This volume presents the original text, accompanied by an English translation and commentary, of a hitherto unpublished Syriac composition, entitled the Marvels Found in the Great Cities and in the Seas and on the Islands.
Sergey Minov (11455432)
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Complexes of Emotions in Joseph and Aseneth. [PDF]
Smith T.
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Word Translating Image. In search of modern-language equivalents for Syriac and Coptic terminology
In 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 ...
Polański, Tomasz
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The Arabic Apocalypse of Peter (alternatively known as the Book of the Rolls) is probably one of the earliest – if not even the earliest text preserved – which was originally composed in Christian Arabic.
Grypeou, Emmanouela
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The descent of Christ in Ephesians 4:7-11 : an exegetical investigation with special reference to the influence of traditions about Moses associated with Psalm 68:19. [PDF]
This study attempts to demonstrate that the most probable interpretation of the descent of Christ in Eph. 4: 7-11 involves a descent of Christ as the Spirit who distributes gifts to his church subsequent to the ascent of Eph. 4: 8.
Harris, Walker Hall
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In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names. [PDF]
Dafni A +11 more
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Early Umayyad Syria : a study of its origins and early development
This is a study dealing with the origins and early development of Early Umayyad Syria to the early 660s, including a description of Syria at the end of the preceding period. Late Roman Syria's continuing material prosperity, despite the ravages of plague
O'Sullivan, Shaun
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Beyond one-way determinism: San Frediano's miracle and climate change in Central and Northern Italy in late antiquity. [PDF]
Zanchetta G +13 more
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Cross-cultural Transfer of Medical Knowledge in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Introduction and Dissemination of Sugar-based Potions from the Islamic World to Byzantium. [PDF]
Bouras-Vallianatos P.
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Christians in Al-Andalus ( 8th-10th centuries) [PDF]
The historiography of early Islamic Spain has become polarised between the Arabic narrative histories and the Latin sources. Although the Arabic sources have little directly to say about the situation of the conquered Christians, a willingness to engage ...
Christys, Ann
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