This narrative forms a history of the monasticism and asceticism of the Church of the East in the countries east of the Tigris. It is a valuable supplement to this history, as it is a period of existence in which little is known.
This narrative forms a history of the monasticism and asceticism of the Church of the East in the countries east of the Tigris. It is a valuable suppl...
A Syriac edition, with English translation, of a the folklore and legends connected to Alexander the Great. This ancient text represents a Greek text that is much older than any text that has been known before.
A Syriac edition, with English translation, of a the folklore and legends connected to Alexander the Great. This ancient text represents a Greek text ...
This initial volume describes the lives of two founders of great monasteries which became centers for the teaching of doctrine and asceticism at a critical period in the history of the Church of the East.
This initial volume describes the lives of two founders of great monasteries which became centers for the teaching of doctrine and asceticism at a cri...
The importance of these biographies lies in the fact that their subjects founded two great monasteries which became centers for teaching and monasticism at a critical period of the Church of the East, during the seventh and following centuries.
The importance of these biographies lies in the fact that their subjects founded two great monasteries which became centers for teaching and monastici...
The publication of ancient Syriac documents was a passion for Budge. In this two-volume set, volume 1 in Syriac and volume 2 in English, Budge offers the two documents entitled "The History of the Blessed Virgin Mary" and "The History of the Likeness of Christ which the Jews of Tiberias Made to Mock at." These two manuscripts represent the genre of New Testament apocrypha and originate in perhaps the late fourth century.
The publication of ancient Syriac documents was a passion for Budge. In this two-volume set, volume 1 in Syriac and volume 2 in English, Budge offers ...
The publication of ancient Syriac documents was a passion for Budge. In this two-volume set, volume 1 in Syriac and volume 2 in English, Budge offers the two documents entitled "The History of the Blessed Virgin Mary" and "The History of the Likeness of Christ which the Jews of Tiberias Made to Mock at." These two manuscripts represent the genre of New Testament apocrypha and originate in perhaps the late fourth century.
The publication of ancient Syriac documents was a passion for Budge. In this two-volume set, volume 1 in Syriac and volume 2 in English, Budge offers ...
This book is written by E.A. Wallis Budge, who was fanatically interested in Ancient languages. Fatherless and leaving school at 12 he worked as a clerk for W.H. Smith and studied Hebrew and Syriac in his spare time. He became interested in learning the ancient Assyrian language, so spent his spare time in the British Museum where he was allowed to study cuneiformtablets in the office. He often walked to St Pauls Cathedral to study during his lunch break and when the organist noticed his passion for Assyrian he contacted Budges employer, the Conservative Member of Parliament W.H. Smith, as...
This book is written by E.A. Wallis Budge, who was fanatically interested in Ancient languages. Fatherless and leaving school at 12 he worked as a cle...