In the turbulent political and economic atmosphere of the eighteenth century when the Ottoman Empire was enfeebled and deeply wounded by internal corruption and attacked on three fronts by the Persian, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian empires, local leaders far from Istanbul began to take matters into their own hands. At first, these leaders only regulated local trade and tax collection, but soon, leaders like Shaykh Zahir al- Umar a district tax collector in Palestine for the Ottoman government saw opportunities to amass great wealth and power while providing autonomous government and safer roads to their local followers. Zahir first spread his control over northern Palestine, and later allied himself with Ali Bey of Egypt, a semi-independent leader who dreamed of re-establishing the Mamluk sultanate. When challenged by the Ottoman government, which was at the time at war with Catherine the Great s Russia (1768 74), Zahir and Ali Bey did not hesitate to ally themselves with Imperial Russia. A gripping and fascinating read, Dr. Ahmad Joudah s biography of Shaykh Zahir is crucial for scholars seeking to contextualize developments in modern Palestinian history within the power politics of the late Ottoman Empire.

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History

Middle East

Gorgias Press

Edessa was celebrated for the legend of the exchange of letters between its king and Jesus, and was venerated as the first kingdom to accept Christianity. The story of its community, administered by Rome, Byzantium, Arabs, Crusades, and Turks, reflects the vicissitudes of Mesopotamian history.

Edessa 'The Blessed City'

Segal, J.B.

"Although William Wright's famous book is over a century old and so is inevitably outdated in certain respects, nevertheless his unsurpassed knowledge of Syriac literature, gained through cataloging the very large collection of Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum (now, British Library), means that his Short History of Syriac Literature still remains an extremely valuable resource, and it is most welcome to have it made available again." - Dr. Sebastian P. Brock, University of OxfordThis reprint of an extensive article that appeared in an 1887 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica features additional notes by William Wright.

Short History of Syriac Literature (Gorgias Reprint)

Literature & Fiction

Wright, William

History & Criticism

This is a popular account of the Holm-Nestorian expedition to Sian-Fu and itsresults.

My Nestorian Adventure in China: A Popular Account of the Holm-Nestorian Expedition to Sian-Fu and Its Results (Gorgias Reprint)

Travel

Holm, Frits

Travel Writing

This classic trilogy had a groundbreaking effect in ringing an awareness of the broader Christian World to westerners. It remains among the most readable and authoritative sources about the churches to the east of Rome.

The Orthodox Eastern Church

Fortescue, Adrian

Literary

This classic trilogy had a groundbreaking effect in ringing an awareness of the broader Christian World to westerners. It remains among the most readable and authoritative sources about the churches to the east of Rome.

The Uniate Eastern Churches

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Full Title: "The New Testament; Or, The Book of the Holy Gospel of Our Lord And Our God, Jesus the Messiah. A Literal Translation from the Syriac Peshitto Version." The Syriac version of the New Testament known as the Peshitto is one of the earliest witnesses to the early New Testament text. The Peshitto has been, and still is, the official text of a multitude of Aramaic-speaking Churches: the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East, the Syriac Maronite Church, the Chaldean Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, and seven established Churches in India including the Syro-Malankara Church, Syro-Malabar Church, and Mar Thoma Church.

Syriac New Testament-OE

James Murdock

This book explores the role of the Biblical patriarch Abraham in the formation and use of authoritative texts in the Persian and Hellenistic periods.In July 2009 two research programmes working within the European Association of Biblical Studies made a joint session on the theme Remembering Abraham in the Persian-Hellenistic Period. Its aim was to study Abraham as a figure of cultural memory in the literature of these periods. Cultural memory is the shared reproduction and recalling of what has been learned and retained. It also involves transformation and innovation. As a figure of memory, stories of Abraham served as guidelines for identity-formation and authoritative illustration of behaviour for the emerging Jewish communities.The various contributions to this book demonstrate how the Persian and Hellenistic writers intended to socialize their readers by constructing shared images of Abraham as a figure of the past: He is variously presented as the proto-Moses; linked to Jerusalem; he is the founder of a non-exclusive Judaism in the 6th-4th centuries BCE; and he is also a figure prepared for martyrdom, thus reflecting the readiness for martyrdom that appeared in Hellenistic and Roman Judaism. The book also explores how allusions to the past function as a memory within the Abraham stories.The contributors are significant scholars and contributors to the Persian and Hellenistic periods of the Old Testament and Jewish studies. The chapters of this book were originally presented at the EABS 2009 joint session of Cultural Memory in Biblical Exegesis and Israel and the Production and Reception of Authoritative Books in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods (in Lincoln, GB).

The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham (Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts)

Pernille Carstens

World

This volume introduces the letters of the Syriac alphabet a few at the time, and each set of letters is accompanied by guides to pronunciation and the correct way to write the letters, including helpful charts and illustrations. Practice exercises at the end of each section provide the user with copious opportunities for review to facilitate rapid acquisition. This volume will be helpful to all who want to learn the basics of Syriac pronunciation and orthography without being inundated with technical linguistic jargon.

Introduction to Syriac Reading and Writing (Multilingual Edition)

Reference

Kiraz, George Anton

Words, Language & Grammar

Brock provides an indispensable bibliographic resource for Jacob of Serugh scholarship. This guide lists Jacob's mimre by biblical passage and liturgical events, uplifted saints and topics for reflection, as well as other works including prose and letters. Attention is given to helpful information about the mimre's present publication, editions, and available translations. Recommendations for secondary sources refer to genre and topic, such as biographies, general introductions to Jacob of Serugh, and narrowed interests for analysis. While this guide is written in English, indexed sources extend through Jacob of Serugh studies in other languages (French, German, Italian, and Syriac transcriptions).

Jacob of Serugh (Analecta Gorgiana)

Brock, Sebastian

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