Syriac Literature : : An English Translation of ‹i›La Littérature Syriaque‹/i› / / M. Rubens Duval.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Duval, M. Rubens,
• MitwirkendeR: Holmey, Olivier,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Foreword to the English Edition --; Part I: Syriac Literature And Its Different Genres --; I. The Origins of Syriac Literature --; II. General Features of Syriac Literature. Poetry --; III. The Ancient Versions of the Old and New Testaments --; IV. The Syro-Palestinian Version of the Old and New Testament --; V. The Later Versions of the Old and New Testament --; VI. The Syrian Masoretic Text --; VII. The Biblical Commentaries --; VIII. The Apocrypha Concerning the Old and New Testament --; IX. The Acts of the Martyrs and of the Saints --; X. The Apologetic Texts --; XI. Ecclesiastical Canons and Civil Law --; XII. The Historiographers --; XIII. Ascetic Literature --; XIV. Philosophy --; XV. The Sciences of the Syrians --; XVI. Grammar, Lexicography, Rhetoric and Poetic --; XVII. Syriac Translations --; Part II: Notes On The Syriac Authors --; I. Writers up to the 5th Century --; II. Writers up Until the 7th Century --; III. Writers under the Arabs --; Index of Names
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463234102; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463234102
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: M. Rubens Duval.

Despite having been written over a century ago, the 3rd edition of Rubens Duval's History of Syriac Literature remains one of the best - and most readable - introductions to Syriac literature. This edition provides the first English translation of the work, translated by Olivier Holmey.