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An Anthology of Syriac Writers from Qatar in the Seventh Century / ed. by Saif Shaheen Al-Murikhi, Haya Al Thani, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Mario Kozah.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Eastern Christian StudiesPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (736 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781463205478
  • 9781463236717
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The History of Mar Yawnan -- Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene’s Letters to the Qataris -- Introduction to the Book of the Aims of the Psalms by Aḥūb Qaṭraya -- Abraham Qaṭraya bar Lipah’s Commentary on the Liturgical Offices -- Preface to Mar Shemʿūn’s Law Book by an Anonymous Monk from Beth Qaṭraye -- Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya’s Compendious Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers in Garshuni -- Introduction to Selections from the Geʿez Filekseyus -- Isaac of Nineveh’s Chapters on Knowledge -- Isaac the Syrian: The Third Part -- Two Discourses of the Fifth Part of Isaac the Syrian’s Writings -- The Fourth Part of Isaac Qaṭraya’s Ascetical Homilies in Garshuni -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index
Summary: The Syriac writers of Qatar have not received the scholarly attention that they deserve in the last half century. This anthology seeks to redress such an underdevelopment by providing new material in English translation with accompanying Syriac and Garshuni editions to encourage further research in the sub-field of Beth Qatraye studies. It includes the work of some of the most prominent scholars in this field.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The History of Mar Yawnan -- Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene’s Letters to the Qataris -- Introduction to the Book of the Aims of the Psalms by Aḥūb Qaṭraya -- Abraham Qaṭraya bar Lipah’s Commentary on the Liturgical Offices -- Preface to Mar Shemʿūn’s Law Book by an Anonymous Monk from Beth Qaṭraye -- Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya’s Compendious Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers in Garshuni -- Introduction to Selections from the Geʿez Filekseyus -- Isaac of Nineveh’s Chapters on Knowledge -- Isaac the Syrian: The Third Part -- Two Discourses of the Fifth Part of Isaac the Syrian’s Writings -- The Fourth Part of Isaac Qaṭraya’s Ascetical Homilies in Garshuni -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index

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The Syriac writers of Qatar have not received the scholarly attention that they deserve in the last half century. This anthology seeks to redress such an underdevelopment by providing new material in English translation with accompanying Syriac and Garshuni editions to encourage further research in the sub-field of Beth Qatraye studies. It includes the work of some of the most prominent scholars in this field.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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