Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Editorial 7
4. A Biblical Celebration of the Divine Dispensation, of God's Economy of Salvation 9
5. The Syriac sources relating to the persecution of the Christians of Najran in South Arabia 41
6. Syriac Liturgical Poetry - A Resource for Today 53
7. Some Comments on the Prayer of Consecration of Icons in the Syriac Tradition 67
8. Fire Mingled with Spirit: St. Ephrem's Views on Angels and the Angelic Life of Christians 95
9. Das Indienbild in der Syrischen Thomasliteratur— The three poems of Jacob of Sarug about the Apostel Thomas in India 105
10. Alison Salvesen: The Purpose of Jacob of Edessa's Version of Samuel 117
11. Enslavement in Syriac Literature Comparative Chronology with Bar Hebraeus 127
12. The Prophetical Testimonies about Christ: An unedited typological exegesis in Syriac 133
13. The Last Things; Shubhalmaran and his Times 139
14. The Book of Treasures 151
15. Experience of Pneumatological Eschatology in Ephrem 161
16. The Apology of Timothy, the Patriarch, before Caliph Mahdi The Christian-Muslim Dialogue yesterday and today 167
17. Cross and Crucifix in the Syrian Tradition 177
18. The Dimensions of Love According to Jacob of Sarug 185
19. The Pneumatological Vision of Mar Narsai 195
20. Addai Shir 1867-1915 209
21. Peter of Callinicus and Damian of Alexandria 221
22. Mysticism in Syrian Tradition 229
23. Luther Pera's Contribution to the Restoration of the Church of the East in Urmia 251
24. Timothy and his Dialogue with Muslims 263
25. Introduction to the Life of Mar Bishoi (siglum MB) 277
26. Narsai's Christology According to His Homily " O n the Word Became Flesh" 289
27. The Historicity of Apostle Thomas Evangelization in Kerala 305
28. The Syriac Language and Heritage in the Life of the Churches of the Syrian Christians of St. Thomas 329
29. World Syriac Conference 339
30. Christ and Christians: An Ecclesiological Theme in Ephrem 345
31. Mar Oudhisho Metropolitan of Suwa (Died in 1318) and his Literary Works 355
32. Indian Christianity in Greek Orthodox Hymnography 365
33. Crosses with Epigraphs in Mediaeval Central and East Asian Christianity 375
34. Rite for the Dedication of the Church in the West Syrian Tradition 383
35. Les Chretiens De St.Thomas Et "Le Pretre Jean" après quelques travaux recents 393
36. Der Apostel Thomas in China. Die Herkunft einer Tradition 397
37. Gondopharnes 431
38. Documentation 451
39. Book Reviews 466
40. SEERI Chronicle 1995-1996 484