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Full Series Catalog TABLE of CONTENTS 2020 FULL SERIES CATALOG TABLE OF CONTENTS DISCONTINUED SERIES Digital Technologies and the Ancient World.......................4 Gorgias Studies in Religion....................................................4 Gorgias Near Eastern Studies................................................4 Munaqashat...............................................................................5 Gorgias Studies in Classics......................................................4 Orientalia Judaica Christiana..................................................5 Gorgias Studies in Judaism.....................................................4 Perspective on Syriac Linguistics...........................................5 Gorgias Studies in Language and Linguistics......................4 Scrinium.....................................................................................5 Gorgias Studies in the Modern Middle East.......................4 SERIES The Antioch Bible (Surath Kthob)........................................6 Islamic History and Thought...............................................16 The Armenian Church Synaxarion........................................7 Judaism in Context................................................................16 The Biblical and Apocryphal Christian Arabic Texts.........7 Kiraz Historic Travels Archive............................................17 Biblical Intersections................................................................7 The Modern Muslim World.................................................18 Gorgias Biblical Studies...........................................................8 Opera Minora.........................................................................18 Gorgias Chronicles of Late Antiquity...................................8 Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac...............................................18 Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies........................................9 Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts.......19 Gorgias Handbooks...............................................................11 Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages.........20 Gorgias Islamic Studies..........................................................12 Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought.........20 Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies..............................................13 Perspectives on Society and Culture...................................21 Gorgias Ottoman Travelers..................................................13 Pro Oriente: Studies in Syriac Tradition...............................21 Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East.........................13 Regenerating Practices in Archaeology and Heritage.......21 Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity................14 Sebastianyotho......................................................................21 Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics..........14 Texts and Studies...................................................................22 Gorgias Ugaritic Studies.......................................................15 Texts from Christian Late Antiquity...................................22 JOURNALS The American Journal of Ancient History.......................................................................................................................................25 The American Journal of Ancient History: New Series.................................................................................................................25 Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies......................................................................................................................................................25 Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies..........................................................................................................................26 Journal of Language Relationship......................................................................................................................................................26 Melilah: Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies................................................................................................................................26 Mother Tongue: Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory..............................................................27 SALES INFORMATION CONTACT Gorgias Press 954 River Road Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA Tel: +1 732-885-8900 Fax: +1 732-885-8908 [email protected] MANUSCRIPT PROPOSALS If you have a proposal for a manuscript that fits into our academic line, we invite you to email our acquisitions department at [email protected]. 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Credit is given for books received in resalable condition within 30 days of purchase minus the shipping charges. Returns sent without prior permission will not receive credit, nor will they be shipped back. No returns will be accepted after 30 days. Central Sanctuary and Centralization of Worship in Ancient Israel: From the Settlement to the Building of Solomon’s Temple By Pekka Pitkänen 978-1-4632-0368-9, $127.00 Digital Technologies and the Ancient World explores Gorgias Studies in Language and Linguistics publish- the intersection between the study of earlier so- The Phoenician Solar Theology: An es monographs from younger scholars whose cieties, literature and computer technology with- Investigation into the Phoenician Opinion dissertations have made important contribu- in the broader context of digital humanities. Vol- of the Sun found in Julian’s Hymn to King tions to the field of language and linguistics. umes include edited collections and monographs Helios on the application of computer technology, By Joseph Azize Introduction to the Grammar of Hebrew 978-1-4632-0269-9, $112.00 such as databases, complex systems, 3D model- Poetry in Byzantine Palestine ling, textual analysis systems, spatial models, and Aspects of Ancient Near Eastern By Michael Rand other digital technologies enriching the study Chronology (c. 1600–700 BC) 1-59333-348-X, Hb, $221.00 of earlier societies and their material culture. By Pierce Furlong 978-1-4632-0402-0, Pb, $165.00 978-1-60724-127-0, $154.00 Qumran through (Real) Time: A Virtual Reconstruction of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls By Robert Cargill DISCONTINUED SERIES 978-1-60724-058-7, $171.00 Information Technology and Egyptology This series publishes monographs on the his- in 2008: Proceedings of the meeting of This series publishes monographs on the liter- tory and literature of the modern Middle East. the Computer Working Group of the ature, history, philosophy, societies and cultures International Association of Egyptologists of the ancient Greek- and Latin-speaking worlds. (Informatique et Egyptologie), Vienna, Self and Other: The Short Fiction of Yusuf 8–11 July 2008 al-Sharuni By Kate Daniels Edited by Nigel Strudwick “Epistolarity” in the First Book of 978-1-4632-0409-9, $157.00 978-1-60724-068-6, $140.00 Horace’s Epistles By Anna de Pretis Holy Bits: A Guide for Using Computers in 978-1-4632-0393-1, $90.00 Biblical Scholarship By Thomas Naef Negotiating Island Identities: The Active 978-1-60724-327-4, $130.00 Use of Pottery in the Middle and Late Bronze Age Cyclades Changing the Center of Gravity: By Ina Berg Transforming Classical Studies Through 978-1-4632-0392-4, $90.00 Cyberinfrastructure This series publishes monographs on all aspects Edited by Melissa Terras and Gregory Crane of religion in both the ancient and modern worlds. 978-1-60724-881-1, $202.00 Computer Assisted Research on the Bible Ritual Dynamic Structure By Roy Gane in the 21st Century 1-59333-229-7, Hb, $123.00 Edited by Luis Vegas Montaner, Guadalupe Seijas de 978-1-4632-0400-6, Pb, $131.00 los Ríos-Zarzosa and Javier del Barco 978-1-60724-930-6, $145.00 This series publishes monographs on Jewish lit- The Justification of Religious Faith in The Deserted Medieval Village of Cottam erature, history, theology, mysticism and philos- Soren Kierkegaard, John Henry Newman, and the Settlement Matrix Model ophy, from Late Antiquity to the modern period. and William James By William Fitts By Paul Sands 978-1-61143-964-9, $164.00 1-59333-126-6, Hb, $123.00 Midrash and Legend: Historical Anecdotes 978-1-4632-0401-3, Pb, $104.00 in the Tannaitic Midrashim By Joshua Moss American Orthodoxy and Parish 1-59333-127-4, Hb, $196.00 Congregationalism 978-1-4632-0396-2, Pb, $144.00 By Nicholas Ferencz 1-59333-195-9, $146.00 Man and the Theogony in the Lurianic Cabala Adrian Fortescue and the Eastern Christian By Daphne Freedman Churches Gorgias Near Eastern Studies publishes monographs 1-59333-200-9,
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