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The Bible in the Syriac tradition / Sebastian P. Brock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brock, Sebastian P., author.
- Series:
- Gorgias handbooks ; v. 52.
- Gorgias handbooks ; volume 52
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hermeneutics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Hermeneutics.
- Syriac Christians.
- Christianity--Asia, Central.
- Christianity.
- Christianity--Middle East.
- Fathers of the church, Syriac.
- Bible--Hermeneutics.
- Bible.
- Middle East.
- Central Asia.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 200 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Third Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This is a basic introduction to the various Syriac translations of the Bible and the ways in which they were used in the Syriac tradition. This new edition has been brought up to date and the bibliography expanded.
- Contents:
- The Bible in the Syraic Tradition. Chapter I
- Chapter II : The Syriac Bible, a closer look
- Chapter III : How does the Syriac Bible reach us?
- Chapter IV: Biblical interpretation in the Syriac tradition
- Chapter V : Biblical commentaries
- Chapter VI : The Use of the Syriac Bible in Preaching
- Chapter VII : The use of the Syriac Bible in the Liturgy
- Chapter VIII : The Peshitta as the basis for Syriac Spirituality
- The Syriac Bible. The Bible in Syriac
- A bird's eye view of the Syriac translations of the Bible
- Translations of the Syriac Bible into other languages.
- Notes:
- First published by Gorgias Press (Second Revised Edition) in 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-200).
- ISBN:
- 1463242336
- 9781463242336
- OCLC:
- 1237397554
- Publisher Number:
- 99986764905
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