Šalmūtā Šapīrtā : : Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in honour of his contributions to Semitic Studies / / ed. by Erica C.D. Hunter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2023 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Brock, Sebastian P.,; Burke, Simon L. R.,; Colless, Brian E.,; Deschler, Jean-Paul,; Falla, Terry C.,; Gioia, Claudia,; Harrak, Amir,; Healey, John,; Hunter, Erica C.D.,; Kiraz, George A.,; Lieu, Samuel N.C.,; Mcconaughy, Daniel L.,; Nasoraia, Brikha H.S.,; Rompay, Lucas Van,; Tamcke, Martin,; Teule, Herman G.B.,; Thekemparabil, Jacob,; Thomas, David,; Van Rompaey, Sandra,; Winkler, Dietmar W.,; Young, Ian,
• HerausgeberIn: Hunter, Erica C.D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies ; 65
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (431 p.)

A collection of papers dedicated to Prof. Rifaat Ebied in recognition of his seminal contributions to Semitic Studies. The broad range of topics, covering Christian-Muslim relations, Biblical studies (Old and New Testament), Syriac, Mandaic and the Christians of Iraq reflects his input either by way of scholarly publications or by his supervision of doctoral students and opening of new fields.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- PUBLICATIONS OF RIFAAT Y. EBIED -- DO PICTURES FROM THE PAST REPEAT THEMSELVES? -- THE TEN HORNED RAM OF OLD GREEK DANIEL 8 -- A ʻGIFTʼ IN SYRIAC: A MOSAIC FROM OSRHOENE -- AL-QĀSIM IBN IBRĀHĪM AL-RASSĪ AND CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS IN THE NINTH CENTURY -- DISCOVERING ‘PARADISE’ AT TURFAN -- POST-CHALCEDONIAN CONFLICTS IN EGYPT: ON THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND ORTHODOXY OF TIMOTHY AELURUS (457–477 C.E.) -- THE CEREMONIAL CREATION OF THE BODY OF ADAM IN ALMA RIŠAIA RBA -- DANIEL OF ṢALAḤ’S INTRODUCTION TO THE PSALMS, CHAPTER 1–16: TIMELESS ESSENTIALS FOR STUDENTS OF THE PSALTER -- THE COLLECTIVE AUTHORSHIP OF THE PESHITTA NEW TESTAMENT -- EPHREM (ALLEGEDLY) ON HIMSELF: TWO SYRIAC POEMS -- EUKHITISM AND ANONYMITY IN THE ʻBOOK OF STEPSʼ -- MANA AND DUALISM IN THE MANDAEAN TRIPARTITE SYSTEM: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ESOTERIC TEXT, DIWANQADAHA- RBA-D-DMUTH-KUŠṬA -- AUFFASSUNG UND DARSTELLUNG DER TRINITÄT IN DER IKONOGRAPHIE -- PATRIARCHAL BONE RELICS IN THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX DAYR-AL-ZA’FARAN IN MARDIN (TURKEY) -- PETER OF KALLINIKOS AND THE SYRIAC LANGUAGE IN THE LATE SIXTH CENTURY. FIRST NOTES -- MARCO SPURIO?: MARCO POLO ON THE CHURCH OF THE EAST IN CHINA -- DANIEL OF MARDIN: THE MAN AND HIS WORK -- SYNODALITY IN THE CHURCH OF THE EAST -- GLOSSARY OF MANDAEAN TERMS -- NAMES OF MANDAEAN CELESTIAL AND DARKWORLD BEINGS -- CONTRIBUTORS