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Independent publisher of books and journals in history, languages, and religious studies, specifically Biblical Studies, Syriac and Eastern Christianity, Jewish Studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. "Publishing for the Sake of Knowledge" since 2001!

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"At a time when some publishers in humanities seem to be paying less attention to the efficiency and transparency of the publishing process, Gorgias are building something truly special." Olegs Andrejevs, Lecturer at Loyola University Chicago.
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05.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you know we offer 20% off #newreleases? Make the most of this saving while titles are hot off the press! www.gorgiaspress.com/new-releases #booksale

04.03.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯³πŸŽ‚February marks one year since we launched our eBook app. To celebrate, you can save $10 on your next eBook with coupon 1YEAROLD when you order before the end of the month. Find out more www.gorgiaspress.com/gorgias-eboo... #ebooksale #anniversarycelebration

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This work will undoubtedly be a helpful source for my studies, which focus on the socio-political and intellectual landscape of Medieval and Early Modern Anatolia and the Middle East.
Thank you for your kindness and generosity in sharing such essential scholarly works.
Best regards,
Kadir

23.02.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having access to this Syriac text alongside the English translation offers a valuable window into the Medieval Middle East from 1050 to 1195 ADβ€”a period of dynamic and shifting alliances and conflicts among the rising Turks, Arabs, Armenians, Byzantines, Crusaders, and Ayyubids...

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Wonderful email from a young scholar...

Dear Gorgias Press Family,
I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for your support of my studies. I am honored to receive one of your invaluable publications, The Chronicle of Michael the Great, edited and translated by Amir Harrak. (cont. in thread)

23.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ministries of Song by Susan Ashbrook Harvey - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

You can find out about Susan's new work from the University of California Press, buy a copy, or download the Open Access edition here www.ucpress.edu/books/minist...
You can find all Susan's Gorgias publications on our website www.gorgiaspress.com/susanharvey #sharingscholarship

19.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Scholarship takes years of patience, perseverance, and these small efforts, building towards larger studies. Gorgias Press helps us do that, at every stage along the way. Thank you, Gorgias Press!"

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In essays and articles, we tease out particular knots or problems in the larger fabrics we seek to weave. A book emerges from that weaving, or a mosaic comprised of tesserae brought together into new form and shape...

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The translations we do for Gorgias provide access to invaluable materials, bringing otherwise unknown or understudied texts into view and enabling their use for larger historical, literary, and theological studies...

19.02.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

...For my recent book, Ministries of Song: Women’s Voices in Ancient Syriac Christianity, Gorgias Press graciously granted permission for me to re-use some of this material.

This is a testimony to the ecosystem of how we, as a community of scholars, do our work...

19.02.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ministries of Song by Susan Ashbrook Harvey - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

"Over the years, I have published various things with Gorgias Press: translations, essays in edited volumes, occasional articles or book reviews in Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies...

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An important part of our role is granting scholars the right to reuse the research from their Gorgias publications in new work. Read the thread for an insight into the process from our friend and Gorgias author Susan Ashbrook Harvey of Brown University...

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πŸ”₯Save 50% before the end of Feb with coupon BOCV25ANN50% on one of our earliest publicationsπŸ”₯
Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana was released in 2002. Our first ever Book Grant winner, Kevin T. van Bladel, ordered the four volumes as part of his prize! www.gorgiaspress.com/bibliotheca-...

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The Life of Sallara and his Mother Elishbah The first ever edition and translation of a biography of Sallara and his mother Elishbah, exploring both its local context – their asceticism and deeds in North Mesopotamia in the early 7th century – ...

REVIEW! Robert Hoyland has once again assembled an admirable interdisciplinary team of learned specialists to bring a little known late antique Syriac hagiography to light, and to present it in the fullest, most broadly usable terms.
S. Ashbrook Harvey, Plekos 28 www.gorgiaspress.com/the-life-of-...

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The First Pastors Most accounts of Christian leadership in the first two centuries focus on the diversity of leadership structures and the various cultural influences that impacted it. This book demonstrates that withi...

"First Pastors demonstrates four shared convictions about pastoral ministry: the necessity of a particular kind of virtue for pastoral leaders, the authority of pastoral leaders, the essentials of pastoral work, and the reality of pastoral suffering." Learn more
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... Finally, the book on Constantine in Arabic historiography is very important for an article I am currently writing on the reception of Constantine's competitors (chiefly Maxentius, Maximinus Daia, and Licinius) in Syriac and Christian Arabic literature." #happyfridayeveryone

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...The two Persian Martyr Acts fascicles and the Julian Romance are key to my PhD dissertation, and will ease my access to these sources...

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A contented Gorgias Book Grant winner! When asked how the books would help his research, Michael said, "The Syriac Dot will be another important addition to my library to better understand the subtleties and the development of the Syriac language... (continued in the thread)

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St Ephrem on the Pearl and its Symbols The theme of the pearl, with its mysterious origins, has been taken up by writers in many different languages and cultures. In Syriac, beside the 'Hymn of the Pearl', incorporated into the Acts of Tho...

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St Ephrem on the Pearl & its Symbols is a valuable contribution to Syriac studies, & I am pleased that the texts are presented bilingually, fully vocalized in both East Syriac & West Syriac Sertoβ€”this will be of great benefit to scholars, clergy, students, & interested readers alike. Mor Polycarpos

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We're delighted to announce this important new release! Find out more about Kevin White's book, and save 20% here www.gorgiaspress.com/rediscovery-... #archaeology #christianity #centralasianhistory #kazakhstan #rediscovery #25thanniversary

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