Barsoum The Scattered Pearls: History of Syriac Literature and Sciences

Translated by Matti Moosa
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0775-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 652 Seiten

The only history of Syriac literature to make use of hundreds of manuscripts from the east.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram I

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword by Cyril Aphrem Karim
- Translator's Introduction
- The Syriac Langauge
- The General Characteristics of Syriac Literature
- The Centers of Learning
- Syrian Libraries
- Syriac Calligraphy
- Morphology and Grammar
- General Rules of the Langauge and Dictionaries; Rhetoric and Poetry
- Themes of Syriac Poetry
- Categories of Syrian Poets
- Version of The Holy Bible
- The Diatessaron
- Syriac Orthography
- Commentaries On The Old and New Testament
- Apocryphal Writings
- Semi-Apocryphal Literature
- Church Rituals
- Theology
- The Pseudo-Works of Dionysius The Areopagite
- Ecclesiastical Apologetics
- Ecclesiastical Jurisprudence and Civil Law
- Ascetic Books
- Books of General History
- Private History
- Diverse Historical Tracts
- The Lives of Martyrs and Saints
- On Story Writing
- Philosophy
- The Science of Medicine
- On Natural Science
- The Science of Astronomy
- The Translation of Foreign Works