The Syriac World

Author : Daniel King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317482116

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The Syriac World by Daniel King Pdf

This volume surveys the 'Syriac world', the culture that grew up among the Syriac-speaking communities from the second century CE and which continues to exist and flourish today, both in its original homeland of Syria and Mesopotamia, and in the worldwide diaspora of Syriac-speaking communities. The five sections examine the religion; the material, visual, and literary cultures; the history and social structures of this diverse community; and Syriac interactions with their neighbours ancient and modern. There are also detailed appendices detailing the patriarchs of the different Syriac denominations, and another appendix listing useful online resources for students. The Syriac World offers the first complete survey of Syriac culture and fills a significant gap in modern scholarship. This volume will be an invaluable resource to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Syriac and Middle Eastern culture from antiquity to the modern era. Chapter 26 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Francoise Briquel Chatonnet,Muriel Debie
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780300253535

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The Syriac World by Francoise Briquel Chatonnet,Muriel Debie Pdf

A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity from its origins in Hellenistic and ancient Near Eastern cultures to the present

Author : Emiliano Fiori,Bishara Ebeid
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004527553

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Florilegia Syriaca: Mapping a Knowledge-Organizing Practice in the Syriac World by Emiliano Fiori,Bishara Ebeid Pdf

From the 6th century onwards, Syriac patristic florilegia – collections of Greek patristic excerpts in Syriac translation – progressively became a prominent form through which Syriac and Arab Christians shaped their knowledge of theology. In these collections, early Greek Christian literature underwent a substantial process of selection and re-organization. The papers collected in this volume study Syriac florilegia in their own right, as cultural products possessing their own specific textuality, and outline a phenomenology of Syriac patristic florilegia by mapping their diffusion and relevance in time and space, from the 6th to the 17th century, from the Roman Empire to China.

Author : Francoise Briquel Chatonnet,Muriel Debie
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300271256

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The Syriac World by Francoise Briquel Chatonnet,Muriel Debie Pdf

A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity over three thousand years Syriac is often referred to as the third main language of Christianity, along with Latin and Greek, and it remains a foundational classical, literary, and religious language throughout the world. Originating in Mesopotamia along the Roman and Parthian frontiers, it was never the language of a powerful state or ethnic group, but with the coming of Christianity it developed into a rich religious and cultural tradition. At the same time that Christianity was making its way through Europe, Syriac missionaries were founding churches from the Mediterranean coast to Persia, converting the Turkic tribes of Central Asia, and building communities in India and China. This comprehensive work tells the underexplored story of the Syriac world over three thousand years, from its pre-Christian roots in the Aramaic tribes and the ancient Near East to its vibrant expressions in modern diaspora churches. Enhanced with images, songs, poems, and important primary texts, this book shows the importance of Syriac history, theology, and literature in the twenty-first century.

Author : Michael Philip Penn
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812291445

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Envisioning Islam by Michael Philip Penn Pdf

The first Christians to encounter Islam were not Latin-speakers from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speakers from Constantinople but Mesopotamian Christians who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Under Muslim rule from the seventh century onward, Syriac Christians wrote the most extensive descriptions extant of early Islam. Seldom translated and often omitted from modern historical reconstructions, this vast body of texts reveals a complicated and evolving range of religious and cultural exchanges that took place from the seventh to the ninth century. The first book-length analysis of these earliest encounters, Envisioning Islam highlights the ways these neglected texts challenge the modern scholarly narrative of early Muslim conquests, rulers, and religious practice. Examining Syriac sources including letters, theological tracts, scientific treatises, and histories, Michael Philip Penn reveals a culture of substantial interreligious interaction in which the categorical boundaries between Christianity and Islam were more ambiguous than distinct. The diversity of ancient Syriac images of Islam, he demonstrates, revolutionizes our understanding of the early Islamic world and challenges widespread cultural assumptions about the history of exclusively hostile Christian-Muslim relations.

Author : Robin Darling Young,Monica J. Blanchard
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813217321

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To Train His Soul in Books by Robin Darling Young,Monica J. Blanchard Pdf

To Train His Soul in Books explores numerous aspects of this rich religious culture, extending previous lines of scholarly investigation and demonstrating the activity of Syriac-speaking scribes and translators busy assembling books for the training of biblical interpreters, ascetics, and learned clergy.

Author : Seely J. Beggiani
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813227016

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Early Syriac Theology by Seely J. Beggiani Pdf

Presents the insights of St. Ephrem and Jacob of Serugh, two of the earliest representatives of the theological world-view of the Syriac church.

Author : Aaron Michael Butts,Robin Darling Young
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813233680

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Syriac Christian Culture by Aaron Michael Butts,Robin Darling Young Pdf

Syriac Christianity developed in the first centuries CE in the Middle East, where it continued to flourish throughout Late Antiquity and the Medieval period, while also spreading widely, as far as India and China. Today, Syriac Christians are found in the Middle East, in India, as well in diasporas scattered across the globe. Over this extended time period and across this vast geographic expanse, Syriac Christians have built impressive churches and monasteries, crafted fine pieces of art, and written and transmitted a sizable body of literature. Though often overlooked, neglected, and even persecuted, Syriac Christianity has been – and continues to be – an important part of the humanistic heritage of the last two millennia. The present volume brings together fourteen studies that offer fresh perspectives on Syriac Christianity, especially its literary texts and authors. The timeframes of the individual studies span from the second-century Syriac translation of the Hebrew Bible up to the thirteenth century with the end of the Syriac Renaissance. Several studies analyze key authors from Late Antiquity, such as Aphrahat, Ephrem, Narsai, and Jacob of Serugh. Others investigate translations into Syriac, both from Hebrew and from Greek, while still others examine hagiography, especially its formation and transmission. Reflecting a growing trend in the field, the volume also devotes significant attention to the Medieval period, during which Syriac Christians lived under Islamic rule. The studies in the volume are united in their quest to explore the richness, diversity, and vibrance of Syriac Christianity.

Author : Boutros Touma Issa
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Assyrians
ISBN : 1536120774

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Readings in the 20th Century Genocide of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (Sayfo) by Boutros Touma Issa Pdf

This book that has been authored by members of the Syriac(n) Orthodox Community strives to provide an insight and brief historical background on the Syriac(n) Orthodox Church, its dogma, and language. This was done through the provision of one of the major stories derived from an old Syriac manuscript that has not been translated into English before. The authors examine what is being called The Forgotten Genocide. This specific genocide affected the original inhabitants of the land of Mesopotamia (Syriacs/Arameans). These Syriacs/Arameans were faced and continue to face diverse types of persecutions. In this book, the authors shall first explore the events that took place leading to the main Genocide of 1915, which is also known as the Syriac Genocide (SAYFO/SEPA/SWORD, or what has been dubbed as The Forgotten Genocide). This book will endeavour to bring to light a historical account of the ancient people of Mesopotamia, leading to the events that resulted in the several persecutions of these people, specifically during the Genocide of 1915. The authors derived from diverse sources, including some ancient rare manuscripts that have not been translated into English from Syriac/Aramaic; these will be supported by evidence derived from some of what has been translated into English, including personal accounts. The significance of this lies in the fact that the empirical evidence, including the population at the time the number of those who were forced to convert and the number of those who were killed at the time, will allow the recognition of this Syriac/Aramaic Genocide. This book commences with a brief historical background on the origin of Christianity in this region and the historical background of the Syriac(n) Orthodox Church, leading to an explanation of the atrocities at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, providing a backdrop for the understanding of the context at the time, and concluding with some insights of the latest atrocities against the same people in parts of the Middle East. These are actions taken by patriarchs and people to face such ongoing atrocities.

Author : Sebastian P. Brock
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fathers of the church, Syriac
ISBN : UIUC:30112000965134

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The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life by Sebastian P. Brock Pdf

The aim of this selection of excerpts translated from Syriac writers, mainly on the topic of prayer, is to introduce this little known tradition of Eastern Christian spirituality to a wider audience. For the reader who is unfamiliar with this tradition the General Introduction is intended to provide a brief orientation. Some supplementary information on the individual authors will be found in the introductions to each chapter.

Author : Sergey Minov
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004445512

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Memory and Identity in the Syriac Cave of Treasures by Sergey Minov Pdf

In Memory and Identity in the Syriac Cave of Treasures, Sergey Minov analyses the role played by the pseudepigraphic work known as the Cave of Treasures in the formation of cultural memory and collective identity among Syriac Christians of Iran during Late Antiquity.

Author : Michael Philip Penn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520971035

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Invitation to Syriac Christianity by Michael Philip Penn Pdf

Despite their centrality to the history of Christianity in the East, Syriac Christians have generally been excluded from modern accounts of the faith. Originating from Mesopotamia, Syriac Christians quickly spread across Eurasia, from Turkey to China, developing a distinctive and influential form of Christianity that connected empires. These early Christians wrote in the language of Syriac, the lingua franca of the late ancient Middle East, and a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Collecting key foundational Syriac texts from the second to the fourteenth centuries, this anthology provides unique access to one of the most intriguing, but least known, branches of the Christian tradition.

Author : Anonymous,Julius Yeshu Çiçek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : World history
ISBN : 1611432413

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Syriac World History by Anonymous,Julius Yeshu Çiçek Pdf

Author : Oliver Kahl
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004290242

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The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian Sources in the Comprehensive Book of Rhazes by Oliver Kahl Pdf

In this study of the Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in Rhazes’ (d. 925 CE) famous Arabic encyclopedia titled al-Ḥāwī, Oliver Kahl offers for the first time a textual and historical documentation of an hitherto neglected ‘foreign’ cluster of material.

Author : David Gaunt,Naures Atto,Soner O. Barthoma
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785334993

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Let Them Not Return by David Gaunt,Naures Atto,Soner O. Barthoma Pdf

The mass killing of Ottoman Armenians is today widely recognized, both within and outside scholarly circles, as an act of genocide. What is less well known, however, is that it took place within a broader context of Ottoman violence against minority groups during and after the First World War. Among those populations decimated were the indigenous Christian Assyrians (also known as Syriacs or Chaldeans) who lived in the borderlands of present-day Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. This volume is the first scholarly edited collection focused on the Assyrian genocide, or “Sayfo” (literally, “sword” in Aramaic), presenting historical, psychological, anthropological, and political perspectives that shed much-needed light on a neglected historical atrocity.