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Syriac lexicon Hasan Bar Bahlul. Volume 1
, 1886 The massive Syriac-Syriac/Arabic lexicon—actually more an encyclopedia than a mere lexicon—of Bar Bahlul (10th century) is one of two commonly cited Syriac dictionaries from the medieval period, the other being that of Bar Ali.
, Hassan bar Bahlul, active 10th century
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Word Translating Image. In Search of Modern-Language Equivalents for Syriac and Coptic Terminology
Folia OrientaliaIn general the iconographic details recorded in the hagiographic literature are pretty meagre. Authors focus on the miraculous properties of icons. The Coptic lives of the saints may be selected as representative for the Early Christian and Byzantine ...
Tomasz Polański
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 318-329, July 2026.Abstract This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD's proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification.
Brendan A. Harris
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, 2018 The field of Syriac medicine is perhaps one of the least investigated and explored domains within the Christian Syriac intellectual culture. Yet owing to its decisive role during the late antique period for the transfer of Greek medical knowledge to the ...
Grigory Kessel, Kessel, Grigory
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Vox Patrum, 2007 This article contains Polish translation and commentary to an apocryphal Gnostic text known as Dialogus Johannis cum Iesu (CApNT 27). The fragmental Coptic manuscript from the Deir el-Bala’izah collection (IV/V century A.D.) is the unique known ...
Rafał Zarzeczny
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Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 667-685, July 2026.Abstract Vatican II's declaration on the Jews, absolving them from collective guilt of deicide, marked a significant turning point in Catholic theology. Arab governments tended to perceive this development as evidence that Catholics (or Christians generally) were taking the side of Zionist Jews in the Arab‐Israeli conflict.
Amir Krispel
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Titus of Bostra in Syriac Literature [PDF]
, 2006 Le Contra Manichaeos, rédigé en 364 environ après Jésus-Christ par l’évêque chrétien Titus de Bostra, fut traduit en syriaque dès l’année 411. Cet article montre que, plus tard, l’oeuvre joua un certain rôle dans les Églises syriennes, ainsi qu’il s ...
Nils Arne Pedersen, Pedersen, Nils Arne
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The letter of Mara bar Serapion: the “puzzle” from the Late Antiquity [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. ФилологияThis article is devoted to the study of an important Syriac work, the letter of Mara bar Serapion. Using the methods of literary and rhetorical analysis, the author examines the content and the form of one of the series of paradigms presented in the text,
Sofia Fomicheva
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ReligionsWhile scholars have long recognized the central importance of the cross within Syriac-speaking Christian communities in late antique Mesopotamia, the question of how physical crosses functioned as aids for prayer has only recently begun to be explored ...
Daniel An
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Philosophy, Science, and Belles-lettres in Syriac and Christian Arabic Literature: A Gentle Introduction and Survey [PDF]
, 2011 It might be assumed that the genres of Syriac and Christian Arabic literature are made up exclusively (or almost so) of sacred topics (Bible, commentary, liturgy, asceticism, hagiography, theology, etc.), the writers, scribes, and readers in these ...
McCollum, Adam C
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