Tag: Jerome A Lund

  • Syriac at Revelation 16:5

    In 2014, Gorgias Press published, “The Syriac Bible with English Translation: Revelation,” with the English translation by Jerome A. Lund, and the text prepared by George A. Kiraz.  The translations of 11:17 (reflecting the non-insertion of “the coming one”), 15:4 (for a comparison translation of hosios) and 16:5 are of particular interest. At 11:17 (p.…

  • Theophilos of Landra | Theophile of Landra | Theofil of Landra or of Libado (aka Theoteknos of Livias?) on the Assumption of Mary

    Some thoughts and comparison between the Arabic homily attributed to “Theophilos of Landra,” seemingly a Coptic author, and the Greek homily attributed to “Theoteknos of Livias.” Title/Citation:  HOMILY FOR THE 16TH OF MESORÉ, THEOPHILOS OF LANDRA Ms. Vatican Arabic 698; ff 41v-48v. For the contents of the manuscript (which also includes two other assumption-related works),…