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The bibliography below is intended for a beginner
and is not intended to be exhaustive.
General
Bible
- Syriac Bible (United
Bible Societies).
- Sebastian Brock, The Bible in the Syriac Tradition (SEERI,
India). [An excellent introduction.]
- James Murdoch, The New Testament translated from the Peshitto
Syriac. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias
Press, 2001). ISBN 0-9715986-8-1.
- George Lamsa, Holy
Bible From the Ancient Eastern Text (Harper & Row) ISBN:
0060649232. [The only complete translation from the Syriac into English,
but not a precise translation.] A better translation of is by J. Murdoch
published in 1905 by John K. Hastings, Boston but out of print.]
- J. Hamlyn Hill, The Earliest Life of Christ: The Diatessaron of
Tatian. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2001). ISBN 0-9713097-2-8.
- Sydney Griffith, Faith Adoring the Mystery : Reading the Bible
With St. Ephraem the Syrian (Pere Marquette Lecture in Theology,
1997), Marquette Univ. Press. ISBN: 0874625777. At amazon.com
& barnesandnoble.com
Spirituality
- Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum, The Spiritual Treasure on
Canonical Prayer, Tarzi, (V. Rev.) Joseph (tr.), (Los Angeles,
2000).
- Bryan Spinks, Worship Prayers from the East (The Pastoral
Press, Washington D.C., 1993) ISBN: 1569290008.
- Sebastian Brock, The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual
Life (Cistercian
Publications, 1987) ISBN: 0879079010.
- Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye, the Spiritual World Vision
of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian
Publications, 1992) ISBN: 0879075244.
- Seely Beggiani, Introduction to Eastern Christian Spirituality,
the Syriac tradition (University
of Scranton Press, 1991) ISBN: 0940866129.
- Seely Beggiani, Early Syriac Theology (University Press
of America, 1983).
- Sebastian Brock and Susan Harvey, Holy Women of the Syrian Orient,
Transformation of the Classical Heritage, No 13, (University
of California Press, 1998) ISBN: 0520213661.
- Robert Murray, Symbols of Church and Kingdom, A Study in Early
Syriac Tradition (Cambridge
University Press, 1975) ISBN: 0521205530. [A scholarly work. Out
of print, but available in major libraries.]
Liturgy
The following books are available from the Syriac
Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern United States. They contain the
Syriac text of the liturgies with English translations by late Archdeacon
Murad Saliba Barsom and edited by the late H.E. Mor
Athanasius Yeshue Samuel. Place orders with Archdiocesan Secretary,
260 Elm Ave, Teaneck, NJ 07661 (201) 801-0660 (Ph.) (201) 801-0663 (Fax)
- Anaphora: The Divine Liturgy of Saint James (1967).
- Anaphoras: The Book
of the Divine Liturgies (1991) ISBN 0963143107.
- Macdecdono: The Book of the Church Festivals
(1984).
- The Sacrament of Holy Baptism (1974).
- The Order of Solemnization of the Sacrament of Matrimony
(1974).
- The Order of the Burial of the Dead (1974).
- The Shorter Daily Prayer Book for the Faithful (1993).
- Prayer Book for Various Occasions for the Use of the Clergy
(1993).
- Barsoum, Patriarch Ignatius Aphram I, Shorter Catechism of the
Syrian Orthodox Church.
The following books are available from St.
Mary's Church, Los Angeles
- Rev. K. Mani Rajan, Queen of the Sacraments (St. Mary's
Church, Los Angeles).
- Rev. K. Mani Rajan, The
Prayer Book (St. Mary's Church, Los Angeles).
Church History
- Aziz Atiya, History of Eastern Christianity (University
of Notre Dame Press, 1967) ISBN: 0527037036.
- Sebastian Brock, "The Syriac Background." In Michael Lapidge (editor),
Archbishop Theodore, Chapter 2 (Cambridge
University Press, 1995), ISBN: 0521480779. [This book is a collection
of chapters on Archbishop Theodore, the Syrian Archbishop of Canterbury
(668-690). Brock's chapter is a brief, but excellent, introduction to
Syriac Christianity.]
- J.B. Segal, Edessa: The Blessed City. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias
Press, 2001). ISBN 0-9713097-1-X.
- J. C. England, The Hidden History of Christianity in Asia: the
Churches of the East before 1500 (Delhi/HongKong: ISPCK/CCA, 1996).
- H. Hollerweger, Turabdin
(Linz, Austria: Friends of Turabdin, 1999). [Illustrated with over 400
color photographs from Tur `Abdin including ancient churches and monasteries.
Hugoye
4:1 (January 2001) has a review
of the book by Edip Aydin (now Dayroyo Awgen).]
- Oswald H. Parry, Six Months in a Syrian Monastery. (Piscataway,
NJ: Gorgias Press,
2001). ISBN 0-9715986-6-5.
- William McCullough, A Short History of Syriac Christianity to
the Rise of Islam (Scholar's
Press, 1982) ISBN: 0891304541.
- Samuel H. Moffett, A History of Christianity in Asia (Orbis
Books, 1998) ISBN: 1570751625.
- Bat Ye'or, The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: from
Jihad to Dhimmitude, 7th to 20th Century (Fairleigh
Dickinson University Press, 1996) ISBN: 0-8386-3688-8.
- William Dalrymple, From the Holy Mountain. A Journey Among the
Christians of the Middle East; (Henry Holt and Company, 1998) ISBN:
0-8050-5873-7. Available from amazon.com. [Reporting on a trip he took
in 1994, the author gives valuable information about the sad situation
of the Syrian Orthodox Christians in Turkey, as well as reports on the
Syrian Orthodox Christians in Syria and Palestine. Hugoye 2:2
(July 1999) has a review
of the book by Prof. Susan Harvey of Brown University. Highly recommended!]
- John Joseph, Muslim-Christian Relations and Inter-Christian Rivalries
in the Middle East: The Case of Jacobites in an Age of Transition.
(Albany, NY: State University Press of New York, 1983) ISBN 0-87395-611-7.
- Edavazhickal M. Philip, The Indian Church of St. Thomas.
(1908) (Cheeranchira, Kerala: Mor Adai Study Centre, 2002).
- Kuriakose Corepiscopa Moolayil (ed.), Four Historic Documents.
(Cheeranchira, Kerala: Mor Adai Study Centre, 2002). [This includes
The Syrian Christians in India (an account of the visit by
Rev. Dr. Claudius Buchanan of the Church of England to Malankara in
1806-07 published in Christian Researches in Asia, Cadell and
Davies, 1814), The Ancient Syrian Church in Mesopotamia and Extracts
from the Letters and Reports of Mr. O.H. Parry, Syrian Patriarchate
Education Society, 1892, Were the Syrian Christians Nestorians?
by Rev Dn. P.T. Geevarghese (later Archbishop Geevarghese Mar Ivanios,
founder of Malankara Syrian Catholic Church) and Christians in Malabar:
a Conspectus from AD 52 to AD 1943 by Justice K.K. Lukose].
- George
Menachery (Ed.), Indian Church History Classics
Syriac Literature
- Patriarch Ignatius Aphram I Barsoum, The
History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. tr. Matti Mousa. (Pueblo, CO:
Passeggiata Press, 2000).
- William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature. (Piscataway,
NJ: Gorgias Press, 2001). ISBN 0-9713097-5-2.
- Sebastian Brock, St. Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns on Paradise
(St. Vladimir Seminary
Press, 1997) ISBN: 0881410764.
- Sebastian Brock, The Wisdom of Saint Isaac the Syrian (Fairacres
Publications 128; Oxford, 1997).
- Kathleen McVey, Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns (Paulist
Press, 1989) ISBN: 0809104296.
- Edward Mathews and Joseph Amar, St. Ephrem the Syrian, Selected
Prose Works (The
Catholic University of America Press, 1994) ISBN: 0813200911.
- [D. Miller], The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian
(Holy Transfiguration
Monastery, Boston, 1984).
Language
- J. Healey, First Studies in Syriac (Sheffield
Academic Press) ISBN 0704403900.
- George Kiraz, The Syriac Primer (Sheffield
Academic Press, 1989) ISBN: 1850751994 (Out of Print).
- George Kiraz, Lexical Tools to the Syriac New Testament
(Sheffield
Academic Press, 1994) ISBN: 1850754705.
- Takamitsu Muraoka, Classical Syriac: a Basic Grammar (Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz,
1997).
- Wheeler Thackston, Introduction to Syriac (Bethesda, MD:
IBEX Publishers, 1999).
- Theodore H. Robinson, Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar
(Oxford University
Press, 1978) ISBN: 019815416X [A more advanced book.]
- J. Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary (Oxford
University Press) ISBN: 0198643071.
Music
Educational Material
Publishers of Syriac Books
- Academic Publishers Associated (APA)
Postbus 122, NL-3600 AC Maarssen, The Netherlands
- E.J.
Brill
Plantiunstraat 2, P.O. Box 9000, 2300 PA Leiden, The Netherlands.
- Gorgias Press
46 Orris Ave., Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Mor Adai Study Centre
Cheeranchira, Changanacherry
Kerala, India 686 106
Ph: 91-481-724353; email: moolelachen@hotmail.com
- Merging Currents
Books on Indian Christianity
- Peeters
P.B. 41, Bondgenotenlaan 153, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
- SEERI
Baker Hill, Kottayam-686 001, Kerala, India.
- The Way International
P.O.Box 328, New Knoxville, OH 45871
Most of the books listed above can be ordered through amazon.com
& barnesandnoble.com
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