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Books by Daniel King
This volume offers papers that emerged from the meeting of the International Syriac Language Proj... more This volume offers papers that emerged from the meeting of the International Syriac Language Project (ISLP) which took place at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, in September 2016, and at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in August 2017. The ISLP invites research not only into Syriac, but extends its range to all ancient language lexicography. Hence its proceedings enrich the whole field of Syriac, Hebrew, and Greek lexicography. The ISLP especially encourages research into the interfaces between these languages, and hence the current volume contains a number of papers on translation equivalence: Hebrew-Greek, Hebrew-Syriac, and Greek-Syriac. Other philologically focused pieces explore matters relating to textual and manuscript traditions. All of these are preceded in the present volume by an extensive review of the production and achievements of the ISLP to date.
For New Testament biblical scholars, this book constitutes a vital summary of contemporary, theor... more For New Testament biblical scholars, this book constitutes a vital summary of contemporary, theoretically-sound interpretations of the linguistic functions of the Post-Classical (Koine) Greek article in a way that will inform exegesis of the text, especially in the field of larger discourse units.
https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/81838
A Companion volume to the study of the Syriac language, people and culture
This is a prepub version of the volume now published in the PLAL series There is a general int... more This is a prepub version of the volume now published in the PLAL series
There is a general introduction, summary of the book's chapters, and bibliography; then follows the whole of Merx's monograph translated from Latin to English. There are endnotes for each chapter which bring the reader somewhat up to date on research done since Merx's day. At the end Merx included critical editions of 4 key texts. These are nowhere else available. I have put them into a neat PDF format instead of having to read them in Merx's handwriting as in the original. I hope this makes them more user-friendly.
This is the edited text itself. Only for those bonkers enough to want to read Aristotelian logic ... more This is the edited text itself. Only for those bonkers enough to want to read Aristotelian logic in bad Syriac...
Part of the Antioch Bible project, Gorgias Press
This is a volume in the Catholic University of America Press's Father of the Church Series, conta... more This is a volume in the Catholic University of America Press's Father of the Church Series, containing three previously untranslated works by Cyril: On Orthodoxy, Against the Oriental Bishops, and Against Theodoret
Papers by Daniel King
‘Education in the Syriac World of Late Antiquity,’ in P. Gemeinhardt, L. Van Hoof, and P. Van Nuf... more ‘Education in the Syriac World of Late Antiquity,’ in P. Gemeinhardt, L. Van Hoof, and P. Van Nuffelen, eds., Education and Religion in Late Antique Christianity: Reflections, Social Contacts, and Genres. Routledge, 2016, pp.171-186
The Categories – ever since Andronicus of Rhodes in the first century before Christ, and more esp... more The Categories – ever since Andronicus of Rhodes in the first century before Christ, and more especially after the rise of the Neoplatonic schools of Late Antiquity, the first and most fundamental of the works of the First Teacher, the Greek philosopher Aristotle. This is where it all began for the student setting out upon his career in higher education at one of the philosophical schools in Athens or Alexandria. Before moving on to study physics, ethics or even the heights of platonic theology, the student must begin with the (relatively) mundane task of reading through and assimilating the Organon, or Instrument, that set of books which would equip him (or even, perhaps occasionally, her) with the tools of logic required for those more demanding later stages of the course.
The present article explores the motives behind the so-called ‘appropriation’ of Aristotelian log... more The present article explores the motives behind the so-called ‘appropriation’ of Aristotelian logic by the Syriac-speaking community in the Near East from the sixth to the ninth centuries. While it is often assumed that the Syrians adopted Greek logic for religious, and polemical, ends, we aim to show rather that the underlying reasons given for the study of logic and its propagation through educational institutions were much the same among Syriac as they were for Greek practitioners of philosophy in Late Antiquity. There was a marked continuity between the late ancient Greek centres of learning and the Syriac monasteries. Syriac theologians rarely, if ever, sought to use Aristotle as a crutch in sectarian religious debates. There are implications for our understanding of how and why the Arabic renaissance in logic came about
![Research paper thumbnail of Why were the Syrians interested in Greek philosophy? [PRE-PUB VERSION]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/40354402/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The first in a pair of papers exploring the reasons why the Syrians studied and taught Greek phil... more The first in a pair of papers exploring the reasons why the Syrians studied and taught Greek philosophy. The idea that philosophy was merely the handmaiden of theological disputation and schism is superseded by a more evidence-based understanding of the true motives of the Syriac philosophers.
This paper is an extended review and reflection upon Lloyd Gerson's 'Cambridge History of Philoso... more This paper is an extended review and reflection upon Lloyd Gerson's 'Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity'. It explores more holistic and socially-defined notions of philosophy.
![Research paper thumbnail of Continuities and Discontinuities in the History of Syriac Philosophy [PRE-PUB VERSION]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/50882988/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](An overview of the history of the study of Syriac Philosophy and especially the advances made in ... more An overview of the history of the study of Syriac Philosophy and especially the advances made in the last 30 yrs
Explores the conceptual interactions between the fields of grammar and logic among the Syrians in... more Explores the conceptual interactions between the fields of grammar and logic among the Syrians in late antiquity. How the two fields were confused or distinguished and how the one influenced developments in the other. Also some conclusions for the origins of the Arabic grammatical tradition are drawn.
A Paper that looks at a single manuscript and its collection of (sometimes well known) texts, arg... more A Paper that looks at a single manuscript and its collection of (sometimes well known) texts, arguing that as a unit they provide evidence of an intriguing strand of thought present in late antique Syriac intellectual circles
This volume offers papers that emerged from the meeting of the International Syriac Language Proj... more This volume offers papers that emerged from the meeting of the International Syriac Language Project (ISLP) which took place at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, in September 2016, and at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in August 2017. The ISLP invites research not only into Syriac, but extends its range to all ancient language lexicography. Hence its proceedings enrich the whole field of Syriac, Hebrew, and Greek lexicography. The ISLP especially encourages research into the interfaces between these languages, and hence the current volume contains a number of papers on translation equivalence: Hebrew-Greek, Hebrew-Syriac, and Greek-Syriac. Other philologically focused pieces explore matters relating to textual and manuscript traditions. All of these are preceded in the present volume by an extensive review of the production and achievements of the ISLP to date.
For New Testament biblical scholars, this book constitutes a vital summary of contemporary, theor... more For New Testament biblical scholars, this book constitutes a vital summary of contemporary, theoretically-sound interpretations of the linguistic functions of the Post-Classical (Koine) Greek article in a way that will inform exegesis of the text, especially in the field of larger discourse units.
https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/81838
A Companion volume to the study of the Syriac language, people and culture
This is a prepub version of the volume now published in the PLAL series There is a general int... more This is a prepub version of the volume now published in the PLAL series
There is a general introduction, summary of the book's chapters, and bibliography; then follows the whole of Merx's monograph translated from Latin to English. There are endnotes for each chapter which bring the reader somewhat up to date on research done since Merx's day. At the end Merx included critical editions of 4 key texts. These are nowhere else available. I have put them into a neat PDF format instead of having to read them in Merx's handwriting as in the original. I hope this makes them more user-friendly.
This is the edited text itself. Only for those bonkers enough to want to read Aristotelian logic ... more This is the edited text itself. Only for those bonkers enough to want to read Aristotelian logic in bad Syriac...
Part of the Antioch Bible project, Gorgias Press
This is a volume in the Catholic University of America Press's Father of the Church Series, conta... more This is a volume in the Catholic University of America Press's Father of the Church Series, containing three previously untranslated works by Cyril: On Orthodoxy, Against the Oriental Bishops, and Against Theodoret
‘Education in the Syriac World of Late Antiquity,’ in P. Gemeinhardt, L. Van Hoof, and P. Van Nuf... more ‘Education in the Syriac World of Late Antiquity,’ in P. Gemeinhardt, L. Van Hoof, and P. Van Nuffelen, eds., Education and Religion in Late Antique Christianity: Reflections, Social Contacts, and Genres. Routledge, 2016, pp.171-186
The Categories – ever since Andronicus of Rhodes in the first century before Christ, and more esp... more The Categories – ever since Andronicus of Rhodes in the first century before Christ, and more especially after the rise of the Neoplatonic schools of Late Antiquity, the first and most fundamental of the works of the First Teacher, the Greek philosopher Aristotle. This is where it all began for the student setting out upon his career in higher education at one of the philosophical schools in Athens or Alexandria. Before moving on to study physics, ethics or even the heights of platonic theology, the student must begin with the (relatively) mundane task of reading through and assimilating the Organon, or Instrument, that set of books which would equip him (or even, perhaps occasionally, her) with the tools of logic required for those more demanding later stages of the course.
The present article explores the motives behind the so-called ‘appropriation’ of Aristotelian log... more The present article explores the motives behind the so-called ‘appropriation’ of Aristotelian logic by the Syriac-speaking community in the Near East from the sixth to the ninth centuries. While it is often assumed that the Syrians adopted Greek logic for religious, and polemical, ends, we aim to show rather that the underlying reasons given for the study of logic and its propagation through educational institutions were much the same among Syriac as they were for Greek practitioners of philosophy in Late Antiquity. There was a marked continuity between the late ancient Greek centres of learning and the Syriac monasteries. Syriac theologians rarely, if ever, sought to use Aristotle as a crutch in sectarian religious debates. There are implications for our understanding of how and why the Arabic renaissance in logic came about
The first in a pair of papers exploring the reasons why the Syrians studied and taught Greek phil... more The first in a pair of papers exploring the reasons why the Syrians studied and taught Greek philosophy. The idea that philosophy was merely the handmaiden of theological disputation and schism is superseded by a more evidence-based understanding of the true motives of the Syriac philosophers.
This paper is an extended review and reflection upon Lloyd Gerson's 'Cambridge History of Philoso... more This paper is an extended review and reflection upon Lloyd Gerson's 'Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity'. It explores more holistic and socially-defined notions of philosophy.
An overview of the history of the study of Syriac Philosophy and especially the advances made in ... more An overview of the history of the study of Syriac Philosophy and especially the advances made in the last 30 yrs
Explores the conceptual interactions between the fields of grammar and logic among the Syrians in... more Explores the conceptual interactions between the fields of grammar and logic among the Syrians in late antiquity. How the two fields were confused or distinguished and how the one influenced developments in the other. Also some conclusions for the origins of the Arabic grammatical tradition are drawn.
A Paper that looks at a single manuscript and its collection of (sometimes well known) texts, arg... more A Paper that looks at a single manuscript and its collection of (sometimes well known) texts, arguing that as a unit they provide evidence of an intriguing strand of thought present in late antique Syriac intellectual circles
This paper offers an overview of the Syriac grammatical tradition and suggests some significant t... more This paper offers an overview of the Syriac grammatical tradition and suggests some significant themes shared with its Arabic counterpart
