Syrians and the Others: Cultures of the Christian Orient in the Middle Ages

By Basil Lourié

This volume contains the first editions of a number of works of Syrian authors (in Syriac and Arabic) including two excerpts from John bar Penkaye's "Ktaba de-resh melle", an excerpt from "The Blessed Compendium" of Jirjis al-Makin ibn al-Amid, an excerpt from the "Kitab al-Majdal", and hymns from the "Warda" collection, as well as a publication of a series of Coptic prayers for travellers. It also contains a discussion of the letters of Nicetas Stethatos available only in Georgian. Other contributions deal with the hagiography (Byzantine, Old Russian, and Syrian, with a special attention to the so-called "verbal hagiography" which is an intermediary field between the written hagiography and the folklore) and the patrology (with a special attention to philosophical problems of Byzantine patristics). Some detailed book reviews discuss, among others, various problems of the late Byzantine and the 19th- and 20th-century Ethiopian and Russian theology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463204248
• ISBN13: 9781463204242
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"