andrew Palmer St. Ephrem in the Eyes of Later Syriac Liturgical Tradition.............5 Sebastian Brock [Through the many things written about him and the corpus attributed to his name, Ephrem the Syrian grew into a multi-faceted legend of ascetic Christianity. As is so often the case, the legend and the man do not necessarily match one another in word and deed. The present article provides evidence for the depiction of Ephrem in two distinct bodies of literature: 1) the biographical tradition(s) that developed in Greek and Syriac; and 2) the Syriac liturgical traditions.]

A Ballad about Saint Andrew and the Cannibals, Attributed to Saint Ephraim.........................................................................................27 Michel van Esbroeck, S.J. [This article presents an English translation of a hymn attributed to Ephrem concerning Andrew's call to travel to "the country of Kalbin" for his apostolic missionary work, a region associated with a cannibalistic people. The translation is supplemented by a brief commentary on the text.]

Knowledge of Ephraim’s Writings in the Merovingian and Carolingian Age......................................................................................37 David Ganz [Works attributed to Ephrem and translated (with some perhaps even written) in Latin circulated widely among monasteries and Christian communities in the Middle Ages. The present article surveys the evidence for knowledge of Ephrem and his writings during the Merovingian and Carolingian periods and includes a list of extant manuscripts dating up to the eleventh century that include works attributed to Ephrem.]

Ephrem’s Madroshe and the Syrian Orthodox Beth Gazo: A Loose, but Fascinating, Affinity...........................................................47 Gregorios Y. Ibrahim & George A. Kiraz

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Hugoye Index [This article notes and lists the affinities between the qole, or melodies, of Ephrem's (genuine) hymns and the melodies of many songs preserved within the Beth Gazo, the songbook of the Syrian Orthodox Church. The article also includes a basic introduction to the use of the Beth Gazo and the various types of hymn collections found therein.]

Ephrem’s Ideas on Singleness..............................................................57 Thomas K. Koonammakkal [The act of remaining single (or living as a single person despite being married) and celibate is a well-known feature of the ascetic expression of Christianity associated with fourth-century Syriac Christianity and particularly with Ephrem. The concept of "singleness" was frequently represented by the concept of ihidayutha, with individual adherents being known as ihidaya. This terminology is linked both linguistically and conceptually with the example of Jesus, who, according to Scripture, was the ihidaya (Gr: monogenous) of God and who also remained single and celibate. The present article argues for the conceptual link between Jesus' "singleness" and the practice of discipleship in Ephrem's time.]

The Ephremic Tradition and the Theology of the Environment...........................................................................................67 Robert Murray, S.J. [The ecological crises of the modern period provide some impetus for looking to past exemplars to see how they conceived of creation and humanity's relationship to it. The present article surveys the thought of Ephrem and two of his literary and theological successors (Narsai and Jacob of Serug) concerning care for the created order, rooted in their exegesis of Scripture.]

The Influence of Ephraim the Syrian..................................................83 Andrew Palmer [The present article provides an overview of Ephrem's broad influence throughout various time periods and settings, as evidenced by the survival of his genuine writings, the production and circulation of text attributed to him, and his explicit influence on Church leaders from various expressions of Christianity in the modern period. The article concludes with a brief "anthology" of Ephrem's writings intended to show the depth and beauty of his writings that could and should be included in larger anthologies of literary classics.]

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"Making Church of England Poetical": Ephraim and the Oxford Movement.............................................................................................111 Geoffrey Rowell [Beyond the close relationship between poetry and theology in the writings of both Ephrem and the leaders of the Oxford Movement, there are even more explicit instances of direct influence of Ephrem on those leaders. This influence is most clearly seen in E.B. Pusey, but it is also seen to a lesser extent on other prominent figures in the Oxford Movement (more than likely through Pusey's influence on them). The present article provides an overview of the relationship between Ephrem's writings and the Oxford Movement leaders and suggests points of influence of the former upon the latter.]

Volume 2, Number 2 (1999) A Syriac Letter on Papyrus: P.Berol.Inv. 8285................................163 Sebastian Brock [This article provides the transcription (insofar as the text can be deciphered in its current state) and translation of a Syriac letter found on a papyrus manuscript perhaps dating to the seventh century (P.Berol.Inv. 8385). The text and translation was originally published by W.M. Brashear (Archiv für Papyrusforschung, "Syriaca" 44, 1998: 86-127), but the present publication seeks to improve upon the reading and translation of the text. The article also includes brief annotations on the reading of the text and concluding thoughts.]

Deir al-Surian (Egypt): Its Wall-paintings, Wall-texts, and Manuscripts: In January 1999, an international team working under the auspices of Leiden University and the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo continued its work in Deir al-Surian in the Wadi al-Natrun (Egypt). In the Church of the Virgin, work was resumed on the wallpaintings, while in the library, conservation work was carried out on the manuscripts. In this article, three of the people involved in this project give an account of recent developments and new insights.

I. The Wall-paintings of Deir al-Surian: New discoveries of 1999...............................................................................................167 Karel C. Innemée

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An Account of Gregory Bar Hebraeus Abu al-Faraj and His Relations with the Mongols of Persia...............................................209 George Lane [The many extant writings of Gregory Bar Hebraeus establish him as one of the most prominent authors of the later Syriac tradition. Moreover, his historical accounts are among the most important sources available to modern scholars concerning the Mongol invasion and rule of Persia. The present article surveys the life and career of Bar Hebraeus and pays special attention to his depiction of his Mongol overlords and their treatment of Christian communities.]

The Patriarchs of the Church of the East from the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries...........................................................................235 Heleen H.L. Murre-van den Berg [The present article provides a brief work of prosopography for the Patriarchs of the Church of the East from the 15th to 18th centuries. For much of this time period, there were actually three "competing" patriarch lists, and this article includes details from all three traditions.]

Volume 3, Number 1 (2000) The Fall of Satan in the Thought of St. Ephrem and John Milton.........................................................................................................3 Gary A. Anderson In the Life of Adam and Eve, Satan "the first-born" refused to venerate Adam, the “latter-born.” Later writers had difficulty with the tale because it granted Adam honors that were proper to Christ (Philippians 2:10, "at the name of Jesus, every knee should bend.") The tale of Satan’s fall was then altered to reflect this Christological sensibility. Milton created a story of Christ’s elevation prior to the creation of man. Ephrem, on the other hand, moved the story to Holy Saturday. In Hades, Death acknowledged Christ as the true first-born whereas Satan rejected any such acclamation.

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Disputing with Islam in Syriac: The Case of the Monk of Bêt hālê and a Muslim Emir ................................................................................29 Sidney H. Griffith [Following the Arab conquest and the advent of Islam, Syriac speaking Christians responded to their new situation with various types of literature. The present article briefly summarizes these literary genres and their characteristic features and then provides an in-depth discussion of a particular example of the "dispute" genre: a "Disputation against the Arabs" that featured a monk from the monastery of Bêt hālê and an anonymous Muslim interlocutor in a classic question and answer type debate.]

Signs of Ephrem’s Exegetical Techniques in his Homily on Our Lord..........................................................................................................55 Angela Y. Kim In his Homily on Our Lord, Ephrem employs a number of interpretive techniques to connect Exod 32–4 and Luke 7:36–50 in an essential way. Exod 32–4 and Luke 7 are interwoven through a literal and metaphoric understanding of the word sign which Ephrem introduces by a retelling of a conflated version of the water trial in Exod 32 (Homily, §6). Through typology, Ephrem transforms the golden calf into a proof for the excellence of Christ. The theme of sin and forgiveness that appears in Exod 32 is realized in Christ’s transformation of the sinful woman into the paradigmatic Christian.

Past and Present Perceptions of Syriac Literary Tradition .............71 Lucas Van Rompay Whereas Syriac literature is generally seen as the whole corpus of preserved texts as it is presently known to us, the present paper’s aim is to gain insight into the various ways Syriac literary tradition was viewed at specific moments in history. First, the letters of Jacob of Edessa (c. 700) and Timothy Catholicos (c. 800) are studied. Second, some relevant data are drawn from what we know about libraries and manuscript collections. Third, the period of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries leads to a few general observations on the development of Syriac literary tradition in the later period.

The Teaching of Syriac in Lebanon: An Overview .......................105 Ray Mouawad [The present article surveys the status of Syriac education in Lebanon. Evidence is provided for public and private institutions.]

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Volume 3, Number 2 (2000) Special Issue: Michael the Syrian Michael the Syrian as a Source for Economic History...................141 Michael G. Morony The economic information in the universal history of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch, Michael the Syrian (1166–99), is analyzed and evaluated. It is shown that most of his information concerns conditions that affected agricultural production, livestock, the labor force, and commerce in the Jazira and northern Syria from the sixth through the twelfth century C.E. The factors that reduced production are discussed, such as drought, freezing weather, hailstorms, and plagues of locusts as well as the effects of plague and famine on labor. The circumstances of rural labor, property and wealth are examined as well as the insecurity of merchants. It is argued that much of Michael’s incidental economic information needs to be contextualized and compared to that in other sources.

Originality and Function of Formal Structures in the Chronicle of Michael the Great ................................................................................173 Dorothea Weltecke The world chronicle or the universal chronography by Michael the Great is the most voluminous historical work written within the Syriac Orthodox tradition. Usually its content is used to gain historical data, either about events it is dealing with or about its sources. In the present paper some suggestions are made to read the work as a historical achievement in its own right. Though very different from each other, both modern and post-modern thinking often evaluate historiography—at least historiography written by others—with categories developed for poetic literature. One of the consequences of this approach was and is a rather critical attitude towards the world historical achievement of the patriarch, which does not consist of a narrative in the strict sense of the term. While reserve and distance are useful elements of sober historical analysis it should not exclude detachment from one’s own point of view: History of historiography should be questioning both, the source and the self. Ancient and medieval chronography is not directly linked to ancient and medieval narrative historiography, it served different functions, and it was not a "premature" stage of it. Chronography developed scientific methods to measure past time within specific sets of questions, it was writing about time, not stories. In this context one can take a closer look at Michael’s chronicle, a "look" in the literal sense of the word, for the chronicle not only consists of "text" but also of graphical elements. These

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graphical and language elements are the specific formal structures of the work. An interpretation of the formal structures seems to be useful, and indeed vital for evaluations of the chronicle. But there are good reasons to believe that the disposition represented by Chabot’s facsimile and the Aleppo version respectively is not congruent with the original version. Still there seems to be no doubt as to the "originality" of the chronicle as a synthesis of different historical genres of its tradition, a synthesis which needed both high calligraphic skills, and a strong cognitive drive growing out of a still lively scientific tradition. Some reflections on the function of the formal structures are presented.

Edessa in the Era of Patriarch Michael the Syrian..........................205 Joseph Tarzi [The present article provides a glimpse into the life of a city, specifically that of Edessa in the 12th century--the time period of Patriarch Michael the Great. After briefly surveying the history of Edessa for the five centuries leading up to the time of Michael, the article pays particular attention to the political and social aspects of life in 12th century Edessa. Particular attention is paid to the various Christian communities that dwelt in Edessa at this time (Syrians, Armenians, Melkites, Latin-speaking) and to the disaster of 1146 and its aftermath.]

Notizen zur späten Geschichte des Barsaumô-Klosters................225 Hubert Kaufhold Zur Zeit Michaels des Syrers, aber auch darüber hinaus, war das Kloster des hl. Barṣaumō Residenz der syrischen Patriarchen. Nach der grundlegenden Darstellung von Ernst Honigmann (Le couvent de Barṣaumā, 1954) endete die Geschichte des Klosters gegen Ende des 13. Jh. Aber schon Patriarch Aphram Barsaum wies in seiner Geschichte der syrischen Literatur (2. Aufl. 1956) darauf hin, wenn auch ohne nähere Angaben, daß das Kloster bis zum Ende des 17. Jh. bestand. Im folgenden Beitrag werden historische Notizen über das Kloster bis 1676 n. Chr. zusammengestellt, die hauptsächlich aus Kolophonen von Handschriften stammen.

Volume 4, Number 1 (2001) L’origine du nom Bar ‛Ebroyo: Une vieille histoire d’homonymes............................................................................................7 Jean Fathi-Chelhod

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Ṣimeon of Qal‛a Rumaita, Patriarch Philoxenus Nemrod and Bar ‛Ebroyo ...................................................................................................45 Hidemi Takahashi An attempt is made in this article to throw some light on the circumstances in which Bar ‛Ebroyo (Barhebraeus) worked by focusing our attention on the priest-physician Simeon b. Joshua of Qal‛a Rumaita (ob. 1289), who rose to a position of some importance at the Ilkhanid court in the 1260’s and whose nephew Nemrod became patriarch under the name of Philoxenus in 1283. The fact that two of Bar ‛Ebroyo’s works are dedicated to this Simeon suggests that he may have played an important role in the background to Bar ‛Ebroyo’s literary activity.

Syriac Papyrus Fragments Recently Discovered in Deir al-Surian (Egypt) ....................................................................................................93 Fr. Bigoul El-Souriany & Lucas Van Rompay A first description is given of a bunch of papyrus fragments that came to light in the Monastery of the Syrians in 1998. They are the remnants of a papyrus codex containing ascetical-monastic texts. On the basis of their writing, a date in the ninth century is plausible. It may be assumed that the codex belonged to the library of the Monastery, whose history can be traced back to the beginning of the ninth century. The new discovery would constitute the first evidence that papyrus codices were in use in that library.

Recent Archaeological Excavations in Takrit and the Discovery of Syriac Inscriptions................................................................................103 Amir Harrak During the 1990’s Iraqi archaeologists uncovered impressive Christian buildings in a site outside Takrit called Chenisa. A large

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church was excavated, bearing traditional Syriac architectural features, such as the bema and the "beth-qadishe" (graves of holy men), and containing Syriac inscriptions dated to three well-known Metropolitans. A large inscription found in the Hall, bearing the name of "the Abbot Mar George" and the name of another "monk," strongly suggests that the excavated site was a Syriac monastery. Inside Takrit, a church was excavated, containing graves of ecclesiastical leaders, including "Athanasius, Metropolitan of Takrit;" his name and title appear in his personal seal in the shape of a cross made of silver. The church was the headquarters of the Metropolitans of Takrit. This is suggested by a marble inscription containing the words "Metropolitan of Tag[rith]," found in a seemingly administrative section beside the church.

A New Syriac Inscription in Deir al-Surian (Egypt).......................109 Lucas Van Rompay & Andrea B. Schmidt This reports contains the edition and translation of a Syriac inscription recently discovered on an isolated beam of wood which was reused in a later door of the qasr of the Monastery of the Syrians. It mentions the names of the patriarchs of Antioch and Alexandria (Mor Ignaṭios and Mor Yuḥannon respectively) and is dated to the year 1597 of the Greeks, i.e., AD 1285/86. The original context of the inscription is not known.

Volume 4, Number 2 (2001) Special Issue: Women in the Syriac Tradition Guest Editor: Susan A. Harvey "Bold and Having No Shame": Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communities.............................................159 Michael Penn An examination of the church order the Didascalia and its successor the Apostolic Constitutions illustrates different strategies early churches used to regulate Christian widows. These documents represent attempts by Christian leaders to resolve the widow’s ambiguous status in early Christianity and to consolidate the clergy’s power. They provide an important witness to the institutionalization of early Christian communities and the solidification of hierarchies based on divisions between men, women, clergy, and laity.

Women in Aphrahat: Some Observations ......................................187 Adam Lehto

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Hugoye Index Certain passages in Aphrahat’s Demonstrations exhibit misogynist language, since women are portrayed as instruments of Satan and are blamed for the evil state of the world. A consideration of other aspects of Aphrahat’s thought allows for a more nuanced view of Aphrahat’s attitudes toward women. These other aspects include: i) the role of Mary in salvation history; ii) the eschatogical context of Aphrahat’s asceticism; iii) the fact that men are demonized more than women in the Demonstrations; iv) the fact that Aphrahat makes unambiguously positive statements about women.

Theodora the "Believing Queen": A Study in Syriac Historiographical Tradition................................................................209 Susan A. Harvey Syriac tradition remembers the sixth century for the tragic separation of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. The Byzantine emperor Justinian I is remembered as the harsh persecutor of the faithful, while his wife Theodora is revered as the "believing queen," champion and protectress of the dissenting nonChalcedonian church. Greek and Syriac sources of the sixth century present more complex views of the imperial couple, with sharply differing portraits of Theodora used to interpret the reign. Later Syriac chronicles rework and reshape the sixth century material, fashioning a significantly changed historical experience for the Syriac Orthodox through a changed memory of Theodora’s past.

Hindiyya Anne ‛ajaymi and Her Spiritual Journey: The Essential Lightness of Being ..............................................................................235 Avril M. Makhlouf This is a preliminary study of aspects of the spiritual development of Hindiyya Anne ‛Ajaymi, a Syro-Lebanese religious woman who lived from 1727–98. There is an analysis of the record of her major mystical experiences which, although the exact dates are not yet established, occurred between her adolescence and middle age. The record was written in Arabic and portions are here translated into English. This is followed by a translated excerpt from her Counsels that were composed later for the edification of the religious in her care.

Deir al-Surian (Egypt): Conservation Work of Autumn 2000......259 Karel C. Innemée In October/November 2000 conservation work and research continued in the church of the Holy Virgin in Deir al-Surian (Wadi

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al-Natrun, Egypt). Paintings that had been uncovered in the 1999 season were further conserved and retouched. Closer examination of the straitigraphy of painted plaster led to some new insights into the history of the building and its decoration.

eBethArké: The Syriac Digital Library. First Report .....................269 George A. Kiraz In June 2000, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute launched project eBethArké: The Syriac Digital Library. The project aims to bring 3,000 out-of-copyright books, journal articles, pictures, and audio recordings to the Internet in an eLibrary form. This is the first report on this project.

Volume 5, Number 1 (2002) A Bibliographical Clavis to the Corpus of Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch..................................................................................................3 Edward G. Matthews, Jr. The corpus of extant Syriac works which are attributed to Isaac of Antioch have barely begun to be studied. There are no critical editions and the secondary literature is sparse at best. This little Clavis is a simple catalogue of work-to-date on this corpus.

"Exchanging Reed for Reed": Mapping Contemporary Heretics onto Biblical Jews in Ephrem's Hymns on Faith..................................15 Christine C. Shepardson Ephrem's Hymns on Faith are among the most stridently and explicitly anti-Arian of Ephrem's numerous polemical writings. Written in the midst of the struggle for political and social authority that raged between Arian and Nicene Christians, these hymns include a complex collection of both anti-Arian and anti-Jewish language. Close examination of these hymns will demonstrate that Ephrem repeatedly connects Christian 'heretics' with Jews by mapping his opponents onto negative caricatures of Jews in Christian scripture. Focusing primarily on the comparison that Ephrem makes in Hymn 87 between biblical Jews who crucified Christ and contemporary Christians who comparably threaten God's son, I argue that Ephrem's anti-Jewish rhetoric in these hymns should be read primarily in light of his struggle against local Christians rather than Jews.

The Image of the Infant Jesus in Ephrem the Syrian.......................35 Paul S. Russell

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Some Basic Annotation to The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and its Ancient Aramaic Heritage, I-III (Rome, 2001)...............63 Sebastian P. Brock [This article provides reference annotations to The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and its Ancient Aramaic Heritage, I-III. The initial publication, intended for a general audience, lacks footnotes and scholarly references. Thus, the present article provides many notes for scholars seeking information for further study, including references to inscriptions and manuscripts. This work is not intended to be a full bibliography, but it is a very helpful supplemental reference work for The Hidden Pearl.]

Volume 5, Number 2 (2002) The Dispute between the Cherub and the Thief............................169 Sebastian P. Brock The lively verse dialogue between the Repentant Thief (Luke 23:43) and the Cherub guarding the entrance to Paradise (Genesis 3:24) is an excellent representative of the ancient literary genre of dispute literature that has remained popular in the Middle East in various languages for nearly four millennia. The aim of the present article is to make the poem available in translation to an English-speaking audience. The introduction gives an outline of the poem's wider context, and ends with some suggestions about how it might be revived for use today.

The Bema in the East Syriac Church in Light of New Archaeological Evidence.....................................................................195 Marica Cassis The bema, a raised platform located in the centre of the nave, was an important architectural and liturgical feature in the early East and

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West Syriac churches. However, there are many unanswered questions concerning the correlation between the archaeological remains and the liturgical importance of this structure, particularly in the East Syriac milieu. While the bema was considered integral to the early liturgy of the East Syriac church, little archaeological material independently confirms its importance. This paper will deal primarily with the East Syriac bema, and the discrepancies which exist between the written and architectural evidence.

Syriac Writings and Turkic Language according to Central Asian Tombstone Inscriptions......................................................................213 Wassilios Klein This paper presents the characteristics and peculiarities in the Syriac tombstone inscriptions found near the Kirghiz capital Bishkek and nearby Tokmak. After a brief note on the use of Syriac as an ecclesiastical language amongst Turkic communities, the paper proceeds to show how those who erected the inscriptions were not familiar with Syriac, and then discusses forms of the letters used in the inscriptions.

Thecla in Syriac Christianity...............................................................225 Catherine Burris & Lucas Van Rompay Inspired by and in response to Stephen J. Davis' recent book on the Cult of St. Thecla (2001), this paper is a first exploration of the evidence on Thecla in Syriac Christianity. The relatively extensive Syriac manuscript tradition of the Acts of Paul and Thecla is briefly surveyed and placed within its wider literary and cultural contexts. A few suggestions are made concerning the reception of the text and the popularity of the Thecla cult. The paper should be read in conjunction with Susan Ashbrook Harvey's review of Davis' book, published elsewhere in this issue.

A Syriac Inscription from Deir Al-Surian........................................237 Matthew J. Martin This report presents a brief inscription from amongst the collections of the Monastery of the Syrians in Wadi al-Natrun. The inscription, poorly executed, appears to commemorate the embellishment of a chapel in the Monastery of Mary Deipara in the Nitrian desert. The original context of the inscription remains unknown.

Deir al-Surian (Egypt)..........................................................................245 Karel C. Innemée & Lucas Van Rompay

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Volume 6, Number 1 (2003) A Re-examintion of Codex Phillipps 1338...........................................3 Andreas Juckel The article offers a collation of the 5th/6th cent. Peshitta Gospel manuscript known as 'Codex Phillipps 1388' with the standard text of the Peshitta Gospels published by P.E. Pusey/G.H. Gwilliam in 1901. The purpose is to re-examine the collation of the same co- dex presented by the German scholar A. Allgeier in 1932 and to establish its relation to the 'Old Syriac' and to early Peshitta manuscripts. The result is that 'Codex Phillipps' is not a singular (Allgeier) but a typical (Black) early Peshitta manuscript. All early Gospel manuscripts should be examined to trace their individually developed 'Old Syriac heritage'.

Syriac Additions to Anderson: The Garden of Eden in the Book of Steps and Philoxenus of Mabbug........................................................37 Robert A. Kitchen Adding to the Syriac witness on Genesis 3–4 introduced in Gary A. Anderson’s monograph, The Genesis of Perfection (reviewed elsewhere in Hugoye) are two Syriac ascetical works: the Book of Steps (Liber Graduum), an anonymous 4th century collection of 30 mēmrē directed to a pre-monastic community; and the 6th century collection of 13 mēmrē or Discourses by Philoxenus, bishop of Mabbug, directed monks under his episcopal authority. Both authors utilize the narrative of Genesis 3–4 to model ascetical practices for their community, and to portray the goal and reward of the ascetical life—the return to perfection in the Garden of Eden.

The Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch: A[nother] Preliminary Checklist...................................................................................................51 Edward G. Mathews, Jr. Isaac of Antioch is lauded by several of his contemporaries as one of the most prolific of all early Syriac authors. Despite these accolades,

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the works attributed to him remain for all intents and purposes entirely unedited. Less than a third of the works known to be attributed to him exist in any printed form. This list, the fourth such, is the latest and most complete—albeit still provisional—attempt to record the incipits of this vast corpus.

Observations on Bar ‛Ebroyo's Marine Geography ........................77 Hidemi Takahashi Descriptions of the world’s seas are given by Bar ‛Ebroyo (Barhebraeus) in several of his works. An examination of these geographical accounts shows that in composing them Bar ‛Ebroyo has, as usual, used a variety of sources both in Syriac (incl. the Syriac De mundo; Jacob of Edessa’s Hexaemeron or a work dependent thereupon) and in Arabic (incl. works of Bîrûnî; geographers of the "Balkhî" school; Battânî’s Zîj or a related work). A comparison of these ac- counts also brings to light certain tendencies that Bar ‛Ebroyo devel- oped with the progress of his literary career.

Volume 6, Number 2 (2003) Gabriel of Qatar’s Commentary on the Liturgy .............................197 Sebastian P. Brock The Commentary on the Liturgy by Gabriel of Beth Qatraye (early seventh century) is preserved in a single thirteenth-century manuscript. A short introduction draws attention to the interest of the manuscript itself (as well as its contents), and to previous studies of the Commentary. In order to give a fuller indication of its contents, an English translation of the chapter headings is given, and this is followed by a translation of the chapter on the Eucharistic Liturgy (Memra V, chapter 2). At the end, the Syriac text of chapter 2 of Memra V is also given.

Towards Automatic Transcription of Estrangelo Script................249 William F. Clocksin & Prem P.J. Fernando This paper surveys several computer-based techniques we have developed for the automatic transcription of Estrangelo handwriting from historical manuscripts. The Syriac language has been a neglected area for research into automatic handwriting transcription, yet is interesting because the preponderance of scribe-written manuscripts offers a challenging yet tractable medium between the extremes of type-written text and free handwriting. The methods described here do not need to find strokes or contours of the characters, but exploit characteristic measures of shape that are

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The Doctrina Addai as a Paradigm of Christian Thought in Edessa in the Fifth Century ............................................................................269 Sidney H. Griffith [The Doctrina Addai, a late 4th/early 5th century literary production of an Edessan Christian community, is a unique historical source for understanding Christianity in Edessa at the time of its writing. While the work is of little value as a historical source for the events it actually reports, it represents a particular way of thinking and being that we can take to be representative of Christianity in Edessa. More specifically, this work can be seen as a source of how Christians saw themselves and their relationship to others around tem. This article provides an overview of the contents of the Doctrina, but focuses on what its contents tell us about 5th century Christianity in Edessa.]

Patriarchal Funerary Inscriptions in the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd: Types, Literary Origins, and Purpose.............................293 Amir Harrak [The Monastery of Rabban Hormizd served as the patriarchal residence for the Assyrian Church of the East from the mid-16th century until the beginning of the 19th century. The present article provides an English translation of the funerary inscriptions of the patriarchs buried at Rabban Hormizd from this time period and then provides a literary and historical analysis of these inscriptions.]

MS Schøyen 2530/Sinai Syr. 3 and the New Testament Peshitta...................................................................................................311 Andreas Juckel

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This article gives a full collation of Ms. Sinai Syr. 3 and of Ms. Schøyen 2530 which recently was identified to be a portion of the Sinaitic manuscript. The introduction outlines the research on the Corpus Paulinum in the Peshitta version and sets out the significance of Ms. Schøyen 2530/ Sinai Syr. 3.

Some Further Notes on Thecla in Syriac Christianity....................337 Catherine Burris & Lucas Van Rompay This paper is a follow up to an earlier publication in which data related to the Syriac Acts of Thecla and to the cult of Thecla in Syria were provisionally collected and surveyed. Some further data are presented here. They are taken from Syriac literary sources: the letters of Severus of Antioch, a liturgical hymn, and the biography of John of Tella. In addition, the Armenian tradition of the Acts of Thecla is briefly mentioned as a witness to the early Syriac text.

Volume 7, Number 1 (2004) Generous Devotion: Women in the Church of the East between 1550 and 1850.........................................................................................11 Heleen (H.L.) Murre-van den Berg In the centuries following the Ottoman conquest of northern Mesopotamia and Kurdistan, the Church of the East showed a remarkable vitality, which was expressed among other things in a considerable manuscript production and the restoration of churches and monasteries. This article intends to highlight the contribution of women to this revival. It is based mainly on a study of manuscript colophons and a few inscriptions, which testify to the large number of women who were involved in financing the production of manuscripts and to their reasons for doing so. A closer reading of the colophons also reveals details about the social position of these women, the role of their fathers, brothers, and husbands, as well as about their position within the church—varying from incidental references to daughters of the convenant, deaconnesses and nuns, to highly-esteemed mothers and well-doers in the Christian community. Finally, the article asks for a closer reading of the colophons in order to enlarge our knowledge of the Church of the East in this period of history.

The Reception of the Book of Daniel in Aphrahat’s Fifth Demonstration, “On Wars” ................................................................55 Craig E. Morrison

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Mallpânâ dilan Suryâyâ: Ephrem in the Works of Philoxenus of Mabbog....................................................................................................83 Lucas Van Rompay This paper focuses on two theological works by Philoxenus of Mabbog (d. 523) in which the author considers Ephrem’s theological views. One is an early work, the Mêmrê against Habbib (482- 484); the other is the Letter to the monks of Senoun, which may be dated to 521. In the early work, quotations from Ephrem’s work occupy a prominent position, but in the later work only a very few quotations are found and the author criticizes the imprecision of Ephrem’s language. This change in attitude between the earlier and the later work is symptomatic of the transition through which Syriac Christianity passed around the year 500. Syriac theological thought was reconfigured along the lines of Greek patristic theology and the legacy of Ephrem, "our Syrian teacher," caused some discomfort.

Volume 7, Number 2 (2004) Priests, Laity and the Sacrament of the Eucharist in Sixth Century Syria........................................................................................................129 Volker Menze The Eucharist formed the visible boundary between Chalcedonians and non-Chalcedonians in the fifth and sixth centuries. NonChalcedonian texts emphasize the difference of the Eucharists, but this does not necessarily imply that it was a widely accepted view. This paper analyzes the understanding of the Eucharist among parish priests and the laity.

The Pearl of Virginity: Death as the Reward of Asceticism in Memra 191 of Jacob of Serug.............................................................147 Robert A. Kitchen

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Jacob of Serug’s mēmrā, “On the bat qyāmā, a pure virgin, who departs from this world,” appears to be a funeral oration written on the death of a consecrated “daughter of the Covenant.” Jacob counsels those mourning that death is not the end, but the entrance into the angelic realm, the reward for a life of asceticism, virginity, and devotion to Jesus, the Īḥīdāyā, her betrothed. The metaphor of the pearl applied to her virginity illustrates how she has ascended out of the iniquity of the world/sea to the glory of heaven through the power of her virginity and asceticism.

The Credentials of Mar Julius Alvares..............................................157 George A. Kiraz This brief article gives the Syriac text, with English translation, of the certificate of episcopal consecration given to Mar Julius Alvares, a Roman Catholic priest who joined the Syrian Orthodox Church in 1894. The text is compared with the alleged certificate of episcopal consecration given to Joseph René Vilatte, another convert, who was later excommunicated from the said Church.

Volume 8, Number 1 (2005) Methods of Instructing Syriac-Speaking Christians to Care for the Poor..........................................................................................................13 Nancy A. Khalek This essay is a brief comparison of the renunciation of material possessions in the eighth mēmrā of the fourth-century Book of Steps (Liber Graduum) and the sixth-century Story of the Man of God of Edessa. The figures of the Upright and the Perfect in the anonymous Book of Steps exhibit striking correlations with the characters presented in the Story of the Man of God. Analysis of this homily and hagiography provide insight as to the pedagogical mechanisms within, and instructional usefulness of each text.

The Colloquy of Moses on Mount Sinai ...........................................27 Karla R. Suomala In 1891, Isaac Hall published a Syriac dialogue that blends elements of Exod 19-34 in which Moses ascends Mt. Sinai to receive the Torah, and spends 40 days and nights with God. This dialogue between God and Moses incorporates legal and ethical issues, as well as explores issues of God’s origin and nature. The text seems to have no other counterparts in Syriac literature, but has parallels in four other manuscript traditions: 1) Arabic Christian, 2) Ethiopian Christian and Falasha, 3) East African Muslim, and 4) Spanish

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Jacob of Edessa’s Version of Exodus 1 and 28.................................41 Alison Salvesen At the end of the seventh century and into the beginning of the eighth, the Syriac Orthodox scholar Jacob of Edessa produced his own Syriac version of the Old Testament. According to the colophons of the extant manuscripts, this was explicitly a combination of the Syriac and Greek textual traditions. This is in fact borne out by a close study of Jacob’s versions of Samuel, Genesis and Exodus. However, it is less obvious what criteria Jacob used for the inclusion or exclusion of the different strands available to him, including the Peshitta, the Syrohexapla, and different recensions of the Septuagint. This paper examines two very different passages in the book of Exodus from the unpublished manuscript of Jacob’s version of the Pentateuch.

Volume 8, Number 2 (2005) Revisiting the Daughters of the Covenant: Women's Choirs and Sacred Song in Ancient Syriac Christianity......................................125 Susan Ashbrook Harvey The Daughters of the Covenant held a distinctive office in Syriac Christianity, notable (and possibly unique) for its public ministry of sacred music performed for liturgical purposes in civic churches. Syriac tradition ascribed the establishment of these choirs of consecrated virgins to Ephrem Syrus. Jacob of Serug’s Homily on St. Ephrem presents these choirs as modeling soteriological as well as eschatological significance for the larger church community. This paper examines the context and content of what these choirs sang, in order to assess what authority this ministry carried for the ancient Syriac churches, and to suggest possible social implications.

Septuaginta and Peshitta: Jacob of Edessa Quoting the Old Testament in MS BL Add 17134.......................................................151 Andreas Juckel The Old Testament quotations in the margins of Ms BL Add. 17134 (the Hymns of Severus Antiochenus translated by Paul of Edessa and revised by Jacob of Edessa) derive from Jacob himself and reflect the beginnings of his Old Testament revision completed during the last years of his life. The Peshitta text of the quotations is improved and often substituted by renderings of the Septuagint.

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This paper presents 207 verses in two sections (of 41 and 21 items) according to their derivation from the Peshitta or the Septuagint.

Nisibis as the Background to the Life of Ephrem the Syrian.......179 Paul S. Russell This paper is an attempt to collect together what is known about Nisibis before and during the life of Ephrem the Syrian (306-373). It is important to see him against the backdrop of the place that formed him rather than the place in which he spent the final years of his life, so it is to Nisibis that we should turn for insight into Ephrem’s basic thoughts and concerns. I hope that this information may stir readers to reflect on Ephrem as a child of his birthplace and to see him in a slightly different light than before.

Volume 9, Number 1 (2006) A Sixteenth-Century Batrashil in the Metropolitan Museum of Art...............................................................................................................3 Jennifer L. Ball This paper, through an analysis of the iconography, style and use of the sixteenth-century bishop’s stole and its inscription, seeks to elucidate the post-medieval history of liturgical vestments in the Syriac Orthodox church, where little research has been done. The stole will be set firmly within Syriac Orthodox art, using earlier manuscript illumination. It also illustrates ties between the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Coptic and Nubian churches. The object adds to the known history of the Mar Musa al-Ḥabashi monastery, with which the owner of the stole was affiliated. It also furthers our limited evidence on patron-artist relationships and women artists in Islam, as the inscription tells us some information about the embroiderer.

Ecclesiastics and Ascetics: Finding Spiritual Authority in Fifth- and Sixth-Century Palestine..........................................................................37 Jennifer L. Hevelone-Harper During the fifth and sixth centuries, the church in Palestine experienced considerable turmoil over christological divisions. In the midst of this controversy monks sometimes came into conflict with the established hierarchy of the church. As a source of spiritual authority distinct from ecclesiastical power circles, ascetics could support or undermine the work of a bishop. Drawing upon the works of John Rufus, Zachariah Scholasticus, and Barsanuphius and John of Gaza, this article explores the various models used to

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Possible Historical Traces in the Doctrina Addai................................51 Ilaria L. E. Ramelli The Teaching of Addai is a Syriac document convincingly dated by some scholars in the fourth or fifth century AD. I agree with this dating, but I think that there may be some points containing possible historical traces that go back even to the first century AD, such as the letters exchanged by king Abgar and Tiberius. Some elements in them point to the real historical context of the reign of Abgar 'the Black' in the first century. The author of the Doctrina might have known the tradition of some historical letters written by Abgar and Tiberius.

Volume 9, Number 2 (2006) Rhetorical Practice in the Chreia Elaboration of Mara bar Serapion ................................................................................................145 Catherine M. Chin This essay argues that the text known as the Letter of Mara bar Serapion is an example of a Greek rhetorical exercise, the chreia elaboration. The letter fits the paradigm of the chreia elaboration as it is found in Greek rhetorical handbooks, such as those of Theon and Libanius. Since it is a rhetorical exercise, the letter should not be read as straightforward evidence for the experience of Roman conquest in Syria, nor should it be read as evidence for Christian apologetic practice in early Syriac literature. Rather, the letter provides scholars with the opportunity to examine the interaction between Greek rhetorical literature and the rise of Syriac prose literature in late antiquity.

Classical Syriac Manuscripts at Yale University...............................173 Leo Depuydt Yale’s Beinecke Library preserves a small but diverse collection of eighteen items in Syriac, some transferred from the University’s American Oriental Society Library. This article is a checklist. Nos. 1 and 2, part of the Old Testament and a New Testament, may be the oldest items. Nos. 3 and 4 are two more copies of the Revelation of St. Paul. Nos. 5–9 have also long been known in multiple copies. No. 10 is a Syriac-Armenian lexicon, No. 11 is a linguistic work

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entitled "Illumination of Beginners," and No. 12 is a fragment of ‛Abdišo‛’s Catalogue of Syriac Authors. No. 17 contains a copy of Moses bar Kepha’s On Paradise, a work so far accessible only in a sixteenth- century Latin translation by the pioneer Andreas Masius that has played an important part in the rise of Syriac Studies in Europe. The Beinecke copy of AD 1225 predates the oldest known copy by about 140 years. No. 18 is a deed of sale of AD 243, long the oldest dated Syriac text known.

Caught in a Compromising Position: The Biblical Exegesis and Characterization of Biblical Protagonists in the Syriac Dialogue Hymns....................................................................................................189 Kristi Upson-Saia Syriac Dialogue hymns have been an important part of East- and West- Syriac liturgy since at least the middle of the fifth century CE. The hymns perform a distinctive method of biblical interpretation— “freeze- frame” exegesis—that expands biblical narratives in order to garner scriptural support for contemporary Christological positions. While providing useful theological training, however, the hymns convey several compromised portrayals of biblical protagonists, which are striking when compared with Greek and Latin treatments of the same figures.

Volume 10, Number 1 (2007) The Contribution of Departed Syriacists, 1997-2006.........................7 Sebastian P. Brock The 10th anniversary of Hugoye offers an opportunity to reflect briefly on the work of Syriacists who have died during these last ten years. Their contributions to the field of Syriac studies are considered under separate subject headings.

Syriac Studies: The Challenges of the Coming Decade...................23 Lucas Van Rompay In response to an invitation by the General Editor, the paper reflects on the present state of Syriac studies as well as on the opportunities and challenges of the future. In addition to a brief discussion of the geographical changes in the worldwide presence of Syriac Christians and Syriac scholars, some suggestions are offered for work to be carried out in the coming years. The paper closes with some thoughts on the academic study of Syriac.

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Forty Years of Syriac Computing........................................................37 George A. Kiraz The term "Syriac Computing" was coined in 1992 and took shape in 1995 when the First International Forum on Syriac Computing was held in conjunction with the Second Syriac Symposium in Washington, DC. The term was applied to computer-related activities and projects which support Syriac studies. Syriac computing, however, began much earlier though on a small scale. On the 10th anniversary of Hugoye and the 15th anniversary of its parent, Beth Mardutho, whose contributions to Syriac computing are well known, this paper aims to outline the history of Syriac computing and offer some considerations for the future.

Volume 10, Number 2 (2007) Syriac Language and Script in a Chinese Setting.............................103 Majella Franzmann This article provides an overview of the Syriac language and script found on 14th century Nestorian tombstones from Quanzhou in South China. Syriac script is used for the most part on the tombstones for writing inscriptions in Turkic language. The article deals with the formation of the Syriac script, Syriac formulae that appear in some inscriptions, Syriac loan words in Turkic, the use of an extra letter within the Syriac script to capture a specific Turkic pronunciation, and the transliteration of Syriac titles into Chinese in the bilingual inscription for Mar Solomon, Bishop of South China.

The Edessan Milieu and the Birth of Syriac.....................................115 John F. Healey This paper reviews the cultural and linguistic environment in which the Syriac dialect of Aramaic emerged as a language of inscriptions, legal documents and, in due course, literature. It is argued that the evidence for the hellenization of the Edessa region in the Greek and early Roman periods is slight. Edessa owed more to its Semitic cultural roots and early Syriac writings do not reflect strong Greek impact. The emergence of the language is to be seen in the context of the varied contemporary Aramaic dialects of Mesopotamia, with the variations also reflected within early Syriac itself.

Kthobonoyo Syriac: Some Observations and Remarks.................129 George A. Kiraz This paper gives some observations and preliminary remarks on Kthobonoyo, the spoken form of classical Syriac as used in the

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twentieth and twenty first centuries. It presents a brief history of Kthobonoyo usage, and outlines its linguistic and sociolinguistic features.

150 Years of Syriac Studies at the University of Toronto.............143 Amir Harrak This brief article outlines the history of Syriac studies at the University of Toronto since 1857.

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II. INDEX BY ARTICLE TITLES 150 Years of Syriac Studies at the University of Toronto Amir Harrak................................................................10.2: 143-146 An Account of Gregory Bar Hebraeus Abu al-Faraj and His Relations with the Mongols of Persia George Lane.................................................................2.2: 209-233 A Ballad about Saint Andrew and the Cannibals, Attributed to Saint Ephraim Michel van Esbroeck, S.J................................................2.1: 27-36 The Baptismal Anointings According to the Anonymous Expositio Officiorum Sebastian Brock..................................................................1.1: 5-17 The Bema in the East Syriac Church in Light of New Archaeological Evidence Marica Cassis.................................................................5.2: 195-211 A Bibliographical Clavis to the Corpus of Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch Edward G. Matthews, Jr....................................................5.1: 3-14 A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa Dirk Kruisheer & Lucas Van Rompay.........................1.1: 35-56 "Bold and Having No Shame": Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communities Michael Penn................................................................4.2: 159-185 Caught in a Compromising Position: The Biblical Exegesis and Characterization of Biblical Protagonists in the Syriac Dialogue Hymns Kristi Upson-Saia.........................................................9.2: 189-211 Classical Syriac Manuscripts at Yale University Leo Depuydt.................................................................9.2: 173-188

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The Colloquy of Moses on Mount Sinai Karla R. Suomala..............................................................8.1: 27-39 The Conservation of Manuscripts in the Library of Deir al-Surian: First Notes Elizabeth Sobczynski..................................................2.2: 203-207 The Contribution of Departed Syriacists, 1997-2006 Sebastian P. Brock...........................................................10.1: 7-22 The Credentials of Mar Julius Alvares George A. Kiraz..........................................................7.2: 157-168 Deir al-Surian (Egypt) Karel C. Innemée & Lucas Van Rompay.................5.2: 245-263 Deir al-Surian (Egypt): Conservation Work of Autumn 2000 Karel C. Innemée.........................................................4.2: 259-268 The Dispute between the Cherub and the Thief Sebastian P. Brock.......................................................5.2: 169-194 Disputing with Islam in Syriac: The Case of the Monk of Bêt hālê and a Muslim Emir Sidney H. Griffith.............................................................3.1: 29-54 The Doctrina Addai as a Paradigm of Christian Thought in Edessa in the Fifth Century Sidney H. Griffith........................................................6.2: 269-292 eBethArké: The Syriac Digital Library. First Report George A. Kiraz...........................................................4.2: 269-271 Ecclesiastics and Ascetics: Finding Spiritual Authority in Fifth- and Sixth-Century Palestine Jennifer L. Hevelone-Harper..........................................9.1: 37-55 Edessa in the Era of Patriarch Michael the Syrian Joseph Tarzi..................................................................3.2: 205-223

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The Edessan Milieu and the Birth of Syriac John F. Healey............................................................10.2: 115-127 Ephraim in Christian Palestinian Aramaic Alain Desreumaux.......................................................1.2: 221-226 Ephraim the Syrian in Anglo-Saxon England Jane Stevenson.............................................................1.2: 253-272 Ephrem’s Ideas on Singleness Thomas K. Koonammakkal...........................................2.1: 57-66 Ephrem’s Madroshe and the Syrian Orthodox Beth Gazo: A Loose, but Fascinating, Affinity Gregorios Y. Ibrahim & George A. Kiraz...................2.1: 47-56 The Ephremic Tradition and the Theology of the Environment Robert Murray, S.J............................................................2.1: 67-82 An Epiphany of Mystical Symbols: Jacob of Sarug’s Mêmrâ 109 on Abraham and His Types Richard E. McCarron......................................................1.1: 57-78 "Exchanging Reed for Reed": Mapping Contemporary Heretics onto Biblical Jews in Ephrem's Hymns on Faith Christine C. Shepardson..................................................5.1: 15-34 The Fall of Satan in the Thought of St. Ephrem and John Milton Gary A. Anderson..............................................................3.1: 3-27 Forty Years of Syriac Computing George A. Kiraz.............................................................10.1: 37-60 Gabriel of Qatar’s Commentary on the Liturgy Sebastian P. Brock.......................................................6.2: 197-248 Generous Devotion: Women in the Church of the East between 1550 and 1850 Heleen H.L. Murre-van den Berg..................................7.1: 11-54

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Hindiyya Anne ‛ajaymi and Her Spiritual Journey: The Essential Lightness of Being Avril M. Makhlouf.......................................................4.2: 235-257 The Image of the Infant Jesus in Ephrem the Syrian Paul S. Russell..................................................................5.1: 35-62 The Influence of Ephraim the Syrian Andrew Palmer...............................................................2.1: 83-109 Jacob of Edessa’s Version of Exodus 1 and 28 Alison Salvesen.................................................................8.1: 41-58 John Wesley and Ephraem Syrus Gordon Wakefield.......................................................1.2: 273-286 Knowledge of Ephraim’s Writings in the Merovingian and Carolingian Age David Ganz.......................................................................2.1: 37-46 Kthobonoyo Syriac: Some Observations and Remarks George A. Kiraz.........................................................10.2: 129-142 "Making Church of England Poetical": Ephraim and the Oxford Movement Geoffrey Rowell...........................................................2.1: 111-129 Mallpânâ dilan Suryâyâ: Ephrem in the Works of Philoxenus of Mabbog Lucas Van Rompay........................................................7.1: 83-105 Methods of Instructing Syriac-Speaking Christians to Care for the Poor Nancy A. Khalek..............................................................8.1: 13-25 Michael the Syrian as a Source for Economic History Michael G. Morony......................................................3.2: 141-172

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MS Schøyen 2530/Sinai Syr. 3 and the New Testament Peshitta Andreas Juckel..............................................................6.2: 311-336 Ms Vat. Syr. 268 and the Revisional Development of the Harklean Margin Andreas Juckel..................................................................1.1: 19-33 A New Syriac Inscription in Deir al-Surian (Egypt) Lucas Van Rompay & Andrea B. Schmidt...............4.1: 109-114 Nisibis as the Background to the Life of Ephrem the Syrian Paul S. Russell...............................................................8.2: 179-235 Notizen zur späten Geschichte des Barsaumô-Klosters Hubert Kaufhold..........................................................3.2: 225-248 Observations on Bar ‛Ebroyo’s Marine Geography Hidemi Takahashi..........................................................6.1: 77-130 Originality and Function of Formal Structures in the Chronicle of Michael the Great Dorothea Weltecke......................................................3.2: 173-202 L’origine du nom Bar ‛Ebroyo: Une vieille histoire d’homonymes Jean Fathi-Chelhod............................................................4.1: 7-43 Past and Present Perceptions of Syriac Literary Tradition Lucas Van Rompay.......................................................3.1: 71-103 Patriarchal Funerary Inscriptions in the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd: Types, Literary Origins, and Purpose Amir Harrak..................................................................6.2: 293-309 The Patriarchs of the Church of the East from the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries Heleen H.L. Murre-van den Berg..............................2.2: 235-264 The Pearl of Virginity: Death as the Reward of Asceticism in Memra 191 of Jacob of Serug Robert A. Kitchen........................................................7.2: 147-156

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Possible Historical Traces in the Doctrina Addai Ilaria L. E. Ramelli.........................................................9.1: 51-127 Priests, Laity and the Sacrament of the Eucharist in Sixth Century Syria Volker Menze...............................................................7.2: 129-146 The Reception of the Book of Daniel in Aphrahat’s Fifth Demonstration, "On Wars" Craig E. Morrison.............................................................7.1: 55-82 Recent Archaeological Excavations in Takrit and the Discovery of Syriac Inscriptions Amir Harrak..................................................................4.1: 103-108 A Re-examintion of Codex Phillipps 1338 Andreas Juckel....................................................................6.1: 3-36 Revisiting the Daughters of the Covenant: Women's Choirs and Sacred Song in Ancient Syriac Christianity Susan Ashbrook Harvey.............................................8.2: 125-149 Rhetorical Practice in the Chreia Elaboration of Mara bar Serapion Catherine M. Chin.......................................................9.2: 145-171 Septuaginta and Peshitta: Jacob of Edessa Quoting the Old Testament in MS BL Add 17134 Andreas Juckel..............................................................8.2: 151-177 Signs of Ephrem’s Exegetical Techniques in his Homily on Our Lord Angela Y. Kim..................................................................3.1: 55-70 Ṣimeon of Qal‛a Rumaita, Patriarch Philoxenus Nemrod and Bar ‛Ebroyo Hidemi Takahashi............................................................4.1: 45-91 A Single Human Being Divided in Himself: Ephraim the Syrian, the Man in the Middle Andrew Palmer.............................................................1.2: 119-163

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A Sixteenth-Century Batrashil in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Jennifer L. Ball....................................................................9.1: 3-35 Some Basic Annotation to The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and its Ancient Aramaic Heritage, I-III Sebastian P. Brock..........................................................5.1: 63-112 Some Further Notes on Thecla in Syriac Christianity Catherine Burris & Lucas Van Rompay...................6.2: 337-342 A Spiritual Father for the Whole Church: The Universal Appeal of St. Ephraem the Syrian Sidney H. Griffith........................................................1.2: 197-220 St. Ephraim the Syrian’s Thought and Imagery as an Inspiration to Byzantine Artists Zaga Gavrilovic............................................................1.2: 227-251 St. Ephraim’s Influence on the Greeks David G.K. Taylor.......................................................1.2: 185-196 St. Ephrem in the Eyes of Later Syriac Liturgical Tradition Sebastian Brock...................................................................2.1: 5-25 Syriac Additions to Anderson: The Garden of Eden in the Book of Steps and Philoxenus of Mabbug Robert A. Kitchen............................................................6.1: 37-50 A Syriac Inscription from Deir Al-Surian Matthew J. Martin........................................................5.2: 237-244 Syriac Inscriptions in Deir al-Surian: Some Reflections on Their Writers and Readers Lucas Van Rompay.....................................................2.2: 189-202 Syriac Language and Script in a Chinese Setting Majella Franzmann....................................................10.2: 103-114 A Syriac Letter on Papyrus: P.Berol.Inv. 8285 Sebastian Brock............................................................2.2: 163-166

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Syriac Papyrus Fragments Recently Discovered in Deir al-Surian Fr. Bigoul El-Souriany & Lucas Van Rompay...........4.1: 93-101 Syriac Studies: The Challenges of the Coming Decade Lucas Van Rompay........................................................10.1: 23-35 Syriac Writings and Turkic Language according to Central Asian Tombstone Inscriptions Wassilios Klein.............................................................5.2: 213-224 The Teaching of Syriac in Lebanon: An Overview Ray Mouawad...............................................................3.1: 105-109 The Tears of the Sinful Woman: A Theology of Redemption in the Homilies of St. Ephraim and His Followers Hannah M. Hunt..........................................................1.2: 165-184 Thecla in Syriac Christianity Catherine Burris & Lucas Van Rompay...................5.2: 225-236 Theodora the "Believing Queen:" A Study in Syriac Historiographical Tradition Susan A. Harvey...........................................................4.2: 209-234 Towards Automatic Transcription of Estrangelo Script William F. Clocksin & Prem P.J. Fernando.............6.2: 249-268 The Wall-paintings of Deir al-Surian: New discoveries of 1999 Karel C. Innemée.........................................................2.2: 167-188 Women in Aphrahat: Some Observations Adam Lehto..................................................................4.2: 187-207 The Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch: A[nother] Preliminary Checklist Edward G. Mathews, Jr..................................................6.1: 51-76

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III. INDEX BY AUTHOR Anderson, Gary A. The Fall of Satan in the Thought of St. Ephrem and John Milton……………………………………………….3.1: 3-27 Ball, Jennifer L. A Sixteenth-Century Batrashil in the Metropolitan Museum of Art…………………………………………………..9.1: 3-35 Brock, Sebastian The Baptismal Anointings According to the Anonymous Expositio Officiorum........................................................1.1: 5-17 The Contribution of Departed Syriacists, 1997-2006 ..........................................................................10.1: 7-22 The Dispute between the Cherub and the Thief ... 5.2: 169-194 St. Ephrem in the Eyes of Later Syriac Liturgical Tradition .............................................................................. 2.1: 5-25 Gabriel of Qatar’s Commentary on the Liturgy......6.2: 197-248 Some Basic Annotation to The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and its Ancient Aramaic Heritage, I-III (Rome, 2001)……………………………………………...5.1: 63-112 A Syriac Letter on Papyrus: P.Berol.Inv. 8285 ....... 2.2: 163-166 Burris, Catherine & Lucas Van Rompay Some Further Notes on Thecla in Syriac Christianity ................................................................... 6.2: 337-342 Thecla in Syriac Christianity…..…………………5.2: 225-236 Cassis, Marica The Bema in the East Syriac Church in Light of New Archaeological Evidence………………………...5.2: 195-211

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Chin, Catherine M. Rhetorical Practice in the Chreia Elaboration of Mara bar Serapion ........................................................................ 9.2: 145-171 Clocksin, William F. & Prem P.J. Fernando Towards Automatic Transcription of Estrangelo Script ............................................................................ 6.2: 249-268 Depuydt, Leo Classical Syriac Manuscripts at Yale University ...... 9.2: 173-188 Desreumaux, Alain Ephraim in Christian Palestinian Aramaic...............1.2: 221-226 El-Souriany, Fr. Bigoul & Lucas Van Rompay Syriac Papyrus Fragments Recently Discovered in Deir alSurian (Egypt).................................................................4.1: 93-101 Fathi-Chelhod, Jean L’origine du nom Bar ‛Ebroyo: Une vieille histoire d’homonymes......................................................................4.1: 7-43 Fernando, Prem P.J. (with William F. Clocksin) Towards Automatic Transcription of Estrangelo Script ............................................................................ 6.2: 249-268 Franzmann, Majella Syriac Language and Script in a Chinese Setting..........................................................................10.2: 103-114 Ganz, David Knowledge of Ephraim’s Writings in the Merovingian and Carolingian Age ...............................................................2.1: 37-46 Gavrilovic, Zaga St. Ephraim the Syrian’s Thought and Imagery as an Inspiration to Byzantine Artists.................................1.2: 227-251

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Griffith, Sidney H. Disputing with Islam in Syriac: The Case of the Monk of Bêt hālê and a Muslim Emir ......................................3.1: 29-54 The Doctrina Addai as a Paradigm of Christian Thought in Edessa in the Fifth Century ....................................... 6.2: 269-292 A Spiritual Father for the Whole Church: The Universal Appeal of St. Ephraem the Syrian.............................1.2: 197-220 Harrak, Amir 150 Years of Syriac Studies at the University of Toronto.......................................................................10.2: 143-146 Patriarchal Funerary Inscriptions in the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd: Types, Literary Origins, and Purpose.....6.2: 293-309 Recent Archaeological Excavations in Takrit and the Discovery of Syriac Inscriptions................................4.1: 103-108 Harvey, Susan A. Revisiting the Daughters of the Covenant: Women's Choirs and Sacred Song in Ancient Syriac Christianity.......8.2: 125-149 Theodora the "Believing Queen": A Study in Syriac Historiographical Tradition........................................4.2: 209-234 Healey, John F. The Edessan Milieu and the Birth of Syriac..........10.2: 115-127 Hevelone-Harper, Jennifer L. Ecclesiastics and Ascetics: Finding Spiritual Authority in Fifth- and Sixth-Century Palestine................................9.1: 37-55 Hunt, Hannah M. The Tears of the Sinful Woman: A Theology of Redemption in the Homilies of St. Ephraim and His Followers.......................................................................1.2: 165-184

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Ibrahim, Gregorios Y. & George A. Kiraz Ephrem's Madroshe and the Syrian Orthodox Beth Gazo: A Loose, but Fascinating, Affinity.....................................2.1: 47-56 Innemée, Karel C. Deir al-Surian (Egypt): Conservation Work of Autumn 2000................................................................................4.2: 259-268 The Wall-paintings of Deir al-Surian: New discoveries of 1999................................................................................2.2: 167-188 Deir al-Surian (Egypt) (with Lucas Van Rompay)........................................................................5.2: 245-263 Juckel, Andreas MS Schøyen 2530/Sinai Syr. 3 and the New Testament Peshitta..........................................................................6.2: 311-336 MS Vat. Syr. 268 and the Revisional Development of the Harklean Margin...............................................................1.1: 19-34 A Re-examintion of Codex Phillipps 1338.....................6.1: 3-36 Septuaginta and Peshitta: Jacob of Edessa Quoting the Old Testament in MS BL Add 17134...............................8.2: 151-177 Kaufhold, Hubert Notizen zur späten Geschichte des Barsaumô-Klosters......................................................3.2: 225-248 Khalek, Nancy A. Methods of Instructing Syriac-Speaking Christians to Care for the Poor.............................................................................8.1: 13-25 Kim, Angela Y. Signs of Ephrem’s Exegetical Techniques in his Homily on Our Lord............................................................................3.1: 55-70 Kiraz, George A. The Credentials of Mar Julius Alvares......................7.2: 157-168

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Kitchen, Robert A. The Pearl of Virginity: Death as the Reward of Asceticism in Memra 191 of Jacob of Serug....................................7.2: 147-156 Syriac Additions to Anderson: The Garden of Eden in the Book of and Philoxenus of Mabbug............................6.1: 37-50 Klein, Wassilios Syriac Writings and Turkic Language according to Central Asian Tombstone Inscriptions..................................5.2: 213-224 Koonammakkal, Thomas Kathanar Ephrem’s Ideas on Singleness........................................2.1: 57-66 Kruisheer, Dirk & Lucas Van Rompay A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa................................................................................1.1: 35-56 Lane, George An Account of Gregory Bar Hebraeus Abu al-Faraj and His Relations with the Mongols of Persia.......................2.2: 209-233 Lehto, Adam Women in Aphrahat: Some Observations...............4.2: 187-207 Makhlouf, Avril M. Hindiyya Anne ‛ajaymi and Her Spiritual Journey: The Essential Lightness of Being......................................4.2: 235-257

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Martin, Matthew J. A Syriac Inscription from Deir Al-Surian................5.2: 237-244 Matthews, Jr., Edward G. A Bibliographical Clavis to the Corpus of Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch..................................................................5.1: 3-14 The Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch: A[nother] Preliminary Checklist.......................................................6.1: 51-76 McCarron, Richard E. An Epiphany of Mystical Symbols: Jacob of Sarug’s Mêmrâ 109 on Abraham and His Types....................................1.1: 57-78 Menze, Volker Priests, Laity and the Sacrament of the Eucharist in Sixth Century Syria.................................................................7.2: 129-146 Morony, Michael G. Michael the Syrian as a Source for Economic History...........................................................................3.2: 141-172 Morrison, Craig E. The Reception of the Book of Daniel in Aphrahat’s Fifth Demonstration, “On Wars”...........................................7.1: 55-82 Mouawad, Ray The Teaching of Syriac in Lebanon: An Overview.......................................................................3.1: 105-109 Murray, S.J., Robert The Ephremic Tradition and the Theology of the Environment.....................................................................2.1: 67-82 Murre-van den Berg, Heleen H.L. Generous Devotion: Women in the Church of the East between 1550 and 1850...................................................7.1: 11-54 The Patriarchs of the Church of the East from the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries..............................................2.2: 235-264

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Palmer, Andrew The Influence of Ephraim the Syrian.........................2.1: 83-109 A Single Human Being Divided in Himself: Ephraim the Syrian, the Man in the Middle....................................1.2: 119-163 Penn, Michael "Bold and Having No Shame": Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communities.................................................................4.2: 159-185 Ramelli, Ilaria L. E. Possible Historical Traces in the Doctrina Addai........9.1: 51-127 Rowell, Geoffrey "Making Church of England Poetical": Ephraim and the Oxford Movement.......................................................2.1: 111-129 Russell, Paul S. The Image of the Infant Jesus in Ephrem the Syrian..................................................................................5.1: 35-62 Nisibis as the Background to the Life of Ephrem the Syrian..............................................................................8.2: 179-235 Salvesen, Alison Jacob of Edessa’s Version of Exodus 1 and 28...........8.1: 41-58 Shepardson, Christine C. "Exchanging Reed for Reed": Mapping Contemporary Heretics onto Biblical Jews in Ephrem's Hymns on Faith....................................................................................5.1: 15-34 Sobczynski, Elizabeth The Conservation of Manuscripts in the Library of Deir alSurian: First Notes.......................................................2.2: 203-207 Stevenson, Jane Ephraim the Syrian in Anglo-Saxon England.........1.2: 253-272

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Suomala, Karla R. The Colloquy of Moses on Mount Sinai......................8.1: 27-39 Takahashi, Hidemi Observations on Bar ‛Ebroyo’s Marine Geography.......................................................................6.1: 77-130 Ṣimeon of Qal‛a Rumaita, Patriarch Philoxenus Nemrod and Bar ‛Ebroyo.......................................................................4.1: 45-91 Tarzi, Joseph Edessa in the Era of Patriarch Michael the Syrian..............................................................................3.2: 205-223 Taylor, David G.K. St. Ephraim’s Influence on the Greeks....................1.2: 185-196 Upson-Saia, Kristi Caught in a Compromising Position: The Biblical Exegesis and Characterization of Biblical Protagonists in the Syriac Dialogue Hymns..........................................................9.2: 189-211 Van Esbroeck, S.J., Michel A Ballad about Saint Andrew and the Cannibals, Attributed to Saint Ephraim...................................................................2.1: 27-36 Van Rompay, Lucas A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa (with Dirk Kruisheer)......................................................1.1: 35-56 Deir al-Surian (Egypt) (with Karel C. Innemée).....5.2: 245-263 Mallpânâ dilan Suryâyâ: Ephrem in the Works of Philoxenus of Mabbog.......................................................................7.1: 83-105 A New Syriac Inscription in Deir al-Surian (Egypt) (with Andrea B. Schmidt).....................................................4.1: 109-114 Past and Present Perceptions of Syriac Literary Tradition..........................................................................3.1: 71-103

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Wakefield, Gordon John Wesley and Ephraem Syrus..............................1.2: 273-286 Weltecke, Dorothea Originality and Function of Formal Structures in the Chronicle of Michael the Great.................................3.2: 173-202

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IV. BOOK REVIEWS 1. Books Reviewed Aland, Barbara, and Andreas Juckel, eds. Das Neue Testament in Syrischer Überlieferung. II Die paulinischen Briefe, Teil 3: 1./2. Thessalonicher brief, 1./2. Timotheusbrief, Titusbrief, Philemonbrief und Hebräerbrief. Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 32. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2002. Reviewed by Jan Joosten; 6.1: 140-144. Allen, Paul, and C. T. R. Hayward. Severus of Antioch. The Early Church Fathers. London: Routledge, 2004. Reviewed by Lucas Van Rompay; 8.2: 256-258. Alfeyev, Hilarion. The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian. Cistercian Studies Series 175. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications 2000. Reviewed by Dana R. Miller; 5.1: 122-127. Anderson, Gary A. The Genesis of Perfection: Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Imagination. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001. Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen; 6.1: 145-151. Armalet, Isaac. Catalogue of the Syriac and Arabic Manuscripts at the Patriarchal Library of Charfet. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2006. Reviewed by David G.K. Taylor; 10.2: 166-168. Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram I. The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Second Revised Edition. Edited and translated by Matti Moosa. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003. Reviewed by David G. K. Taylor; 9.2: 224-230. Baum, Wilhelm and Dietmar W. Winkler. The Church of the East: A Concise History. London: Routledge Curzon, 2003. Reviewed by J. F. Coakley; 7.2: 169-171. Baum, Wilhelm. Schirin Christin-Königin-Liebsmythos. Eine spätantike Frauengestalt-historische Realität und literarische Wirkung.

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Hugoye Index Einführungen in das orientalische Christentum 3. Klagenfurt: Kitab Verlag, 2003. Reviewed by Cornelia Horn; 7.2: 171-186.

Becker, Adam H. Fear of God and the Beginning of Wisdom: The School of Nisibis and Christian Scholastic Culture in Late Antique Mesopotamia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. Reviewed by Ilaria Ramelli; 10.2: 153-165. den Biesen, Kees. Bibliography of St Ephrem the Syrian. Giove in Umbria, 2002. Reviewed by Paul S. Russell; 6.1: 182-185. Borbone, P.G., J. Cook, K.D. Jenner, and D.M. Walter, in collaboration with J.A. Lund. The Old Testament in Syriac According to the Peshitta Version, Part V: Concordance, vol. 1: The Pentateuch. Edited on behalf of the international organization for the study of the Old Testament by The Peshitta Institute. Leiden: Brill, 1997. Reviewed by Andreas Juckel; 1.2: 309-313. Borbone, Pier Giorgio. Storia di Mar Yahballaha e di Rabban Sauma. Un orientale in Occidente ai tempi di Marco Polo. Torino: Silvio Zamorani Editore, 2000. Reviewed by Alessandro Mengozzi; 6.1: 159-163. Brock, Sebastian P. An Introduction to Syriac Studies. Revised Second Edition. Gorgias Handbooks 4. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2006. Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen; 10.2: 147-149. _____. The Wisdom of St. Isaac of Ninevah. Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 1. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2006. Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen; 10.2: 150-152. Caner, Daniel. Wandering, Begging Monks: Spiritual Authority and the Promotion of Monasticism in Late Antiquity. The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 33. Berkeley: Univeristy of California Press, 2002. Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen; 6.2: 347-354. Chatonnet, F. Briquel, M. Debié, and A. Desreumaux, eds. Les inscriptions syriaques. Études syriques 1. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 2004. Reviewed by Andrew Palmer; 8.2: 246-255.

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Coakley, J. F. Robinson’s Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar. 5th Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Reviewed by Robert R. Phenix Jr.; 6.2: 358-363. Dalrymple, William. From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1997. Reviewed by Susan A. Harvey; 2.2: 265-267. Davis, Stephen J. The Cult of St. Thecla: A Tradition of Women’s Piety in Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Reviewed by Susan A. Harvey; 5.2: 265-268. Falla, Terry C. A Key to the Peshitta Gospels. Vol. 1, Alaph-Dalath, Leiden: Brill, 1991; Vol. 2, He-Yodh, Leiden: Brill, 2000. Reviewed by Andreas Juckel; 4.1: 124-131. Erbes, Johann E. The Peshitta and the Versions: A Study of the Peshitta Variants in Joshua 1-5 in Relation to Their Equivalents in the Ancient Versions. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 16. Uppsala: Uppsala University Library, 1999. Reviewed by Craig E. Morrison; 10.1: 73-74. Flesher, P.V.M, ed. Targum and Peshitta. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 165, Targum Studies 2. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1998. Reviewed by Konrad D. Jenner; 2.1: 134-137. Fowden, Elizabeth Key. The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran. The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 28. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Reviewed by Kathleen E. McVey; 4.2: 273-275. Gordon, R.P., in collaboration with P.B. Dirksen. Chronicles, Vol. IV, 2 of The Old Testament in Syriac According to the Peshitta Version. Edited by K.D. Jenner and A. van der Kooij. Leiden: The Peshitta Institute, 1998. Reviewed by Andreas Juckel; 2.2: 268-270.

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Greenberg, Gillian. Translation Technique in the Peshitta to Jeremiah. Monographs of the Peshitta Institute 13. Leiden: Brill, 2002. Reviewed by Craig E. Morrison; 7.1: 111-116. Griffith, Sidney H. Yaha ibn ‘Adi The Reformation of Morals, A Parallel Arabic-English Text, Translated and Introduced by Sidney H. Griffith. Eastern Christian Texts, Vol. 1. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 2002. Reviewed by John C. Lamoreaux; 7.2: 191193. Harvey, Susan Ashbrook. Scenting Salvation: Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory Imagination. Berkeley: University of California, 2006. Reviewed by Robert Doran; 10.1: 67-69. Hollerweger, Hans. TURABDIN: Lebendiges Kulturerbe / Living Cultural Heritage / Canli Kültür Mirasi. Linz, Austria: Freunde des Turabdin, 1999. Reviewed by Edip Aydin; 4.1: 115-119. Jacob, Xavier, and Angelo Guido Calonghi. Les Chrétiens du Proche Orient après deux millénaires. Les vicissitudes des Communautés Chrétiennes du Proche Orient des débuts du Christianisme à la fin du IIme Millénaire. Torino: Tirrenia Stampatori, 2002. Reviewed by Alessandro Mengozzi; 7.2: 186-190. Joseph, John. The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East: Encounters with Western Christian Mission, Archaeologists, and Colonial Powers. Studies in Christian Mission 26. Leiden: Brill, 2000. Reviewed by J. F. Coakley; 5.1: 117-122. Juckel, Andreas, ed. Der Ktaba d-Durrasa (Ktaba d-Ma’wata) des Elija von Anbar. Memra I- III. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 226/227. Leuven: CSCO, 1996. Reviewed by Hubert Kaufhold; 2.1: 141-146. Kitchen, Robert A., and Martien F. G. Parmentier. The Book of Steps: The Syria Liber Graduum, Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Robert A. Kitchen and Martien F. G. Parmentier. Cistercian Studies 196. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 2004. Reviewed by Anne Seville: 8.2, 259-260.

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Loosley, Emma. The Architecture and Literature of the Bema in Fourth- to Sixth- Century Syrian Churches. Patrimoine Syriaque 2. Kaslik: Parole de l’Orient, 2003. Reviewed by Marica Cassis; 8.2: 237242. Lund, Jerome A., in collaboration with George A. Kiraz. The Old Syriac Gospel of the Distinct Evangelists: A Key-Word-in-Context Concordance. 3 Vol. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2004. Reviewed by David G. K. Taylor; 9.2: 213-223. Luxenberg, Christoph (ps.). Die syro-aramaeische Lesart des Koran; Ein Beitrag zur Entschlüsselung der Qur’ānsprache. Berlin: Das Arabische Buch, 2000. Reviewed by Robert R. Phenix Jr. and Cornelia B. Horn; 6.1: 164-178. Matar, Nabil, ed and tr. In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the Seventeenth Century. New York/London: Routeldge, 2003. Reviewed by Linda Wheatley-Irving; 8.1: 95101. Mooken, Mar Aprem. The Assyrian Church of the East in the Twentieth Century. Mōrān Ethō 18. Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 2003. Reviewed by Alexander Toepel; 8.2: 261-264. Muraoka, Takamitsu. Classical Syriac: A Basic Grammar with a Chrestomathy. Porta Linguarum Orientalium, Neue Serie 19. Harrassowitz: Wiesbaden, 1997. Reviewed by Jan Joosten; 2.1: 138-140. Murray, Robert. Symbols of Church and Kingdom: A Study in Early Syriac Tradtion. Revised Edition. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2004. Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen; 8.1: 82-88. Nöldeke, Theodor. Compendious Syriac Grammar, with a table of characters by Julius Euting. Translated from the second and improved German edition by James A. Crichton. And with an Appendix: The handwritten additions in Theodor Nöldeke’s personal copy, edited by Anton Schall, translated by Peter T. Daniels. Winnona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2001. Reprint

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Panicker, Mathunny John. The Person of Jesus Christ in the Writings of Juhanon Gregorius Abu’l Faraj Commonly Called Bar Ebraya. Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte 4. Münster: LIT-Verlag, 2002. Reviewed by Cornelia B. Horn; 8.1: 73-81. Perrin, Nicholas. Thomas and Tatian: The Relationship between the Gospel of Thomas and the Diattessaron. Academia Biblica 5. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002. Reviewed by Paul-Hubert Poirier; 6.2: 364-368. Petit, Françoise. La Chaîne sur l’Exode I. Fragments de Sévère d’ Antioche. Texte grec établi et traduit. Avec un glossaire syriaque par Lucas Van Rompay. Traditio Exegetica Graeca 9. Louvain: Peeters, 1999. Reviewed by Edward G. Mathews Jr.; 6.2: 355-357. Rassam, Suha. Christianity in Iraq: Its Origins and Development to the Present Day. Leominster, UK: Gracewing, 2005. Reviewed by Jan Witold Weryho; 10.1: 81-88. Reller, Jobst, and Martin Tamcke, eds. Trinitats- und Christusdogma: Ihre Bedeutung für Beten und Handeln der Kirche. Festschrift für Jouko Martikainen. Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte 12. Münster: LIT-Verlag, 2001. Reviewed by Cornelia B. Horn; 10.1: 70-72. Rogers, Jr., Eugene F. After the Spirit: A Constructive Pneumatology from Resources outside the Modern West. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2005. Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen; 9.1: 133138. Rouwhorst, G.A.M. Les Hymnes Paschales d’Éphrem de Nisibe. Analyse théologique et recherche sur l’évolution de la fête pascale chrétienne а Nisibe et а Edesse et dans quelques Églises voisines au quatrième siècle. Vol. I: Étude, Vol. II: Textes. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae VII/1–2. Leiden: 1989. Reviewed by Andreas Juckel; 3.1: 119-124.

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Ryan, Stephen Desmond. Dionysius Bar Salibis's Factual and Spiritual Commentary on Psalms 73-82. Cahiers de la Revue Biblique 57. Paris: J. Gabalda et Cié, 2004. Reviewed by Lucas Van Rompey; 8.1: 89-94. Sabar, Yona. The Book of Numbers in Neo-Aramaic in the Dialect of the Jewish Community of Zakho. The Hebrew University Language Traditions Project XVI. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, Institute of Jewish Studies, 1993. Reviewed by Geoffrey Khan; 2.2: 271-272. Saley, Richard J. The Samuel Manuscript of Jacob of Edessa: A Study in Its Underlying Textual Traditions. Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Number 9. Leiden: Brill, 1998. Reviewed by David J. Lane, Lark Rise, and Mickley Via Ripon; 2.2: 273-275. Schick, Robert. The Christian Communities of Palestine from Byzantine to Islamic Rule: A Historical and Archaeological Study. Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 2. Princeton, NJ: The Darwin Press, 1995. Reviewed by Wim Janse; 3.1: 115-118. Shedinger, Robert F. Tatian and the Jewish Scriptures: A Textual and Philological Analysis of the Old Testament Citations in Tatian’s Diatessaron. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, Vol. 591, Subsidia 109. Lovanii: Peeters, 2001. Reviewed by William L. Petersen; 6.2: 369-383. Shemunkasho, Aho. Healing in the Theology of Saint Ephrem. Gorgias Dissertations, Near Eastern Studies 1. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2002. Reviewed by Ute Possekel; 6.1: 179-181. Steppa, Jan-Eric. John Rufus and the World Vision of Anti-Chalcedonian Culture. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2002. Reviewed by Cornelia B. Horn; 6.1: 131-139. Tamcke, Martin, ed. Orientalische Christen zwischen Repression und Migration. Beiträge zur jüngeren Geschichte und Gegenwartslage. Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte 13. Münster: LIT-Verlag, 2001. Reviewed by Cornelia B. Horn; 8.2: 65-72.

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Thackston, Wheeler M. Introduction to Syriac. Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, 1999. Reviewed by Stephen J. Shoemaker, 6.1: 186-188. Trombley, Frank R. and John W. Watt. The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite. Translated Texts for Historians, vol. 32. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000. Reviewed by Jan J. Van Ginkel; 4.2: 276-279. Walker, Joel Thomas. The Legend of Mar Qardagh: Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq. The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, Vol. 40. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Reviewed by Andrew N. Palmer; 10.1: 75-80. Weinberg, Joanna. Azariah de’ Rossi’s Observations on the Syriac New Testament: A Critique of the Vulgate by a Sixteenth Century Jew. Warburg Institute Studies and Texts. Turin: Warburg Institute and Nino Aragno Editore, 2005. Reviewed by P. J. Williams; 9.1: 139-140. Weitzman, M.P. The Syriac Version of the Old Testament, An Introduction. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 56. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Reviewed by D.J. Lane; 3.2: 249-252. Williams, Peter J. Studies in the Syntax of the Peshitta of 1 Kings. Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden. Leiden: Brill, 2001. Reviewed by Richard A. Taylor; 6.2: 384-387. _____. Early Syriac Translation Technique and the Textual Criticism of the Greek Gospels. Texts and Studies. Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature, Third Series, Vol 2. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2004. Reviewed by Jan Joosten; 8.2: 243-245. Wilmshurst, David. The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, Vol. 582, Subsidia 104. Leuven: Peeters, 2000. Reviewed by Alessandro Mengozzi; 6.1: 152-156. Annotated by Pier Giorgio Borbone; 6.1: 157-158.

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Wilson, E. Jan. The Old Syriac Gospels: Studies and Comparative Translations, with Syriac Transcriptions by George A. Kiraz. Eastern Christian Studies 1-2. Louaize, Lebanon: Notre Dame University & Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2002. Reviewed by P. J. Williams; 5.2: 268-272. Yousif, Ephrem-Isa. Les Chroniqueur Syriaques. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2002. Reviewed by Amir Harrak; 6.2: 343-346. 2. Book Review Authors Aydin, Edip. TURABDIN (Hollerweger).........................4.1: 115-119 Borbone, Pier Giorgio. The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East (Wilmshurst)...................................................6.1: 157-158 Cassis, Marica. The Architecture and Literature of the Bema in Fourth- to Sixth- Century Syrian Churches (Loosley)......................8.2: 237-242 Coakley, J. F. Church of the East. (Baum and Winkler)......7.2: 169-171 _____. The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East (Joseph)...5.1: 117-122 Doran, Robert. Scenting Salvation (Harvey)...........................10.1: 67-69 Harrak, Amir. Les Chroniqueur Syriaques (Yousif)..............6.2: 343-346 Harvey, Susan A. The Cult of St. Thecla (Davis).................5.2: 265-268 _____. From the Holy Mountain (Dalrymple)......................2.2: 265-267 Horn, Cornelia B. John Rufus and the World Vision of Anti-Chalcedonian Culture (Steppa).............................................................6.1: 131-139 _____. Orientalische Christen zwischen Repression und Migration (Tamcke)............................................................................8.1: 65-72 _____. The Person of Jesus Christ in the Writings of Juhanon Gregorius Abu’l Faraj (Panicker).......................................................8.1: 73-81

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_____. Schirin Christin-Königin-Liebsmythos (Baum)............7.2: 171-186 _____. Trinitäts- und Christusdogma (Reller)...........................10.1: 70-72 Janse, Wim. The Christian Communities of Palestine from Byzantine to Islamic Rule (Schick)......................................................3.1: 115-118 Jenner, Konrad D. Targum and Peshitta (Flesher)..............2.1: 134-137 Joosten, Jan. Classical Syriac (Muraoka)..............................2.1: 138-140 _____. Early Syriac Translation Technique (Williams)..........8.2: 243-245 _____. Das Neue Testament in Syrischer (Aland)..................6.1: 140-144 Juckel, Andreas. Chronicles (Gordon)...............................2.2: 268-270 _____. Les Hymnes Paschales d’Éphrem (Rouwhorst).........3.1: 119-124 _____. A Key to the Peshitta Gospels (Falla)..........................4.1: 124-131 _____. The Old Testament in Syriac (Borbone)....................1.2: 309-313 Kaufhold, Hubert. Der Ktaba d-Durrasa (Juckel)..............2.1: 141-146 Khan, Geoffrey. The Book of Numbers in Neo-Aramaic (Sabar)............................................................................2.2: 271-272 Kitchen, Robert A. After the Spirit (Rogers).......................9.1: 133-138 _____. An Introduction to Syriac Studies (Brock)................10.2: 147-149 _____. The Genesis of Perfection (Anderson).........................6.1: 145-151 _____. Symbols of Church and Kingdom (Murray).....................8.1: 82-88 _____. Wandering, Begging Monks (Caner)...........................6.2: 347-354 _____. The Wisdom of St. Isaac of Ninevah (Brock)...........10.2: 150-152

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Lamoreaux, John C. Yaha ibn ‘Adi (Griffith)....................7.2: 191-193 Lane, David J., Lark Rise, and Mickley Via Ripon. The Samuel Manuscript of Jacob of Edessa (Saley)..............................2.2: 273-275 Lane, D.J. The Syriac Version of the OT (Weitzman)...........3.2: 249-252 Mathews Jr., Edward G. La Chaîne sur l’Exode I. Fragments de Sévère d’ Antioche (Petit)...............................................................6.2: 355-357 McVey, Kathleen E. The Barbarian Plain (Fowden)..........4.2: 273-275 Mengozzi, Alessandro. Les Chrétiens du Proche Orient après deux millénaires (Jacob)...........................................................7.2: 186-190 _____. The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East (Wilmshurst)...........................................................6.1: 152-156 _____. Storia di Mar Yahballaha (Borbone)......................6.1: 159-163 Miller, Dana R. The Spiritual World of Isaac (Alfeyev).......5.1: 122-127 Morrison, Craig E. The Peshitta and the Versions (Erbes)....10.1: 73-74 _____. Translation Technique (Greenberg)..........................7.1: 111-116 Palmer, Andrew. Les inscriptions syriaques (Chatonnet).....8.2: 246-255 _____. The Legend of Mar Qardagh (Walker).........................10.1: 75-80 Petersen, William L. Tatian and the Jewish Scriptures (Schedinger)..................................................................6.2: 369-383 Phenix, Jr., Robert R. and Cornelia B. Horn. Robinson’s Paradigms and Exercises (Coakley).................................................6.2: 358-363 _____. Die syro-aramaeische Lesart des Koran (Luxenberg)..6.1: 164-178 Poirier, Paul-Hubert. Thomas and Tatian (Perrin)..............6.2: 364-368

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Possekel, Ute. Healing in the Theology of Ephrem (Shemunkasho).............................................................6.1: 179-181 Ramelli, Ilaria. Fear of God (Becker)..................................10.2: 153-165 Russell, Paul S. Bibliography of St Ephrem (den Biesen).....6.1: 182-185 Seville, Anne. The Book of Steps (Kitchen)..........................8.2: 259-260 Shoemaker, Stephen. Introduction to Syriac (Thackston)....6.1: 186-188 Taylor, David G. K. Catalogue of the Syriac and Arabic Manuscripts at the Patriarchal Library of Charfet (Armalet)................10.2: 166-168 _____. The Old Syriac Gospel (Lund)...................................9.2: 213-223 _____. The Scattered Pearls (Barsoum).................................9.2: 224-230 Taylor, Richard A. Studies in the Syntax (Williams)............6.2: 384-387 Toepel, Alexander. The Assyrian Church of the East in the Twentieth Century (Mooken)..........................................................8.2: 261-264 Van Ginkel, Jan. Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua (Trombley).....4.2: 276-279 Van Rompay, Lucas. Compendious Syriac Grammar (Nöldeke).......................................................................4.2: 280-284 _____. Dionysius Bar Salibi's Commentary (Ryan)....................8.1: 89-94 _____. Severus of Antioch (Allen)..........................................8.2: 256-258 Weryho, Jan Witold. Christianity in Iraq (Rassam)...............10.1: 81-88 Wheatley-Irving, Linda. In the Lands of... (Matar)................8.1: 95-101 Williams, P.J. Azariah de’ Rossi (Weinberg)........................9.1: 139-140 _____. The Old Syriac Gospels (Wilson)...............................5.2: 268-272

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V. SUBJECT INDEX 1. Manuscripts Bibliothèque Nationale 26.......................................................8.1: 41-58 BL Add 17134.......................................................................8.2: 151-177 Codex Phillipps 1388..................................................................6.1: 3-36 P. Berol. Inv. 8285................................................................2.2: 163-166 Schøyen 2530/ Sinai Syr. 3..................................................6.2: 311-336 Vat. Syr. 268...............................................................................1.1: 19-33 2. Ancient Texts Acts of Thecla...................................................4.2: 225-236; 6.2: 337-342 Apostolic Constitutions..............................................................4.2: 159-185 Book of Steps (Liber Graduum).................................6.1: 37-50; 8.1: 13-25 Carmina Nisibena (Ephrem).........................................................3.1: 3-27 Chronicle of Michael the Great..........................3.2: 141-172; 3.2: 173-202; 3.2: 205-223; 4.2: 209-234 Chronicle of Zuqnin...................................................................3.2: 141-172 Concerning the bat qyama (Jacob of Serug)............................7.2: 147-156 Demonstrations (Aphrahat)..................................4.2: 187-207; 7.1: 55-82 Didascalia Apostolorum............................................................4.2: 159-185 Discourses (Philoxenus)..............................................................6.1: 37-50 Doctrina Addai...................................................6.2: 269-292; 9.1: 51-127

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Ecclesiastical Chronicle (Barhebraeus).........................................4.1: 45-91 Expositio Officiorum.......................................................................1.1: 5-17 Homily on our Lord (Ephrem)....................................................3.1: 55-70 Homily on St. Ephrem (Jacob of Serug)................................8.2: 125-149 Hymns on Faith (Ephrem)..........................................................5.1: 15-33 Letter of Mara bar Serapion......................................................9.2: 145-171 Letter to the Monks of Senoun (Philoxenus).............................7.1: 83-105 Life of Adam and Eve....................................................................3.1: 3-27 Memre against Habbib (Philoxenus).........................................7.1: 83-105 On Abraham and His Types (Jacob of Serug)...........................1.1: 57-78 Story of the Man of God of Edessa................................................8.1: 13-25 Syriac Chronicle............................................................................9.1: 37-55 3. People Abgar.................................................................6.2: 269-292; 9.1: 51-127 Addai.................................................................6.2: 269-292; 9.1: 51-127 Aphrahat.............................................................4.2: 187-207; 7.1: 55-82 Barsanuphius of Palestine........................................................9.1: 37-55 Ephrem.......1.2: 119-163; 1.2: 165-184; 1.2: 185-196; 1.2: 197-220; 1.2: 221-226; 1.2: 227-251; 1.2: 253-272; 1.2: 273-286; 2.1: 525; 2.1: 27-36; 2.1: 37-46; 2.1: 47-56; 2.1: 57-66; 2.1: 67-82; 2.1: 83-109; 2.1: 111-129; 3.1: 3-27; 3.1: 55-70; 5.1: 15-33; 5.1: 35-61; 7.1: 83-105; 8.2: 125-149; 8.2: 179-235

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Gabriel of Qatar....................................................................6.2: 197-248 Gregory Bar ‛Ebroyo (Barhebraeus).................................2.2: 209-233; 4.1: 7-43; 4.1: 45-91; 6.1: 77-130 Hindiyya Anne ‛Ajaymi........................................................4.2: 235-257 Isaac of Antioch.......................................................5.1: 3-14; 6.1: 51-76 Jacob of Edessa...................................................1.1: 35-56; 3.1: 71-103; 8.1: 41-58; 8.2: 151-177 Jacob of Serug...................................................1.1: 57-78; 7.2: 147-156; 8.2: 125-149 John of Gaza..............................................................................9.1: 37-55 John Rufus..................................................................................9.1: 37-55 Michael the Syrian........................................3.2: 141-172; 3.2: 173-202; 3.2: 205-223 Philoxenus of Mabbug........................................6.1: 37-50; 7.1: 83-105 Philoxenus Nimrod...................................................................4.1: 45-91 Procopius.............................................................................. 4.2: 209-234 Simeon of Qal‛a Rumaita.........................................................4.1: 45-91 St. Andrew.................................................................................2.1: 27-36 Theodora...............................................................................4.2: 209-234 Thomas of Harkel.....................................................................1.1: 19-33 Timothy I Catholicos..............................................................3.1: 71-103 Zachariah Scholasticus.............................................................9.1: 37-55

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4. Places Barsaumo Monastry............................................................. 3.2: 225-248 Bêt hālê.......................................................................................3.1: 29-54 Deir al-Surian..........................2.2: 167-207; 4.1: 91-101; 4.1: 109-114; 4.2: 259-268; 5.2: 237- 243; 5.2: 245-263 Edessa.......................................3.2: 205-223; 6.2: 269-292; 9.1: 51-127; 10.2: 115-127 England...........................................................1.2: 253-272; 2.1: 111-129 Lebanon..................................................................................3.1: 105-109 Mar Musa al-Habashi Monastery..............................................9.1: 3-35 Monastery of Rabban Hormizd (Alqosh).........................6.2: 293-309 Nisibis.....................................................................................8.2: 179-235 Palestine......................................................................................9.1: 37-55 Persia...................................................................2.2: 209-233; 7.1: 55-82 Takrit (al-Chenisa).................................................................4.1: 102-108 Quanzhou, China................................................................10.2: 103-114 5. Keywords Abraham.....................................................................................1.1: 57-78 Anointing......................................................................................1.1: 5-17 Art/Architecture..........................................1.2: 227-251; 2.2: 167-188; 4.2: 259-268; 5.2: 195-211; 5.2: 245-263; 9.1: 3-35

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Asceticism..........................................................2.1: 57-66; 7.2: 147-156; 8.1: 13-25; 9.1: 37-55 Baptism.........................................................................................1.1: 5-17 Bema.......................................................................................5.2: 195-211 Beth Gazo...................................................................................2.1: 47-56 bnay/bnat qyama.................................................2.1: 57-66; 4.2: 187-207; 7.2: 147-156; 8.2: 125-149 Chalcedonian/anti-Chalcedonian........................................7.1: 83-105; 7.2: 129-146 Choirs......................................................................................8.2: 125-149 Christian Palestinian Aramaic.............................................1.2: 221-226 Christology...............................................................................7.1: 83-105 Church of the East.......................................1.1: 5-17; 2.2: 235-264; 5.2: 195-211; 6.2: 293-309; 7.1: 11-54 Dialogue/Dispute............................................3.1: 29-54; 5.2: 169-193; 8.1: 27-39; 9.2: 189-211 eBethArké...............................................................................4.2: 269-271 Economics.............................................................................3.2: 141-172 Education.........................................................1.2: 119-163; 9.1: 51-127 Environment..............................................................................2.1: 67-82 Eucharist.................................................................................7.2: 129-146 Exegesis...........................................3.1: 55-70; 8.1: 41-58; 9.2: 189-211 Fall of Satan..................................................................................3.1: 3-27

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Garden of Eden.........................................................................6.1: 37-50 Geography................................................................................6.1: 77-130 Harklean NT..............................................................................1.1: 19-33 Healing....................................................................................1.2: 165-184 Hermeneutics/Interpretation.............................6.1: 37-50; 8.1: 41-58; 9.2: 189-211 The Hidden Pearl........................................................................5.1: 63-112 Histories/Chronicles...................................3.2: 141-172; 3.2: 173-202; Heresy/Heretics........................................................................5.1: 15-33 Historiography..............................................3.2: 173-202; 4.2: 209-234; 6.2: 269-292; 9.1: 51-127 Holy Spirit.....................................................................................1.1: 5-17 ihidayutha......................................................................................2.1: 57-66 Incarnation.................................................................................5.1: 35-61 Inscriptions............................2.2: 188-202; 4.1: 102-108; 4.1: 109-114; 5.2: 213-223; 5.2: 237- 243; 5.2: 245-263; 6.2: 293-309; 9.1: 335; 10.2: 103-114 Islam........................................................................3.1: 29-54; 8.1: 27-39 Jews..............................................................................................5.1: 15-33 Libraries...........................................................2.2: 203-207; 3.1: 71-103; 4.2: 269-271 Liturgy.....................................................1.1: 5-17; 2.1: 5-25; 2.1: 47-56; 6.2: 197-248; 7.2: 129-146; 9.1: 3-35

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Manuscripts..............................4.1: 93-101; 6.2: 197-248; 9.2: 173-188 Monasteries............................................................................3.2: 225-248 Moses..........................................................................................8.1: 27-39 Mongols..................................................................................2.2: 209-233 Mt. Sinai......................................................................................8.1: 27-39 Oil..................................................................................................1.1: 5-17 Patriarchs........................................................2.2: 235-264; 6.2: 293-309 Peshitta.................................................................6.1: 3-36; 6.2: 311-336; 8.2: 151-177 Poor.............................................................................................8.1: 13-25 Rhetoric..................................................................................9.2: 145-171 Sassanian Empire......................................................................7.1: 55-82 Schools....................................................................................3.1: 105-109 Septuagint...............................................................................8.2: 151-177 Shapur II.....................................................................................7.1: 55-82 Symbols/Typology............................................1.1: 57-78; 1.2: 165-184 Syriac Language/Scripts..........................10.2: 103-114; 10.2: 115-127; 10.2: 129-142 Syrian Orthodox Church........................................2.1: 47-56; 9.1: 3-35 Syriac Studies.......................................................3.1: 71-103; 10.1: 7-22; 10.1: 23-35; 10.1: 37-60; 10.2: 143-146 Technology.......................................................6.2: 249-268; 10.1: 37-60

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Textual Criticism (NT and OT)............................1.1: 19-33; 6.1: 3-36; 6.2: 311-336; 8.1: 41-58; 8.2: 151-177 Thecla..............................................................5.2: 225-236; 6.2: 337-342 Turkic Language....................................................................5.2: 212-223 Vestments.....................................................................................9.1: 3-35 Virginity..............................................................2.1: 57-66; 7.2: 147-156; 8.2: 125-149 Widows...................................................................................4.2: 159-185 Women...................................1.2: 119-163; 1.2: 165-184; 4.2: 159-185; 4.2: 187-207; 4.2: 209-234; 4.2: 235-257; 7.1: 11-54; 8.2: 125149