A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature

A Brief Outline of Syriac LiteratureMōrān ’Eth’ō 9Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/B5GPIGPS/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Sebastian P.BrockA Brief Outline of Syriac Literaturehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/B5GPIGPShttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/B5GPIGPShttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/B5GPIGPSBaker Hill, KottayamSt. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute1997Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9Although written as an introductory outline for students and scholars, this is a work that specialists will also find useful. Brock begins by providing an overview of Syriac literature from the first to the twentieth century, although the focus is clearly on the first fourteen centuries. Each major writer is provided with brief biographical details, followed by a list of the author's most significant writings (the existence of translations into European languages is also indicated). Certain particular topics in Syriac literature are given separate sections (Bible, exegesis, liturgy, canon law, monastic literature, chronicles, secular literature, and translations into Syriac). The desire to avoid footnotes means that brief bibliographical notes - and they are brief - are provided in an appendix at the end of the section. This outline is no replacement for Baumstark or for Brock's own Syriac bibliographies, nor does it intend to be, but it does reflect Brock's own extraordinarily wide learning and reading and so provides much up-to-date information that is not so easily found elsewhere. Perhaps the volume's most unusual and valuable feature, however, is that the second half of the work (pp. 144-291) consists of English translations of sample passages taken by Brock from all the key writers mentioned. Brock, Sebastian P. A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature. Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9. Baker Hill, Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1997. Sebastian P. Brock, A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature, Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9 (Baker Hill, Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1997).