Lucas Van Rompay-Recent Publications

Recent Publications:

Entries forthcoming in the "Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage"

"Bardaisan and Mani in Philoxenus of Mabbog's Memre against Habbib," in W.J. van Bekkum, J.W. Drijvers, A.C. Klugkist (eds.), Syriac Polemics. Studies in Honour of Gerrit Jan Reinink (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 170; Louvain, 2007), 77-90.

"Obituary T. Jansma (1919-2007)," Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 10/2 (Summer 2007).

"Syriac Studies: The Challenges of the Coming Decade," Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 10/1 (January 2007).

"Oh that I had Wings like a Dove! Some Remarks on Exclamatory Clauses in Syriac," in T. Bar and E. Cohen (eds.), Studies in Semitic and General Linguistics in Honor of Gideon Goldenberg (Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 334; Münster, 2007), p. 91-105.

"The Maronites," in Geoffrey Wainwright and Karen B. Westerfield Tucker (eds.), The Oxford History of Christian Worship (Oxford, 2006), p. 170-174.

"An Ascetic Reading of the Book of Job. Fragments from a Syriac Commentary Attributed to John the Solitary (Ms. London, British Library, Add. 18814, f. 91r-95r)," Le Muséon 119 (2006), p. 1-24. Online.

"No Evil Word about Her. The Two Syriac Versions of the Book of Judith," in W.Th. van Peursen and R.B. ter Haar Romeny (eds.), Text, Translation, and Tradition. Studies on the Pershitta and its Use in the Syriac Tradition Presented to Konrad D. Jenner on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday (Monographs of the Peshitta Institure Leiden, 14; Leiden, 2006), p. 205-230.

"Les versions syriaques," in F. Petit, Sévère d'Antioche. Fragments grecs tirés des chaînes sur les derniers livres de l'Octateuque et sur les Règnes (Traditio Exegetica Graeca 14, Louvain, 2006), p. 213-314.

"Between the School and the Monk's Cell: The Syriac Old Testament Commentary Tradition," in B. ter Haar Romeny (ed.), The Peshitta: Its Use in Literature and Liturgy. Papers Read at the Third Peshitta Symposium (Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Leiden, 15; Leiden, 2006), 27-51.

S. Brock & L. Van Rompay, "The Syriac Manuscripts of Deir al-Surian: Some First Impressions," Newsletter of The Levantine Foundation 1 (September, 2006), p. 3-4.

"Michael the Syrian, History of the Frer, Frankish Brothers," in Annabel J. Wharton, Selling Jerusalem. Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks (Chicago and London, 2006), p. 94-96.

Book review in Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 8/2 (July 2005).

Book review in Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 8/1 (January 2005).

"Obituary J.P.M. van der Ploeg O.P. (1909-2004)," Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 8/1 (January 2005).

"Society and Community in the Christian East," in Michael Maas (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian (Cambridge etc., 2005), p. 239-266 + maps 2 and 8, pl. II and pl. v-ix.

A lecture on "Early Syriac Christianity: Syriac and Greek, Abgar and Constantine"
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, March 10, 2004).

“Mallpânâ dilan Suryâyâ. Ephrem in the Works of Philoxenus of Mabbog: Respect and Distance”, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 7/1 (January 2004)

“Obituary Michel Van Esbroeck (1934-2003)”, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 7/1 (January 2004)


	Recent Publications: Entries forthcoming in the "Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage" "Bardaisan and Mani in Philoxenus of Mabbog's Memre against Habbib," in W.J. van Bekkum, J.W. Drijvers, A.C. Klugkist (eds.), Syriac Polemics. Studies in Honour of Gerrit Jan Reinink (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 170; Louvain, 2007), 77-90. "Obituary T. Jansma (1919-2007)," Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 10/2 (Summer 2007). "Syriac Studies: The Challenges of the Coming Decade," Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 10/1 (January 2007). "Oh that I had Wings like a Dove! Some Remarks on Exclamatory Clauses in Syriac," in T. Bar and E. Cohen (eds.), Studies in Semitic and General Linguistics in Honor of Gideon Goldenberg (Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 334; Münster, 2007), p. 91-105. "The Maronites," in Geoffrey Wainwright and Karen B. Westerfield Tucker (eds.), The Oxford History of Christian Worship (Oxford, 2006), p. 170-174. "An Ascetic Reading of the Book of Job. Fragments from a Syriac Commentary Attributed to John the Solitary (Ms. London, British Library, Add. 18814, f. 91r-95r)," Le Muséon 119 (2006), p. 1-24. Online. "No Evil Word about Her. The Two Syriac Versions of the Book of Judith," in W.Th. van Peursen and R.B. ter Haar Romeny (eds.), Text, Translation, and Tradition. Studies on the Pershitta and its Use in the Syriac Tradition Presented to Konrad D. Jenner on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday (Monographs of the Peshitta Institure Leiden, 14; Leiden, 2006), p. 205-230. "Les versions syriaques," in F. Petit, Sévère d'Antioche. Fragments grecs tirés des chaînes sur les derniers livres de l'Octateuque et sur les Règnes (Traditio Exegetica Graeca 14, Louvain, 2006), p. 213-314. "Between the School and the Monk's Cell: The Syriac Old Testament Commentary Tradition," in B. ter Haar Romeny (ed.), The Peshitta: Its Use in Literature and Liturgy. Papers Read at the Third Peshitta Symposium (Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Leiden, 15; Leiden, 2006), 27-51. S. Brock & L. Van Rompay, "The Syriac Manuscripts of Deir al-Surian: Some First Impressions," Newsletter of The Levantine Foundation 1 (September, 2006), p. 3-4. "Michael the Syrian, History of the Frer, Frankish Brothers," in Annabel J. Wharton, Selling Jerusalem. Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks (Chicago and London, 2006), p. 94-96. Book review in Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 8/2 (July 2005). Book review in Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 8/1 (January 2005). "Obituary J.P.M. van der Ploeg O.P. (1909-2004)," Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 8/1 (January 2005). "Society and Community in the Christian East," in Michael Maas (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian (Cambridge etc., 2005), p. 239-266 + maps 2 and 8, pl. II and pl. v-ix. A lecture on "Early Syriac Christianity: Syriac and Greek, Abgar and Constantine" Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, March 10, 2004). “Mallpânâ dilan Suryâyâ. Ephrem in the Works of Philoxenus of Mabbog: Respect and Distance”, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 7/1 (January 2004) “Obituary Michel Van Esbroeck (1934-2003)”, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 7/1 (January 2004)