Gorgias Press

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Gorgias Press
Founded 2001
Founder George Kiraz
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Piscataway, New Jersey
Publication types Books, academic journals
Nonfiction topics Assyrian studies, Ancient Near East, Eastern Christianity, Arabic and Islamic studies, Jewish studies, Qumran, Ugaritic
Imprints Tigris, Euphrates, Harp of the Gazelle
Official website www.gorgiaspress.com

Gorgias Press is an academic publisher of books and journals covering a range of religious and language studies that include Syriac language, Eastern Christianity, Ancient Near East, Arabic and Islam, Early Christianity, Judaism, and more.[1] Gorgias Press was founded in 2001 by George Kiraz, and is based in Piscataway, New Jersey.[2][3] Authors include Sebastian Brock, Clinton Bennett, David C. Parker, Andrei Orlov, Iain Torrance, Philip Khuri Hitti, George Percy Badger, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Ignatius Afram I Barsoum, Ignatius Elias III, Carl Brockelmann, Aziz Suryal Atiya, and William Hatch.[4][5]

Georgias Press reprinted 12 rare works on Eastern Christianity and the Ancient Near East in its first year. The press expanded to publishing new books while continuing to reprint academic books and rare out of print books. They also publish several peer-reviewed academic journals.[6] In 2010, they published three volumes of peer-reviewed articles as part of a series on Foundations for Syriac Lexicography in association with the International Syriac Language Project.[7] As of 2010, its catalog contained about 2,500 titles.

Imprints

  • Tigris
  • Euphrates
  • Harp of the Gazelle[1]

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Gorgias Press". Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Gorgias Press - Liturgy". New Liturgical Movement. Retrieved 2011-10-13. "Gorgias Press who publish a number of books related to Eastern Christianity. They also have a Liturgy section which includes books like F.E. Brightman's compilation of Eastern liturgies, as well as other non-Byzantine (i.e. Oriental) liturgical items that some may find of interest here." 
  3. ↑ "Moosa tackles centuries-old issue". Times News. Retrieved 2011-10-13. 
  4. ↑ "Gorgias Press bestsellers". Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Gorgias Press Catalog". Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Gorgias Press Journals". Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  7. ↑ "The International Syriac Language Project (ISLP)". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
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