announcing new series conflict trade conflict and trade issn 1941-6199 provides in-depth examinations of issues related to the social economic and cultural framework and interaction of the conduct of trade in conflict situations worldwide but with particular focus on the middle east north africa and the mediterranean this region while not exclusively has been historically the scene of a struggle to derive the economic gain from trade while negotiating a sense of identity in a rapidly changing world in the face of empires and nation states willingness to use violence and military might to secure trade with their colonies and intellectual incursions to assure cultural vulnerability among their colonies citizens the resulting relationships of trade and conflict that developed in this confluence of cultures continues to have a profound effect on the history of much of the world books in the series address the issues and negotiations arising from the desire for increased profit market shar
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8 jacob of sarug s homily on the judgment of solomon metrical homilies of mar jacob of sarug fascicle 4 new from gorgias press jacob of sarug s homily on the transfiguration of our lord metrical homilies of mar jacob of sarug fascicle 8 stephen a kaufman recognized as a saint by both chalcedonian and nonchalcedonian christians alike jacob of sarug d 521 produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into english of his reported 760 metrical homilies only about half survive this volume contains his homily on the judgment of solomon the syriac text is fully vocalized and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical references the volume is one of the fascicles of gorgias press s complete homilies of saint jacob of sarug which when complete will contain all of jacob s surviving sermons 978-1-59333-972-2 pb $38 texts from christian late antiquity 17 thomas kollamparampil recognized as a saint by both chalcedonian and nonchalcedonian christians alike jacob of
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back in print ancient near east palestine under the moslems a description of syria and the holy land arabic from his period with the academic rigor of the universities of göttingen königsberg paris and bonn freytag created a legacy that has never lost its place among the historic attempts to bring arabic learning to the western world 978-1-59333-507-6 hb $582 gorgias historical dictionaries 2 guy le strange while not specifically a travelogue le strange s palestine under the moslems serves as a detailed description of the holy land and syria from the seventh to the sixteenth centuries c.e with a geographer s eye toward detail le strange describes such characteristics as the physical features and climate of the land how lands were divided significant bodies of water and mountains dwelling on jerusalem for three chapters he provides meticulous yet readable descriptions of the main sites the focus then migrates to damascus where details are also provided for both cities he provides tradit
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