Sebastian P Brock

Biographic Data

ID541148
NAMESebastian P Brock
GIVEN NAMESSebastian P
FAMILY NAMEBrock
SIGNATUREBROCK S P
AFFILIATIONSOriental Institute, Oxford
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS67
TOTAL CITATIONS69
AUTHOR COUNT64
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • The Christology of the Church of the East

    Open AccessSebastian P BrockARTICLEReligions2024References: 3

    After setting out the background of the early history of the Church of the East, this contribution focuses on the Syriac sources of the fifth to seventh centuries which are witnesses to the development of the 'two-nature' Christology of the Church of the East, situated outside the Roman Empire during this formative period. Special attention is paid to the ambiguous term qnoma, which is used to render hypostasis in the Chalcedonian Definition, but…

  • Biblical Exegesis in the Syriac Churches

    Sebastian P BrockCHAPTEROxford Handbook of the Bible in…2022

    This chapter surveys the Syriac biblical texts available to Syriac authors and readers, drawing attention to certain basic assumptions. Then the exegetical approaches of each of three main literary genres, commentaries, homilies, and poetry and liturgy, are set out. In the section on liturgy and poetry, particular attention is paid to the following topics: Ephrem’s understanding of the role of symbols, certain titles of biblical origin given to C…

  • Bibliographies: Recent Publications on Syriac Topics: 2020

    Open AccessSergey Minov, Grigory Kessel et al.ARTICLEHugoye Journal of Syriac Studies2021

  • The Chronological Development of Adjectives in –aya up to 725

    Open AccessSebastian P Brock, Sebastian BrockARTICLEHugoye Journal of Syriac Studies2021

    Whereas early Syriac writers make only a restricted use of adjectives in -aya, in seventh-century authors large numbers are to be found. The present contribution aims to chart this development by providing an alphabetical listing of these forms and their attestation both in Syriac authors and in translations from Greek

  • The Bible in the Syriac Tradition (Third Edition)

    Sebastian P Brock, Sebastian BrockBOOKBible in the Syriac Tradition…2021

    The first edition of Sebastian Brock's The Bible in the Syriac Tradition. S.P. Brock, The Bible in the Syriac Tradition. SEERI Correspondence Course on Syrian Christian Heritage 1. Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1988

  • Clavis to the Metrical Homilies of Narsai

    Aaron Michael Butts, Brock S Brock S et al.BOOKClavis to the Metrical Homilies…2021

    Narsai (died approximately 500) is a foundational East Syriac theologian and exegete and among the most important and influential Syriac authors more broadly. The present volume serves as a clavis to the more than eighty metrical homilies (memre) attributed to him. The first part consists of the clavis itself: It is organized by homily providing for each a number, a short title, the incipit, the manuscript attestation, previous editions and trans…

  • Singer of the Word of God: Ephrem the Syrian and His Significance in Late Antiquity

    Sebastian P BrockBOOKSinger of the Word of God2020

    "As the first volume of the Sebastianyotho series, this book collects Sebastian P. Brock's articles related to Ephrem the Syrian"

  • Bibliographies

    Open AccessSebastian P Brock, Grigory Kessel et al.ARTICLEHugoye Journal of Syriac Studies2020References: 10

  • Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet & Muriel Debié, Le monde syriaque. Sur les routes d’un christianisme ignoré

    Sebastian P Brock, Sebastian BrockARTICLESyria2019

    At a time when a considerable amount of the material heritage of the Middle Eastern Churches of Syriac tradition has been, and is still being, destroyed in the turmoil of current strife in Syria and Iraq, this is a most opportune book, for it provides an excellent overview of the Syriac Christian tradition, generously accompanied by helpful maps and well-chosen illustrations (mostly inset with the text) at least some of which are of artefacts now…

  • Diccionario Gorgias Siriaco-Español

    Sebastian P Brock, George Kiraz et al.BOOKDiccionario Gorgias Siriaco-Español2016

    El Diccionario Gorgias Siriaco-Español, basado en el Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary de Brock y Kiraz, ha sido concebido como un recurso académico, concebido tanto para el siriaco clásico como para el siriaco literario moderno. A Concise Syriac-Spanish Dictionary. Based on Brock and Kiraz's 2015 Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, it is designed to be a convenient academic resource for Classical Sy…

  • Animals and Humans: Some Perspectives from an Eastern Christian Tradition

    Sebastian P BrockARTICLEJournal of Animal Ethics2016

    The article looks at the relationship of human beings to animals as seen from the Syriac Christian tradition. In the absence of any detailed discussion of the topic among Syriac authors, the focus of attention is on the general approach of two influential writers, the poet-theologian Ephrem (died AD 373) and the monastic author Isaac the Syrian (7th century), as illustrated above all by their interpretation of the two parts of Gen. 1:26 and the r…

  • A half century of Syriac studies

    Open AccessSebastian P Brock, Sebastian BrockARTICLEByzantine and Modern Greek Studies2016References: 3

    In 1964, when Anthony Bryer and I both started teaching at Birmingham University, Syriac studies were generally considered to be little more than an appendage to Biblical Studies, and any idea of a journal or a conference specifically focused on them was unthinkable. Fifty years later the situation has changed dramatically for the better, although the number of universities (at least in Britain) where Syriac is taught has lamentably decreased

  • Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary

    Sebastian P Brock, George KirazBOOKGorgias Concise Syriac-English,…2015

    As the first two-way Syriac-English/English-Syriac dictionary, the Concise Dictionary is both a convenient academic resource and a door into the world of Modern Literary Syriac. With 13,000 entries drawn from the major existing works, the Syriac-English section is a practical tool for all but the most specialized Classical Syriac texts, while the English-Syriac entries open up new opportunities for scholars to compose their own texts and to parti…

  • The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the Seventh Century

    Mario Kozah, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn et al.BOOKThe Syriac Writers of Qatar in…2014

  • Two Early Lives of Severos, Patriarch of Antioch

    Sebastian P Brock, Sebastian Brock et al.BOOKTwo Early Lives of Severos,…2013

    Severos, patriarch of Antioch, was one of the most important ecclesiastical figures of the first half of the sixth century, a time when the reception, or not, of the Council of Chalcedon (451) was still a matter of much dispute. As an opponent of the Council, Severos had to flee from his patriarchal see to Egypt in 518 when Justin came to the throne and imperial policy changed. Summoned by Justinian to Constantinople in 536, he won over Anthimos,…

  • The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor: Church and War in Late Antiquity

    Robert R Phenix, Cornelia B Horn et al.BOOKChronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah…2011

    The Chronicle attributed to Zachariah of Mytilene is one of the most important sources for the history of the church from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 to the early years of the reign of Justinian (527-565). The author who compiled the work in Syriac in A.D. 568/9 drew extensively on the Ecclesiastical History of Zachariah the Rhetor, who later became bishop of Mytilene and ended up giving his name to the whole work. But Zachariah’s Ecclesiasti…

  • A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature

    Sebastian P BrockBOOKBrief Outline of Syriac Literature2011

    Sebastian Brock provides an overview of Syriac literature from the second to the twenty-first century. Brock divides this overview into six historical periods, surveys the important authors and writings of each period, and provides excerpts from some important writings

  • Bride of Light: Hymns on Mary from the Syriac Churches

    Sebastian P BrockBOOKBride of Light2010

    Syriac is particularly rich in poetry on Mary. Not only is some of this of great tenderness and beauty, but much is also highly imaginative. The present selection of translations includes lyric poems (several by St Ephrem), five lively dialogues, and a longer narrative poem on Mary and Joseph

  • Two millennia of Christianity in Iraq

    Sebastian P BrockARTICLEIslam and Christian–Muslim…2010

    Christianity in Iraq goes back to the very early centuries of Christianity; by the second quarter of the fourth century, the date of the earliest surviving major Syriac author writing in this area, it was clearly already a widespread and firmly established presence. Throughout the ensuing centuries and right up to the present time, it has continually played an important part in the wider society of the region. The present article focuses on certa…

  • A Further Funerary Mosaic Inscription from Osrhoene

    Sebastian P Brock, Sebastian BrockARTICLEARAM Periodical2007Cited by: 1

  • The Bible in the Syriac Tradition (English Version)

    Sebastian P BrockBOOKBible in the Syriac Tradition…2006

    This is a basic introduction to the various Syriac translations of the Bible and the ways in which they were used in the Syriac tradition. After an initial discussion of the general problems of biblical translation, the different surviving Syriac translations are outlined, as well as biblical manuscripts, lectionaires, printed editions, and translations. A reception history of the Syriac Bible covers the ways in which it has been interpreted, the…

  • Mary as a „Letter”, and Some Other Letter Imagery in Syriac Liturgical Texts

    Open AccessSebastian P Brock, Sebastian BrockARTICLEVox Patrum2006

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  • Two Letters of the Patriarch Timothy from the Late Eighth Century on Translations from Greek

    Open AccessSebastian P BrockARTICLEArabic Sciences and Philosophy1999

    Among the extensive correspondence of Timothy I, Catholicos of the Church of the East, are two letters which refer to his collobaration in a translation of Aristotle's Topics into Syriac and Arabic, commissioned by the Caliph al-Mahdī. An annotated English translation of both letters is provided

  • From Ephrem to Romanos: Interactions between Syriac and Greek in Late Antiquity

    Sebastian P BrockBOOKFrom Ephrem to Romanos1999

    Contents: Greek and Syriac in Late Antique Syria Eusebius and Syriac Christianity Syriac background to the world of Theodore of Tarsus From Ephrem to Romanos Ephrema (TM)s verse homily on Jonah and the repentance of Nineveh: notes on the textual tradition Two Syriac verse homilies on the binding of Isaac Syriac dispute poems: the various types A dispute of the Months and some related Syriac texts Tales of two beloved brothers: Syriac dialogues be…

  • A Palestinian Targum Feature in Syriac

    Sebastian P BrockARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies1995

    Un des traits familiers des Targumim consiste a utiliser differents mecanismes pour decrire la relation directe de Dieu avec l'humanite dans la Bible. Il s'agit bien sur de faire ressortir la transcendance de Dieu. Dans la tradition Targum palestinienne, Dieu n'est pas revele a quelqu'un, mais il s'impose a lui. Les ecrivains syriaques emploient des elements de la tradition juive qui n'ont rien a voir avec la Bible. Au meme moment, on sait que le…