Birdwatching...inside the pages of a book. Dr. James Walters (@jedwardwalters.bsky.social#Syriachmml.org/stories/seri...#ManuscriptBirds
“Bird watching is typically an activity that...”
Our article about the “Fonds Draguet” is now online in Open access! doi.org/10.14428/bab... The “Fonds Draguet” contains reproductions of over 500 manuscripts (spread over some 1,300 microfilms), mainly in Greek and Syriac.
I received a copy of Jean-Claude Haelewyck's newly published edition of Gregory Nazianzen's Discourse 43 two weeks ago. This critical edition includes a study of the vocabulary used by the translators of the two preserved Syriac versions (Versio media and Versio nova).
Recently, the Vatican Library has digitized a beautiful manuscript of ibn al-Ṭayyib's Arabic translation of Tatian's Gospel harmony (Diatessaron). This manuscript had been donated in1886 to the Holy See by a certain Halim Dos Ghali, a Coptic Catholic. Borg. ar. 250: digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Bor...
I was saddened to learn of the death of Chaldean Syriacist Benjamin Haddad, who published numerous works on Syriac culture, history and language. Unfortunately, I never had the chance to meet him... May he rest in peace 🙏 ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܢܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܡܚܣܝܢܐ
A Christian List of the Names of God in Elias of Nisibis’ “Book of the Interpreter” I presented part of my PhD research at EuARe 2024 in Palermo in a panel devoted to Syriac Christianity in Dialogue with Islam organized by Jennifer Griggs and Salam Rassi on Monday 20 May 2024
I am happy to announce a vacancy for a full-time PhD Position at the Faculty of Theology at KU Leuven focused on the Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbug. Applications will be accepted until May 22, 2024. For more information see: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD Position in Syriac Studies
