"Preliminary versions of parts of the following book have been presented at conferences or lectures in Oxford, London, Paris and Geneva"--P. ix.

For a long time the Diatessaron has drawn the interest of modern scholars. Some of the problems related to the Syriac Harmony of the Gospels have been solved. O

Isaac of Nineveh's Ascetical Eschatology demonstrates that Isaac's eschatology is an original synthesis based on ideas garnered from a distinctively Syriac cult

The celebration of the liturgy is central to the life of faith and also for the self-understanding of the various churches in the East and West. An amazing conv

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