Volume Index

Volume 1

Issue 1

Introduction

Introduction: Letter from the General Editor
By George A. Kiraz

Articles

A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa
By Dirk Kruisheer and Lucas Van Rompay
MS VAT. SYR. 268 and the Revisional Development of the Harklean Margin
By Andreas Juckel
The Baptismal Anointings According to the Anonymous Expositio Officiorum
By Sebastian P. Brock
An Epiphany of Mystical Symbols: Jacob of Sarug’’s Mêmrâ 109 on Abraham and his Types
By Richard E. McCarron

Bibliographies

Some Recent Books on Syriac Topics (1996––1997)
By Sebastian P. Brock

Reports

Short Report on the Symposium: “Conference on the Influence of Saint Ephraim the Syrian””: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 17––18 December, 1997
By Andrew Palmer
Art and Material Culture of the Christian Syriac Tradition: Some Current Projects
By Lucas Van Rompay
Short Report on the Symposium: “Jacob of Edessa (c. 640––708) and the Syriac Culture of His Day””: Leiden University, 4––5 April 1997
By Konrad D. Jenner and Lucas Van Rompay
Short Report on the Symposium: ““East Syrian Christians in the Ottoman Empire (c. 1600––1800)””: Leiden University, 17––18 October 1997
By Heleen L. Murre-Van Den Berg

Issue 2

Introduction

Introduction: Introduction to the Special Issue
By Andrew Palmer

Articles

The Tears of the Sinful Woman: A Theology of Redemption in the Homilies of St. Ephraim and his Followers
By Hannah M. Hunt
A Spiritual Father for the Whole Church: the Universal Appeal of St. Ephraem the Syrian
By Sidney H. Griffith
John Wesley and Ephraem Syrus
By Gordon Wakefield
St. Ephraim the Syrian’’s Thought and Imagery as an Inspiration to Byzantine Artists
By Zaga Gavrilovic
St. Ephraim’’s Influence on the Greeks
By David G. K. Taylor
Ephraim the Syrian in Anglo-Saxon England
By Jane Stevenson
Ephraim in Christian Palestinian Aramaic
By Alain Desreumaux
A Single Human Being Divided in Himself: Ephraim the Syrian, The Man in the Middle
By Andrew Palmer

Reports

Project Report: Recent Discoveries of Wall-Paintings in Deir Al-Surian
By Karel C. Innemée
Conference Report: Syriac Session at The North American Patristic Society Annual Meeting, May 28––30, 1998
By Joseph P. Amar

Reviews

Review of:The Old Testament in Syriac According to the Peshitta Version
By Andreas Juckel

Announcements

SyrCOM-99: Third International Forum on Syriac Computing In association with SYRIAC SYMPOSIUM III June 18, 1999
By George A. Kiraz
Redefining Christian Identity: Christian Cultural Strategies Since the Coming of Islam
By Heleen L. Murre-Van Den Berg
Conference Announcement: SyrCOM-99: Third International Forum on Syriac Computing In association with SYRIAC SYMPOSIUM III June 18 or 19, 1999
By George A. Kiraz