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The fifteen hagiographies about holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs' passions and saints' lives, pious romances and personal reminiscences. Dating from the fourth to seventh centuries A.D., they are translated from Syriac into accessible and vivid prose. Annotations and source notes by the translators help clarify elements that may be unfamiliar to some readers. This collection bears witness to the profound contributions women made to early Chistianity: their various roles, their leadership inside and outside the church structure, and their power to influence others. A new preface discusses recent developments in the field and updates the bibliography.

Christian saints --- Women in Christianity --- Syriac Christians --- Syrian Christians --- Christians --- Christianity --- Saints --- Canonization --- Biography --- Early works to 1800. --- History --- Early works to 1800

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Syriac Christians --- History --- 281.81*2 --- -Syriac Christians --- -Syrian Christians --- Christians --- Chaldeeuws katholiek patriarchaat van Babylon --- -Chaldeeuws katholiek patriarchaat van Babylon --- 281.81*2 Chaldeeuws katholiek patriarchaat van Babylon --- -281.81*2 Chaldeeuws katholiek patriarchaat van Babylon --- Syrian Christians --- Syriac Christians - Iran - History --- Syriac Christians - Iraq - History

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In the present work, De Syrorum Orientalium Erroribus, Auctore P. Francisco Ros S.I.: A Latin-Syriac Treatise from Early Modern Malabar (1586), Antony Mecherry S.J. brings to the fore a recently identified sixteenth-century treatise on ‘Nestorianism’ written by Francisco Ros S.J. (1559–1624), a Catalonian from the Jesuit province of Aragón, who successfully promoted the mission praxis of accommodatio primarilyamong the Saint Thomas Christians of early modern Malabar in South India. This newly discovered first treatise composed by Ros, a Latin missionary, represents the initial phase of his mission as a polemicist in the making, who read the Syriac sources of the Church of the East found in Malabar, through a Catholic theological lens. In addition to exploring the underlying conflicts emerged out of an unprecedented encounter of apparently unlike theological and liturgical identities in the same mission field of early modern India, this book provides the readers with a historiographical critique against the backdrop of which the author presents his analysis of the Rosian treatise.

Assyrian Church of the East members. --- Christianity --- Missions to Assyrian Church of the East members. --- Syriac Christians --- RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts. --- Syrian Christians --- Christians --- Missions to Nestorians --- Assyrian Church of the East members --- Religions --- Church history --- Nestorians --- Ros, Francisco,

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"In über 30-jähriger Forschungsarbeit hat Mor Ignatios Aphrem I. Barṣaum reichhaltige Quellen zur Geschichte der syrischen Wissenschaften und Literatur an unterschiedlichsten Orten gesammelt. Bei der Mehrzahl handelt es sich um Handschriften aus westlichen wie östlichen Bibliotheken und Archiven der ganzen Welt, die mit der Zeit und durch widrige Umstände in alle Winde verstreut wurden. Mor Ignatios Aphrem I. Barṣaum besuchte u.a. Mosul und seine Dörfer, das Mor-Mattai-(Matthäus- )Kloster, Ğazirat ibn ῾Umar und den Ṭur ʽAbdin, wo es gleich 45 Stätten voller syrischer Schätze gibt, insbesondere Beth Sbirino, Mardin und Umgebung, außerdem das Za῾faran-Kloster, Amida mit seinen umliegenden Dörfern, Veran Ṥahar, Edessa, Aleppo, Ḥmot (Ḥama), Ḥoms und Umgebung sowie Damaskus, Beirut, das Mor-Markus-Kloster, die zwei Klöster der Armenier und Griechen in Jerusalem, Ägypten, Konstantinopel (Istanbul), London, Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, Paris, Florenz, Rom, Berlin, New York und Boston. Zudem wurden zahlreiche Manuskripte ausgewertet, die sich in Privatbesitz befinden. Es wurden ausführliche Bestandsverzeichnisse der berühmtesten syrischen Bibliotheken erstellt, wobei auch die Orte, die nicht besucht werden konnten (das Mor-Kyriakos-Kloster, Basirijje, Kharput, Ḥe1no d-Man1ur, Severek, Se῾ert (Siirt), Ṥirwon, Gharzon, das Berg-Sinai-Kloster und die Bibliothek des koptischen Patriarchats in Kairo) über umfangreiche Informationen zahlreicher Kleriker erschlossen wurden. Mor Ignatios Aphrem I. Barṣaum Geschichte der syrischen Wissenschaften und Literatur wird nun erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung von Georg Toto und Amill Gorgis vorgelegt und so einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht."--Publisher's Web site.

Syriac Christians --- Authors, Syriac --- Syriac literature --- History and criticism --- Middle East --- Civilization --- Syriac literature - History and criticism --- Middle East - Civilization --- Civilization. --- Syriac authors --- Syrian Christians --- Christians --- 939.4 --- 281.81 --- 809.23 --- 809.23 Syrisch --- Syrisch --- 281.81 Chaldeeuwse Kerk: Oost-Syrische, Assyrische, Perzische christenen --- Chaldeeuwse Kerk: Oost-Syrische, Assyrische, Perzische christenen --- 939.4 Geschiedenis van Syrië --- Geschiedenis van Syrië

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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.

281.81 --- 297.116*1 --- Chaldeeuwse Kerk: Oost-Syrische, Assyrische, Perzische christenen --- Relatie Islam tot Christendom --- Syriac Christians --- Islam --- Christianity and other religions --- History --- Relations --- Christianity --- 297.116*1 Relatie Islam tot Christendom --- 281.81 Chaldeeuwse Kerk: Oost-Syrische, Assyrische, Perzische christenen --- Syncretism (Christianity) --- Religions --- Mohammedanism --- Muhammadanism --- Muslimism --- Mussulmanism --- Muslims --- Syrian Christians --- Christians --- Ancient Studies. --- History. --- Religion. --- Religious Studies.