For the First time in well 100 years, this effort has been pains takingly re-edited for the modern English reader.
Saint Ephrem the Syrian was born sometime around the year 306 in Nibisis, a Syrian... More > town located in modern-day Turkey. Fleeing westward from the Persians, who were ravaging Turkey, Ephrem settled in Edessa, in southern Turkey, in 363. There, he continued to write hymns, especially defending the teaching of the Council of Nicea against the Arian heretics, who were influential in Edessa. He died tending plague victims in 373.< Less
For the First time in well 100 years, this effort has been pains takingly re-edited for the modern English reader. Saint Ephrem the Syrian was born sometime around the year 306 in Nibisis, a Syrian... More > town located in modern-day Turkey. Fleeing westward from the Persians, who were ravaging Turkey, Ephrem settled in Edessa, in southern Turkey, in 363. There, he continued to write hymns, especially defending the teaching of the Council of Nicea against the Arian heretics, who were influential in Edessa. He died tending plague victims in 373.< Less
The Syrian Christ by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. FROM PREFACE: This little volume is sent forth in the confident hope that it may throw fresh light on the life and teachings of Christ, and facilitate for... More > the general public the understanding of the Bible. CONTENTS include: PART I. The Syrian Christ -- PART II. The Oriental Manner of Speech -- PART III. Bread and Salt -- PART IV. Out in the Open -- PART V. Sisters of Mary and Marth. Reproduction of 1919 Edition.< Less
The Syrian Christ by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. FROM PREFACE: This little volume is sent forth in the confident hope that it may throw fresh light on the life and teachings of Christ, and facilitate for... More > the general public the understanding of the Bible. CONTENTS include: PART I. The Syrian Christ -- PART II. The Oriental Manner of Speech -- PART III. Bread and Salt -- PART IV. Out in the Open -- PART V. Sisters of Mary and Marth. Reproduction of 1919 Edition.< Less
The Syrian Christ by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. FROM PREFACE: This little volume is sent forth in the confident hope that it may throw fresh light on the life and teachings of Christ, and facilitate for... More > the general public the understanding of the Bible. CONTENTS include: PART I. The Syrian Christ -- PART II. The Oriental Manner of Speech -- PART III. Bread and Salt -- PART IV. Out in the Open -- PART V. Sisters of Mary and Marth. Reproduction of 1919 Edition.< Less
This little volume is sent forth in the confident hope that it may throw fresh light on the life and teachings of Christ, and facilitate for the general public the understanding of the Bible. As may... More > be readily seen, from its perusal, the present work is not intended to be a commentary on the Bible, nor even an exhaustive study of the subject with which it deals. That it leaves many things to be desired is very evident to the author, who fears that his book will be remembered by its readers more by the things it lacks than by the things it contains.< Less
Here we have a collection of fictional tales written from the perspective of a Syrian-American. The stories put a human edge to the immigrant’s struggles in a new country and deals with the... More > Arab heritage left behind. The resulting stories show the lives these immigrants and children of immigrants as they struggle to adjust in a new country. The situations in which they find themselves are sometimes sad, sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous, but always relevant.< Less
Here we have a collection of fictional tales written from the perspective of a Syrian-American. The stories put a human edge to the immigrant’s struggles in a new country and deals with the... More > Arab heritage left behind. The resulting stories show the lives these immigrants and children of immigrants as they struggle to adjust in a new country. The situations in which they find themselves are sometimes sad, sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous, but always relevant.< Less
East Syrian Daily Offices presents a complete English translation of the daily prayer services of the Assyrian Church of the East as contained in the service book known as the Qdam Wathar or... More > “Book of Before and After”. The translation was done by Arthur J. Maclean who was one of the first missionaries of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Assyrian Mission.< Less
