Volume 1, Number 1, 1989

Prof. Nicholas Postgate (University of Cambridge):

            “Ancient Assyria - A Multi-Racial State.” PP. 1-10

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

            “Three thousand years of Aramaic literature.” PP. 11-23

Mr. Alan R. Millard (University of Liverpool):

            “Mesopotamia and the Bible.” PP. 24-30

Dr. John F. Healey (University of Manchester):

            “Ancient Aramaic culture and the Bible.” PP. 31-37

Dr. John F. Healey (University of Manchester):

            “Were the Nabataeans Arabs?” PP. 38-44

Dr. Michael W. Dols (University of California):

            “Syriac into Arabic: the transmission of Greek medicine.” PP. 45-52

Dr. Sebastian P. Brock (University of Oxford):

“The dispute between soul and body: an example of a long-lived Mesopotamian literary genre.” PP. 53-64

Dr. Hashim Behbehani (University of Kuwait):

            “Arab-Chinese military encounters: two case studies 715-751 A.D.” PP. 65-112

Mr. Moussa M. Domit (New York Arts Gallery):

            “The Art of Saliha Douaihy.” PP. 113-138

ARAM Newsletter. 139-147

Dr. Yusef M. Ishaq (University of Stockholm):

            “The historical sources of Abu al’Faraj al’Mati” (In Arabic). PP. 149-172

Dr. Yusef M. Ishaq (University of Stockholm):

“Gregorius Abu’l Faraj, Bar Hebraeus, and his ‘History of Nations’.” (In Arabic). PP. 173-198

ARAM Newsletter (in Arabic).PP.199-205

Volume 1, Number 2, 1989

Prof. Paul E. Dion (University of Toronto):

“Medical personnel in the ancient Near East. Asû and ashipu in Aramaic Garb.” PP. 206-216

Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (University of Oxford):

“The Acts of Thomas and the unity of the dualistic world in the Syrian Orient.” PP. 217-252

Dr. Zeidoun Al-Muheisen (Yarmouk University):

            “Yasileh.” PP. 253-257

Dr. Hugh Kennedy (St Andrew's University):

“Change and continuity in Syria and Palestine at the time of the Moslem conquest.” PP. 258-267

Dr. Sebastian P. Brock (University of Oxford):

            “Syriac culture in the Seventh century.” PP. 268-280

Mr. Nicholas Campion (Bristol):

“The concept of destiny in Islamic astrology and its impact on Mediaeval European thought.” PP. 281-289

Prof. Michael Hollerich (Santa Clara University):

            “Arthur Vööbus Remembered.” PP. 290-293

Dr. Sebastian P. Brock (University of Oxford):

            “Arthur Vööbus' contribution to Syriac Studies.” PP. 294-299

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 300-307

Dr. Youssif Qozi (University of Baghdad):

“The letter qaf in Arabic and its different sounds in the Semitic languages.” (In Arabic). PP. 308-317

Dr. Yusef M. Ishaq (University of Stockholm):

“The Syriac translation of the Peshitta.” (In Arabic). PP. 318-327

Dr. Yusef Habbi (Irqi Academic Committee):

            “The Syriac contribution to Arab civilisation.” (In Arabic). PP. 328-343

ARAM Newsletter. (In Arabic). PP. 344-346

Volume 2, Numbers 1&2, 1990

Proceedings of the ARAM First International Conference:

The Nabataeans

(University of Oxford)

Under the Patronage of H.R.H. Crown Prince Hassan bin Talal

Dr. Zeidoun al-Muheisen & Dr. Dominique Tarrier (Yarmouk University):

            “A la mémoire de Père Jean Starcky.” PP. 1-5

Mr. Peter Parr (University of London):

            “Sixty years of excavation in Petra: a critical assessment.” PP. 7-23

Prof. John R. Bartlett (University of Dublin):

            “From Edomites to Nabataeans: the problem of continuity.” PP. 25-34

Dr. Piotr Bienkowski (Museum of Liverpool):

            “The chronology of Tawilan and the "Dark Age" of Edom.” PP. 35-44

Prof. David Graf (University of Miami):

            “The origin of the Nabataeans.” PP. 45-75

Dr. Manfred Lindner (Naturhistorische Gesellschaft, Nurnberg):

“A unique lithic early bronze Edomite-Nabataean site in southern Jordan: both past and present.” PP. 77-92

Dr. John Healey (University of Manchester):

            “The Nabataean contribution to the development of the Arabic script.” PP. 93-98

Prof. William J. Jobling (University of Sydney):

“Some New Nabataean and North Arabian Inscriptions of the Hisma in Southern Jordan.” PP. 99-111

Dr. Youssif Qozi (University of Baghdad):

“Remarques sur une inscription Nabatéene de Mada`in Salih/Al-Higr.” PP. 113-122

Mr. Karl Schmidt-Korte (Frankfurt):

“An early Christian record of the Nabataeans: the Maslam inscription (ca. 350 A.D.)” PP. 123-142

Dr. Robert Wenning (University of Münster):

            “Two forgotten Nabataean inscriptions.” PP. 143-150

Dr. Fawzi Zayadine (Department of Antiquities, Jordan):

“The Pantheon of the Nabataean inscriptions in Egypt and the Sinai.” PP. 151-174

Dr. Ernst Axel Knauf (University of Heidelberg):

            “Dushara and Shai al-Qaum.” PP. 175-183

Dr. Joseph Patrich (University of Haifa):

“Prohibition of a graven image among the Nabataeans: the evidence and its significance.” PP. 185-186

Dominique Tarrier (Yarmouk University):

“Baalshamin dans le monde Nabatéen: à propos de découvertes récentes.” PP. 197-203

Dr. Zeidoun al-Muheisen (Yarmouk University):

            “Maîtrise de l'eau et agriculture en Nabatène: l'exemple de Petra.” PP. 205-220

Mr. Julian M.C. Bowsher (Museum of London):

            “Early Nabataean coinage.” PP. 221-228

Mrs. Jaqueline Dentzer-Feydy (Universsity of Paris 1 -Sorbonne):

            “Khirbet Edh-Dharih: architectural decoration of the temple.” PP. 229-234

Dr. David J. Johnson (Brigham Young University):

            “Nabataean piriform unguentaria.” PP. 235-248

Mrs. Marie Killick (Oxford):

            “Les Nabatéen a Udhruh.” PP. 249-252

Mrs. Diana Kirkbride (Copenhagen):

            “The Nabataeans, Trajan and the Periplus.” PP. 253-265

Dr. Margaret B. Lyttleton & Dr. Thomas F.C. Blagg (London):

            “Sculpture from the tenemos of Qasr el-Bint at Petra.” PP. 267-286

Mr. James R.B. Mason & Dr. Khairieh ‘Amr (Department of Antiquities, Amman):

“A study of Nabataean pottery manufacturing techniques. An experiment for reconstructing the production of fine bowls.” PP. 287-307

Dr. Gerald L. Mattingly (Johnson Bible College):

“Settlement on Jordan's Kerak plateau from Iron Age IIC through the early Roman period.” PP. 309-335

Prof. Avraham Negev (Hebrew University):

            “Mampsis - the end of a Nabataean town.” PP. 337-365

Dr. François Villeneuve (Ecole Normale Superieure):

“The pottery from the oil factory at Khirbet EDh-Dharih (2nd century A.D.).” PP. 367-384

Dr. John P. Zeitler (Naturhistorische Gesellschaft, Nurnberg):

            “A private building from the first century B.C. in Petra.” PP. 385-420

Dr. Mohammad Abdul-Latif Abdul Karim (University of Baghdad):

            “The Nabataeans in the Arab tradition.” PP. 421-424

Dr. Salih Harmarneh (University of Jordan):

“The Nabataeans after the decline of the political power: from the Arabic Islamic sources.” PP. 425-436

ARAM Newsletter. 437-447

Volume 3, Numbers 1,  1991

Proceedings of the ARAM Second International Conference:

Cultural Interchange during the Abbasid Era

(Oxford University)

Prof. Michael Morony (University od California.L.A.):

            “The Aramaean population in the economic life of early Islamic Iraq.” PP. 1-6

Dr. Carmela Baffioni (University of Naples):

            “Probable Syriac influences in the Ikhwan al-Safa''s logical epistles?” PP. 7-22

Dr. Stephanie Dalley (University of Oxford):

            “The Gilgamesh epic and Manichaean themes.” PP. 23-33

Prof. Wilferd Madelung (University of Oxford):

            “Al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim and Christian theology.” PP. 35-44

Dr. Hans Daiber (Vreije University, Amsterdam):

“Nestorians of 9th century Iraq as a source of Greek, Syriac and Arabic. A survey of some unexploited sources.” PP. 45-52

Dr. Bo Holmberg (University of Lund):

            “The trinitarian terminology of Israel of Kashkar (d. 872).” PP. 53-81

Dr. Sarah Stroumsa (Hebrew University):

“The impact of Syriac tradition on early Judaeo-Arabic bible exegesis.” PP. 83-96

Dr. Johannes den Heijer (University of Leiden):

“Syriacisms in the Arabic version of Aristotle's Historia Animalium.” PP. 97-114

Prof. Sidney H. Griffith (Catholic University of America):

            “The apologetic treatise of Nonnus of Nisibis.” PP. 115-138

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

            “The Syriac background to Hunayn's translation techniques.” PP. 139-162

Dr. Gotthard Strohmaier (Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, Berlin):

            “Hunain ibn Ishaq - an Arab scholar translating into Syriac.” PP. 163-170

Dr. Samir Khalil Samir (Université St Joseph-Beyrouth):

“Un traité perdu de Hunayn ibn Ishaq retrouvé dans la ‘Somme d'ibn al-‘Assal.” PP. 171-192

Dr. Henri Hugonnard-Roche (C.N.R.S. Paris):

“Contributions Syriaques aux etudes Arabes de logique à l’époque Abbasside.” PP. 193-210

Mr. Robert Hoyland (University of Oxford):

“Arabic, Syriac and Greek historiography in the first Abbasid century: An inquiry into inter-cultural traffic.” PP. 211-233

Dr. Mauro Zonta (University of Pavia):

“Ibn al-Tayyib, zoologist and Hunayn ibn Ishaq's revision of Aristotle's De Animalibus - New evidence from the Hebrew tradition.” 235-247

Volume 3, Number 2, 1991

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

“‘Come, Compassionate Mother..., come Holy Spirit’: a forgotten aspect of early Eastern Christian imagery.” PP. 249-257

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

            “Some new Syriac documents from the third century A.D.” PP. 259-267

Dr. Shamil Kubba (Jordan):

            “The origins of the Islamic city.” PP. 269-285

Prof. Irfan Shahid (Georgetown University):

“In Memoriam: Metropolitan Gregorius Bulus Behnam, 1916-1969.” PP. 287-291

Dr. Elizabeth Theokritoff (New Jersey):

            “The life of our holy father Alexander (a translation)”. PP. 293-318

Dr. Chris Lightfoot (Bilkent University, Ankara) & Dr. Joseph Naveh (Hebrew University):

“A north Mesopotamian Aramaic inscription on a relief in the Tigris gorge.” PP. 319-336

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 339-361

Volume 4, Numbers 1&2, 1992

Proceedings of the ARAM Third International:

The Decapolis: History and Archaeology

(University of Oxford)

Prof. David Graf (University of Miami):

            “Hellenisation and the Decapolis.” PP. 1-48

Dr. Martin Goodman (University of Oxford):

            “Jews in the Decapolis.” PP. 49-56

Dr. W. Harold Mare (Covenant Theological Seminary-USA):

            “Abila: a thriving Greco-Roman city of the Decapolis.” PP. 57-77

Dr. Robert Wenning (University of Münster):

            “Nabataeans in the Decapolis/Coele Syria.” PP. 79-99

Dr. Ali Zeyadeh (Birzeit University):

            “Urban Transformation in the Decapolis cities of Jordan.” PP. 101-115

Dr. Gideon Foerster & Prof. Yoram Tsafrir (Hebrew University):

“Nysa-Scythopolis in the Roman period: ‘a Greek city of Coele Syria’ - Evidence from the excavations at Bet-Shean.” PP. 117-138

Dr. Maurice Sartre (François Rabelais University):

“Les cités de Décapole septentrionale: Canatha, Raphana, Dion et Ahadra.” PP. 139-156

Dr. Michael Fuller & Mrs Neathery Fuller (St Louis Community College-USA):

            “Regional Survey and ethnoarcharological investigations at Abila.” PP. 157-171

Dr. Pau Figuras (Ben-Gurion University):

“The Roman worship of Athena-Allat in the Decapolis and the Negev.” PP. 173-183

Mr. Jacques Seigne (IFAPO-Amman):

            “A l'ombre de Zeus et d'Artemis, Gerasa de la écapole.” PP. 185-195

Dr. Robert H. Smith (College of Wooster-USA):

            “Some pre-Christian religions at Pella of he Decapolis.” PP. 197-214

Dr. Robert W. Smith (Miami University):

            “Secondary use of the necropoleis of the Decapolis.” PP. 215-228

Dr. Dominique Tarrier & Dr. Zeidoun Al-Muheisen (Yarmouk University):

            “La nécropole de Yasileh et les tombeaux du nord de la Jordanie.” PP. 229-244

Dr. Zeidoun al-Muheisen (Yarmouk University):

            “Le site de Yasileh et la Décapole.” PP. 245-251

Dr. Margaret O'Hea (University of Adelaide):

            “The glass industry of the Decapolis.” PP. 253-264

Mr. Julian Bowsher (Museum of London):

            “Civic organisation within the Decapolis.” PP. 265-281

Dr. Yizhar Hirschfeld & Dr. Erez Cohen (Israel Antiquities Authority):

            “The reconstruction of the Roman baths at Hammath Gader.” PP. 283-306

Dr. Leah di Segni (Hebrew University):

            “Greek inscriptions of the bath-house in Hammath Gader.” PP. 307-328

Dr. John D. Wineland (Miami University):

“Archaeological and numismatic evidence for the Political structure and Greco-Roman religions of the Decapolis, with particular emphasis on Gerasa & Abila.” PP. 329-342

Prof. Alan Walmsley (University of Sidney):

“Vestiges of the Decapolis in north Jordan during the Late Antique and Early Islamic periods.” PP. 343-355

Dr. Willard W. Winter (Cincinati Bible College and Seminary):

            “A Byzantine basilica at Abila.” PP. 357-369

Dr. Karel J. Vriezen (University of Utrecht):

            “The centralised church in Umm Qais (andcient Gadara).” PP. 371-386

Mr. Robert Guinée & Miss. Nicole Mulder (University of Utrecht):

            “Survey of the Terrace and western theatre area in Umm Qais.” PP. 387-406

Miss. Susanne Kerner (German Protestant Institute of Archaeology):

            “Umm Qais-Gadara: recent excavations.” PP. 407-423

Dr. Esti Dvorjetzki (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):

“Medicinal hot springs in Eretz-Israel and the Decapolis during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.” PP. 425-449

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 451-457

Volume 5, Numbers 1&2, 1993

A Festschrift for Dr Sebastian P. Brock

Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (University of Oxford):

            “Sebastian Paul Brock: Life and Work.” PP. 1-22

Prof. Luise Abramowski (University of Tübingen):

“Die Reste der syrischen Übersetzung von Theodor von Mopsuestia, De Incarnatione, in add 14669.” PP. 23-32

Dr. Micheline Albert (Université de Sorbonne):

            “Lettre de Grégoire de Nysse à son frère Pierre d'Annési-Sébaste.” PP. 33-64

Dr. David Bundy (Christian Theological Seminary-USA):

“Revising the Diatessaron against the Manichaeans: Ephrem of Syria on John 1:4.” PP. 65-74

Dr. James T. Clemons (Wesley Theological Seminary-USA):

            “Syriac Studies in the United States: 1783-1900.” PP. 75-86

Dr. J F Coakley (Harvard University):

            “Yaroo M Neesan, `a missionary to his own people'.” PP. 87-101

Dr. Johann Cook (University of Stellenbosch):

            “Syriac studies in South Africa.” PP. 101-114

Dr. Peter S. Cowe (Columbia University):

            “Philoxenus of Mabbug and the Synod of Manazkert.” PP. 115-129

Prof. André de Halleux (Université de Louvain):

“L'annonciation à Marie dans le commentaire syriaque du Diatessaron.” PP. 131-145

Prof. Han J. W. Drijvers (Groningen University):

            “New Syriac inscriptions.” PP. 147-161

Dr. Jean-Marie Fiey (Université St Joseph-Beyrout):

            “L'imprimerie des Dominicains de Mossoul 1860-1914.” PP. 163-174

Dr. François Graffin (Paris):

            “Adresses d'un supérieur de monastère à ses frères.” PP. 175-179

Prof. Sidney H Griffith & Ms. Monica Blanchard (Catholic University of America):

“Henri Hyvernat (1858-1941) and the beginning of Syriac Studies at the Catholic University of America.” PP. 181-196

Dr. Mary Hansbury (Philadelphia):

            “Nature as soteric: Syriac and Buddhist traditions.” PP. 197-217

Prof. Susan Ashbrook Harvey (Brown University):

“The memory and meaning of a saint: two homilies on Simeon Stylites.” PP. 219-241

Dr. Erica C.D. Hunter (Cambridge University):

            “A scroll amulet from Kurdistan.” PP. 243-254

Mr. Konrad Jenner (Rijks University-Leiden):

“A review of the methods by which Syriac biblical and related manuscripts have been described and analysed.” PP. 255-266

Dr. Hubert Kaufhold (University of Munich):

            “Über Datum und Schreiber der Handschrift Vaticanus Syriacus 51.” PP. 267-275

Dr. David J. Lane (College of the Resurrection-England):

            “Admonition and analogy: 13 chapters from Shubhalmaran.” PP. 277-284

Prof. Michael Lattke (University of Queensland-Australia):

            “Die griechischen Wörter im syrischen Text der Oden Salomos.” PP. 285-302

Dr. Dana Miller (Harvard University):

            “George, bishop of the Arab tribes, on true philosophy.” PP. 303-320

Dr. Robert Murray (London University):

“‘It was springtime’: the source of Jerome's rendering of a phrase in Genesis 35:16 and 48:7.” PP. 321-328

Dr. Kathleen McVey (Princeton University):

“The sogitha on the Church of Edessa in the context of other early Greek and Syriac Hymns for the consecration of Church buildings.” PP. 329-370

Dr. Andrew Palmer (University of London):

            “A lyre without a voice': the poetics and the politics of Ephrem the Syrian.” PP. 371-399

Dr. Martin G. F. Parmentier (Hilversum-Holland):

            “Pseudo-Gregory of Nyssa's homily on poverty.” PP. 401-426

Prof. Paul-Hubert Poirier (Université Laval-Québec):

            “’Аπουσία. Note sur un mot des Actes de Thomas.” PP. 427-435

Dr. Gerrit D. Reinink (Rijks University-Leiden):

            “Pseudo-Ephraems `Rede über das Ende' und die Syrische eschatologische Literatur des siebenten Jahrhunderts.” PP. 437-463

Dr. Frédéric Rilliet (Université de Génève):

“Une victime du tournant des études syriaques à la fin du XIXe siècle. Rétrospective sur Jaques de Saroug dans la science occidentale.” PP. 465-480

Dr. Alison Salvesen (University of Oxford):

            “Spirits in Jacob's revision of Samuel.” PP. 481-490

Prof. Irfan Shahîd (Georgetown University):

“The restoration of the Ghassanid Dynasty, AD 587: Dionysius of Tellmahre.” PP. 491-503

Dr. Robert Taft (Oriental Institute-Rome):

“Some structural problems in the Syriac Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles I.” PP. 505-520

Dr. Martin Tamcke (Phillips University-Germany):

            “Die Konfessionsfrage bei den lutherischen Nestorianen.” PP. 521-536

Prof. Michel van Esbroeck (University of Munich):

“Les versions syriaques du panégyrique de Grégoire le Thaumaturge.” PP. 537-553

Prof. Lucas van Rompay (Rijks University-Leiden):

“Memories of paradise. The Greek ‘Life of Adam and Eve’ and early Syriac tradition.” PP. 555-570

Dr. Jacob Vellian (St Ephrem Institute-India):

“The early Syriac manuscripts of the Qurbana of Malabar.” PP. 571-578

Dr. John W. Watt (University of Wales):

            “The Syriac reception of Platonic and Aristotelian rhetoric.” PP. 579-601

Prof. Gabriele Winkler (University of Tübingen):

            “Neue Überlegungen zur Entstehung des Epiphaniefests.” PP. 603-633

Dr. Witold Witakowsi (University of Uppsala):

“The division of the Earth between the descendants of Noah in Syriac tradition.” PP. 635-656

Dr. Ugo Zanetti (Université de Louvain):

            “Projet d'une Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca.” PP. 657-670

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 671-687

Volume 6, Numbers 1&2, 1994

Proceedings of the ARAM Fourth International Conference:

Cultural Interchange during the Umayyad Era in Bilad al-Sham

(University of Oxford)

Prof. Irfan Shahîd (Georgetown University):

            “The Umayyad ajnad: Byzance après Byzance.” PP. 1-11

Dr. Donald Whitcomb (University of Chicago):

            “Amsar in Syria? Syrian in cities after the conquest” PP. 13-33

Prof. Daniel Sahas (University of Waterloo):

“Cultural interaction during the Umayyad period: the ‘circle’ of John of Damascus.” PP. 35-66

Prof. Ahmad Shboul (University of Sydney):

“Change and continuity in early Islamic Damascus.” PP. 67-102

Prof. Han Drijvers (University of Groningen):

            “The Testament of our Lord: Jacob of Edessa's response to Islam.” PP. 104-114

Prof. Sidney Griffith (Catholic University of America):

“Michael, the martyr and monk of Mar Sabas monastery, at the court of Caliph 'Abd al-Malik: Christian apologetics and martyrdom in the early Islamic period.” PP. 115-148

Dr. Monica Blanchard (Catholic University of America):

“The Georgian version of the martyrdom of St Michael, monk of Mar Sabas monastery.” PP. 149-163

Mr. Robert Hoyland (University of Oxford):

“The correspondence between Leo III (717-741) and 'Umar II (717-720).” PP. 165-177

Dr. Elizabeth Savage (London):

            “Iraqi christian links with an early Islamic sect.” PP. 179-192

Dr. Geoffrey Khan (Cambridge University):

            “The pre-Islamic background of Muslim legal formularies.” PP. 193-224

Dr. Lawrence Conrad (Wellcome Institute):

            “Did al’ Walid I found the first Muslim hospital?” PP. 225-244

Dr. Claus-Peter Haase (Kiel University):

“Is Madinat al-Far - in the Balikh region of northern Syria - an Umayyad foundation?” PP. 245-257

Dr. Michael Fuller (St Louis Community College-USA):

            “Continuity and cultural interchange at Tell Tuneinir, Syria.” PP. 259-277

Dr. Pau Figueras (Ben-Gurion University):

“The impact of the Islamic conquest on the Christian communities of the South Palestine.” PP. 279-293

Dr. Steven A Rosen (Ben-Gurion University):

“The nomadic periphery: archaeology of pastoralists in the south central Negev during Late Antiquity.” PP. 295-309

Dr. Pamela Watson (British Institute of Archeology-Amman):

“Pictorial painting on pottery and its demise in the mid-7th century AD: the case of the Jerash bowls.” PP. 311-332

Prof. Zeidoun al-Muheisen & Dominique Tarrier (Yarmouk University):

“La période omeyyade dans le nord de la Jordanie: continuité et rupture.” PP. 333-341

Mr. Claude Vibert-Guigue (IFAPO-Amman):

“Le projet franco-jordanien de relevé des peintures de Quseir `Amra.” PP. 343-358

Dr. W. Harold Mare (Covenant Theological Seminary-USA):

“The Christian church of Abila of the Decapolis and the Yarmouk Valley System in the Umayyad period.” PP. 359-379

Dr. Michael Bates (The American Numismatic Society):

“Byzantine coinage and its imitations, Byzantine coinage and its imitations: Arab-Byzantine coinage.” PP. 381-403

Mr. W. Andrew Oddy (British Museum):

            “The early Umayyad coinage of Baisan and Jerash.” PP. 405-418

Miscellaneous:

Prof. Abraham Negev (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):

            “Khaznet Fira'un at Petra - Iconoclasm Nabataean. style.” PP. 419-448

Dr. Sebastian P. Brock (Oxford University):

            “Professor André de Halleux's contributions to Syriac studies.” PP. 449-456

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 457-462

Contents of Volume 7, Number 1, 1995 

Proceedings of the ARAM Fifth International Conference:

Palmyra: History and Archaeology

(Oxford University)

Under the Patronage of H.E. Dr. Najah Al-Attar, the Syrian Minister of Culture.

Dr. Najah Al-Attar (The Syrian Minister of Culture):

            “Address.” PP. XI-XIV

Prof. Michael Gawlikowski (University of Warsaw):

“News from Palmyra: Current work in a perspective.” PP. 1-7

Dr. Khaled Asaad (Director of Palmyra Museum):

            “Restoration work at Palmyra.” PP. 9-17

Dr. Saito Kiyohide (The Archaeological Institute of Kashihara - Japan):

            “Excavation at Southeast Necropolis in Palmyra from 1990 to 1995.” PP. 19-28

Dr Ernest Will (Institut de France-Paris):

            “Architecture locale et architecture impériale à Palmyre.” PP. 29-35

Dr Marek Barañski (University of Warsaw):

            “The great colonade of Palmyra reconsidered.” PP. 37-46

Dr. Andreas Schmidt-Colinet (University of Bern):

            “The Textiles from Palmyra.” PP. 47-51

Dr. Andreas Schmidt-Colinet (University of Bern):

            “The Quarries from Palmyra.” PP. 53-58

Prof. Klaus Parlasca (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg):

            “Probleme der Palmyrischen Kunst.” PP. 59-71

Prof. Delbert Hillers (John Hopkins University):

            “Notes on Palmyrene Aramaic texts.” PP. 73-88

Dr. Mohammad Maraqten (University of Marburg/Lahn):

            “The Arabic words in Palmyrene inscriptions.” PP. 89-108

Prof. Han J.W. Drijvers (University of Groningen):

            “Inscriptions from Allat’s Sanctuary.” PP. 109-119

Dr. Jürgen Tubach (Martin-Luther-Universität):

            “Das Akitu-Fest in Plamyra.” PP. 121-135

Dr. Stephanie Dalley (University of Oxford):

            “Bel at Palmyra and elsewhere in the Parthina period.” PP. 137-151

Dr. Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet (Collège de France - Paris):

“Un cratère palmyrénien inscrit: nouveau document sur la vie religieuse des palmyréniens.” PP. 153-163

Dr. Dominique Tarrier (Yarmouk University): “Banquets rituels en palmyrène et en Nabatène.” PP. 165-182

Dr. Valentino Columbo (University of Milano):

“Nabataeans and Palmyreans: an analysis of the Tell el-Shuqafiyye inscriptions.” PP. 183-187

Dr. W. Harold Mare (Covenant Theological Seminary):

“Abila and Palmyra: Ancient trade and trade routes from Southern Syria into Mesopotamia.” PP. 189-215

Dr Gerald Mattingly (Johnson Bible College):

“The Palmyrene luxury trade and Revelation 18: 12-13: a neglected analogue.” PP. 217-231

Dr. Eleonora Cussini (University of Bologna):

“Transfer of Property at Palmyra.” PP. 233-250

Dr. Palmira Piersimoni (Italy):

            “Compiling a Palmyrene prosography: Methodological Problems.” PP. 251-260

Volume 7, Number 2, 1995

Proceedings of the ARAM Sixth International Conference:

Who were or are the Aramaeans?

(Harvard University)

Prof. John Huehnergard (Harvard University):

            “What is Aramaic?” PP. 261-282

Prof. P. Octor Skjaervo (Harvard University):

            “Aramaic in Iran.” PP. 283-318

Dr. Erica C. D. Hunter (Cambridge University):

            “Aramaic-speaking communities of Sasanid Mesopotamia.” PP. 319-335

Dr. Steven Grosby (Villanova University):

            “‘RM KLH: A nation of ARAM?” PP. 337-352

Dr. Jorunn J. Buckley (USA):

            “Mandaeans in the USA today: the tenacity of traditions.” PP. 353-367

Miscellaneous:

Dr. Shimon Dar & Dr. Rivka Gersht (Bar-Ilan University):

            “A Roman cuirassed basalt torso from Khirbet-Beida.” PP. 353-367

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 379-400

Volume 8, Number 1, 1996

Proceedings of the ARAM Seventh International Conference:

Trade Routes in the Near East: Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Times

(University of Oxford)

Dr. Mohammad A. R. Al-Thenayian (King Saud University-Riyadh):

“The Yemeni Highland Pilgrim Route between San‘a and Mecca: Its history and archaeology” PP. 1-13

Dr. Hamad M. Bin Seray (United Arab Emirates University):

“Spasinu Charax and its commercial Relations with the East through the Arabian Gulf.” PP 15-23

Dr. Donald Whitcomb (Chicago University):

“The Darb Zubayda as a settlement system in Arabia.” PP. 25-32

Dr. John F. Healey (University of Manchester):

“Palmyra and the Arabian Gulf trade.” PP. 33-37

Drs. Lucida Dirven (University of Leiden):

“The nature of the trade between Palmyra and  Dura-Europos.” PP. 39-54

Dr. Leo Mildenberg (University of Zurich):

“Once again, Petra on the Frankincense Road?” PP. 55-65

Prof. Avraham Negev (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):

“Oboda - A major Caravan Halt.” PP. 67-87

Dr. Gerald Mattingly (Johnson Bible College-USA):

“The King’s Highway, the Desert Highway, and Central Jordan’s Kerak.” PP. 89-99

Dr. J. M. Frayn (University of London):

“Aspects of Trade on the Judaean Coast in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.” PP. 101-109

Dr. Amos Kloner (Israel Antiquities Authority):

“Stepped Roads in Roman Palestine.” PP. 111-137

Dr. Marlia Mundell Mango (University of Oxford):

“Byzantine Trade with the East, (4^th – 7^th centuries.” PP.139-163

Dr. Sarit H. Oked (Ben Gurion University of the Negev):

“Patterns of the transport Amphora at Ostrakine during the 6th and 7th centuries A.D.” PP. 165-175

Dr. Yehshhu’a Frenkel (Haifa University):

“Roads and stations in southern Bilad al-Sham in the 7^th  and 8^th  centuries A.D.” PP. 177-188

Prof. Nicola A. Ziadeh (American University of Beirut):

“External trade of Bilad al-Sham under the early Abbasid period.” PP. 189-199

Prof. John Carswell (Islamic Department-London):

“All at Sea: Recent research in the Indian Ocean.” PP. 201-211

Dr. Mohammed Maraqten (Marburg/Lahn University- Germany):

“Dangerous Trade Routes: On the plundering of caravans in the Ancient Near East.” PP. 213-236

Volume 8, Number 2, 1996

Proceedings of the ARAM Ninth International Conference:

Cultural Interchange in the Arabian Peninsula

(University of Oxford)

Dr. Amin Tibi (Oxford):

“Arabia’s relations with East Africa.” PP. 237-241

Dr. Beatrice Nicolini (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan):

“The source of spice: Oman, Zanzibar and Europe during the nineteenth century.” PP. 243-251

Dr. Robert Wenning (University of Münster- Germany):

“Petra and Hegra: What makes the difference?” PP. 253-267

Mrs. Saba Fares -Drapeau (IFAPO):

“Wadi Iram: un lieu du culte et de rassamblement des tribus arabes dans l’antiquité. Les premiers résultats de la mission épigraphiques.” PP. 269-283

Prof. Dr. Vitaly Naumkin & Prof. Dr. Victor Porkhomovsky (Moscow University):          

“Soqotran oral tradition and cross-cultural contacts: colour designations.” PP. 285-291

Dr. Andrey Korotayev (Moscow University):

“‘Aramaeans’ in a late Sabaic inscription.” PP. 293-298

Dr. Serguei A. Frantsouzoff (St. Petersburg University):

“A Gezerah-decree from ancient South Arabia: new approach to the interpretation of Mafray-Hasi I.” PP. 299-306

Dr. Roberto Bertolino (Sorbonne University):

“The paléographie hatréenne et ses rapports avec les écritures araméennes du Golfe persique et de l’Iran.” PP. 307-313

Dr. Hamad M. Bin Seray (United Arab Emirates University):

“Christianity in the East of the Arabian Peninsula.” PP. 315-332

Miscellaneous:

Mr. Alexei Savchenko (Russia):

            “Urgut Revisited.” PP. 333-354

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 355-396

Volume 9, Number 1&2, 1997

Proceedings of the ARAM Eighth International Conference:

The Mamluks in Bilad al-Sham: History and Archaeology

(American University of Beirut).

Under the Patronage of H.E. Mr. Rafiq Al-Hariri, the President of the Lebanese Council of Ministers

Prof. Nicola Ziadeh (Emeritus Professor: American University of Beirut):

“The Mamluks in the Balance.” PP. 1-5

Dr. Lutz Wiederhold (University of Halle-Germany):

“The relevance of Shari’a (legal ideal) and Fiqh (jurisprudence) to legal practice in Mamluk Egypt.” PP.7-18

Prof. Rifaat Ebied (University of Sydney):

“Inter-Religious attitudes: al-Dimashqi’s (d.727/1327) letter to the people of Cyprus.” PP. 19-24

Prof. Suad al-Hakim (Université Libanaise):

“Le soufism et son message culturel durant la période des Mameloukes.” PP.25-41

Prof. Dr. Heinz Grotzfeld (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität):

“Contes populaires de l’époque des Mameloukes dans les Mille et Une Nuits.” PP. 43-54

Prof. Dr. Heinz Grotzfeld (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität):

“Notes sur un manuscrit du Tarikh d’Ibn Hijji copié en partie par Ibn Qadi Shouhba.” PP. 55-62

Prof. Elias Kattar (Université Libanaise):

“Géographie de la population et relations entre les groupes au Liban à l’époque des Mamelouks.” PP. 63-76

Prof. Ahmad Hoteit (Université Libanaise):

“Les expéditions Mameloukes du centre du Kasrawan: critique d’Ibn Taimiya au Sultan an-Nasir Bin Qalawun.” PP. 77-84

Mr. Albrecht Fuess (University of Cologne):

“Beirut in Mamluk times (1291-1516).” PP. 85-101

Mr. Sami al-Masri (American University of Beirut):

“Medieval pottery from Beirut’s Downtown excavations: the first results.” PP. 103-119

Dr. Eveline J. van der Steen (University of Leiden):

“What happened to Arabic-geometric pottery in Beirut?” PP. 121-127

Dr. Alan Walmsley (University of Sydney):

“Settled life in Mamluk Jordan. Views of the Jordan Valley from Fahl (Pella).” PP. 129-143

Dr. Margreet Steiner (University of Leiden):

“The excavations at Tell Abu Sarbut - a Mamluk village in the Jordan Valley.” PP. 145-151

Dr. Laurent Tholbecq (IFAPO-Amman):

“Une installation d’époque médiévale dans le sanctuaire de Zeus de Jérash: la céramique.” PP. 153-179

Ms. Alison McQuitty (BIAAH: British Institute at Amman for Archeology and History), Mrs. Mads A. Sarley-Pontin (SOAS – University of London), Ms. Mona Khoury (Yarmouk University), Ms. Chantell F. Hope & M.P. Charles (University of Sheffield):

“Mamluk Khirbat Faris (Jordan).” PP. 181-226

Dr. Nasser Rabbat (MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology):

“The Mosaics of the Qubba al-Zahiriyya in Damascus: A classical Syrian medium requires a Mamluk signature.” PP. 227-239

Mr. Marcus Milwright (Oxford University):

“The cup of the Saqi: origins of an emblem of Mamluk Khassakiyya.” PP. 241-256

Dr. Erica Cruikshank Dodd (University of Victoria-Canada):

“Christian Arab Painters under the Mamluks.” PP. 257-288

Dr. Lucy-Anne Hunt (University of Birmingham):

“Christian Arab manuscript production in 13th-14th century Greater Syria and Mesopotamia and related areas.” PP. 289-336

Volume 10, Number 1&2, 1998

Proceedings of the ARAM Tenth International Conference:

The Early Ottoman in Bilad al-Sham (16th & 17th centuries): History and Archaeology

(American University of Beirut)

Prof. Nicola Ziadeh (Emeritus Professor: American University of Beirut):

“Ottomans occupation of Bilad al-Sham and its immediate results (introductory remarks).” PP. 337-346

Prof. Linda T. Darling (University of Arizona):

“The Syrian provinces in Ottoman eyes: three historians’ representations of Bilad al-Sham”.” PP. 347-355

Prof. Dr. Wolf Hütteroth (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg):

“Northeastern Syria and adjoining parts of Iraq and Turkey under early Ottoman rule (16^th Century).” PP. 357-363

Prof. Rifaat Ebied (University of Sydney):

“An unknown poem on the siege of Aleppo and the violent events of A.H. 1065-66/ A.D. 1654-55.” PP. 365-375

Dr. Issam Khalifeh (Université Libanaise):

“Les moulins, les pressoirs d’huile et de raisin et les roues à soie dans les nawahi du nord du Liban au  16me siècle.” PP. 377-418

Dr. Joseph Rahme (Michigan University-Flint):

“Some socio-economic observations on relationship between the Mountain and the Coast in early 17^th century Ottoman Syria.” PP.419-430

Mr. Stefan Weber (German Institute-Damascus):

“The creation of Ottoman Damascus: architecture and urban development of Damascus in the 16^th and 17^th centuries.” PP. 431-470

Dr. Omar A. Tadmori (Lebanese University):

“The plans of Tripoli al-Sham and its Mamluk architecture.” PP. 471-495

Drs. Hind el’Soufi-Assaf (Université Libanaise):

“Des vestiges paléo-ottomans de Tripoli, la Tekiyah al-Mawlawiyyah.” PP. 497-524

Dr. Hasan R. Badawi (Lebanese University):

“Les mosquées de Saida à l’époque paléo-Ottomane (XVIme et XVIIme siècles.” PP. 525-562

Dr. Robert Schick (Albright Institute):

“The Archaeology of Palestine/Jordan in the early Ottoman period.” PP. 563-575

Dr. Carsten-Michael Walbiner (German Institute-Beirut):

“Bishops and Metropolitans of the Antiochian Patriarchate in the 17^th century. Their relations to the Muslim authorities, their activities and their ethnic background.” PP. 577-587

Drs. Souad Slim (Balamand University):

“The situation of Waqf between ‘Timar’ system and ‘Iltizam’.” PP. 589-597

Miscellaneous:

Dr. Stefan Heidemann (Friedrich-Schiller Universität/Germany):

“A new ruler of the Marwanid emirate in 401/1010, and further considerations of the legitimising power of regicide.” PP. 599-615

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 617-644

Volume 11, Number 1, 1999

Proceedings of the ARAM Eleventh International Conference:

Cultural Interchange in the Arabian Peninsula

(University of Oxford)

Prof. John Healey (Manchester University) & Dr. Hamad Bin Seray (United Arab Emirates University):

“Aramaic in the Gulf: towards a corpus.” PP. 1-14

Dr. Christian Robin (C.N.R.S. Aix-en-Provence), Dr. Joëlle Beaucamp (C.N.R.S. Aix-en-Provence), Dr. Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet (C.N.R.S. Paris):

“La persécution des Chrétiens et la chronologie himyarite.” PP. 15-83

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)

            “Syriac writers from Beth Qatraye.” PP. 85-96

Mr. Uzi Avner (Israel Antiquities Authority):

            “Nabataean standing stones and their interpretation.” PP. 97-122

Dr. Marek Baranski (Warswa University):

“The adoption of the arch structure in the architecture of the Arabian Peninsula.” PP. 123-130

Prof. Paolo M. Costa (University of Bologna):

“Monumental evidence of the ancient Jewish community of Sohar (Oman).” PP. 131-144

Prof. Dr. Valeria Piacentini (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart-Milan):

“Merchant families in the Gulf. A mercantile and cosmopolitan dimension: the written evidence (11-13 centuries A.D.).” PP. 145-159

Prof. Nicola Ziadeh (Emeritus Professor: American University of Beirut):

“Trade and travel in the Arabian Gulf in the Middle Ages.” PP. 161-169

Dr. Beatrice Nicolini (Catholic Universiyt of the Sacred Heart-Milan):

“Sa‘id bin Sultan of the Al Bu Sa‘idi of Oman (1806-1856) and his relationships with Europe.” PP. 171-180

Dr. Bruce Ingham (SOAS: University of London):

“The  bedouins of Qatar in the light of cultural interaction.” PP. 181-188

Dr. Salma Samar Damluji (United Arab Emirates University ):

“The vernacular architecture in the cities of Oman and the United Arab Emirates.” PP. 189-196

Volume 11, Number 2, 1999

Proceedings of the ARAM Thirteenth International Conference:

The Mandaeans

(Harvard University)

Dr. J.F. Coakley (Harvard University):

“Introduction: the Thirteenth Conference of the ARAM Society: the Mandaeans.” PP. 199-208

Dr. Nathaniel Deutsch (Swarthmore College):

“The Date Palm and the Wellspring: Mandaeism and Jewish mysticism.” PP. 209-223

Dr. Roberto Sánchez Valencia (Univeristy of Iberoamericana, Mexico):

“An approach to the identity of Adversarius legis et prophetarium by St. Augustine.” PP.225-232

Dr. Fabrizio Pennacchietti (University of Torino):

“An Arabo-Islamic tale in agreement with the Mandaean belief that John the Baptist got married.” PP. 233-236

Dr. Francesca Rochberg (University of California at Riverside):

“The Babylonian origins of the Mandaean Book of the Zodiac.” PP. 237-247

Dr. Mikhail Tarelko (Belarusian State University, Minsk):

“A magical scroll in the Drower collection.” PP. 249-252

Dr. Edwin M. Yamauchi (Miami University):

“Mandaic incantation texts: lead rolls and magic bowls.” PP. 235-268

Dr. Sinasi Gündüz (University of Ondokuz Mayis, Turkey):

“Problems on the Muslim understanding of the Mandaeans.” PP. 269-279

Dr. Jorunn J. Buckley (Bowdoin College):

“The use of colophons and scribal postscripts in envisioning Manadaean history.” PP. 281-292

Dr. Christa Müller-Kessler (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena):

“Phraseology in Mandaic incantations and its rendering in various eastern Aramaic dialects. A collection of magic terminology.” PP. 293-310

Ms. Roberta Broghero (University of Torino):

“A seventeenth century glossary of Mandaic.” PP. 311-319

Mrs. Margaret Hackforth-Jones (England):

“The Life of Lady E.S. Drower.” PP. 321-325

Mr. Brian Mubaraki and Majid Al-Mubaraki (Australia):

            “The importance of development of the typed Mandaic character.” PP. 327-331

Volume 12, Numbers 1&2, 2000

Proceedings of the ARAM Fourteenth International Conference:

Antioch and Edessa

(Oxford University)

Dr. Daphna V. Arbel (University of British Columbia):

“Junction of tradition in Edessa: possible interaction between Mesopotamian mythological and Jewish mystical traditions in the first centuries C.E.” PP. 335-356

Prof. Catherine Saliou (Paris):

“Les fondations d’Antioche dans l’Antiochikos (oratio XI) de Libanius.” PP. 375-388

Mr. Jacques Leblanc et Dr. Grégoire Poccardi (Université de Nanterre):

“Notes sur l’emplacement possible du stade olympique de Daphné (Antioche-sur-l’Oronte.” PP. 389-397

Dr. Serguei A. Frantsouzoff (University of Petersburg):

“Antioch in South Arabian tradition.” PP. 399-407

Dr. Muriél Debié (Paris):

“Record keeping and chronicles writing in Antioch and Edessa.” PP. 409-417

Dr. Witold Witakowski (University of Upsala):

“The Chronicle of Eusebius: Its type and continuation in Syriac historiography.” PP.  419-437

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

“Greek words in Ephrem and Narsai: A comparative sampling.” PP. 439-449

Dr. Shafiq AbouZayd (University of Oxford):

“The untamed violence of Syrian ascetics: a study of the problem of violence and killing in the Liber Graduum.” PP. 451-465

Prof. Michel van Esbroeck (University of Munich):

“Peter the Fuller and Cyrus of Edessa.” PP. 467-474

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

“From Qatar to Tokyo, by way of Mar Saba: the translations of Isaac of Beth Qatraye (Isaac the Syrian).” PP. 475-484

Dr. Klaus-Peter Todt (University of Mainz):

“Antioch and Edessa in the so called treaty of Deabolis/Devol (September 1108).”PP. 485-501

Prof. Nicola Ziadeh (Emeritus Professor: American University of Beirut):

“Dawood al-Antaki (David of Antioch) and his Tadhkara.” PP. 503-508

Dr. Carsten-Michael Walbiner (Orient-Institut, Beirut):

“The City of Antioch in the writings of Macarius ibn Azza‘im (17^th century).” PP. 509-521

Dr. Nikolaj Serikoff (Wellcome Institute):

“Patriarch Gregory al-Haddad and his gift to Nicholas II, the emperor of Russia. (About the Christian Arabic MSS preserved in the St. Petersburg Institute of the Oriental Studies).” PP. 523-531

Miscellaneous:

Dr. Stefan Heidemann und Claudia Sode (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena):

“Christlich-Orientalische Bleisiegel im Orientalischen Münzkabinet Jena.” PP. 533-593

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 595-622

Volume 13, Numbers 1&2, 2001

Proceedings of the ARAM Twelfth International Conference:

Beirut: History and Archaeology

(American University of Beirut)

Dr. Leila Badre (American University of Beirut):

             “The Bronze Age of Beirut: Major results.” PP. 1-26.

Dr. Uwe Finkbeiner (University of Tübingen):

            “The Iron Age fortification and city gate: new evidence.” PP. 27-36.

Mr. Francisco Núñez Calvo (University of Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona):

“An approach to trade relations in Iron Age Beirut: the ceramic evidence.” PP. 37-49.

Dr. Hans Curvers (University of Amsterdam):

             “The lower town of pre-classical Beirut.” PP. 51-72.

Ms. Catherine Aubert (IFAPO-Beirut):

            “Architecture hellénistique et peinture murale à Beyrouth.” PP. 73-85.

Ms. Barbara Stuart (University of Amsterdam):

            “Cemetries in Beirut.” PP. 87-112.

Dr. Margreet Steiner (University of Leiden):

“The results of the excavations at BEY 011: the Hellenistic and Byzantine souk.” PP. 113-127.

Mr. Dominic Perring (University of York):

“Beirut in Antiquity: some research directions suggested by recent excavations in the Souks.” PP. 129-140.

Dr. Linda Jones Hall (St Mary’s College of Maryland):

            “Beirut through the Classical texts: From Colonia to Civitas.” PP. 141-169.

Prof. Pascal Arnaud (Université de Nice- Sophia Antipolis):

            “Beirut commerce and trade: late Hellenistic to Byzantine times.” PP. 171-191.

Dr. Henry I. MacAdam (USA):

            “The Roman Law School of Beirut.” PP. 193-226.

Dr. Kevin Butcher (American University of Beirut):

“Coin circulation in Roman Beirut: the Assemblages from BEY 006 and 045.”  PP. 227-237.

Ms. Sarah Jennings (English Heritage) & Ms. Joanna Abdallah (American University of Beirut):

            “Glass from Beirut: Roman to Mamluk.” PP. 237-264.

Ms. Noor Mulder-Hymans (University of Maastricht):

            “The ‘egg shell – Thin’ oil lamps from the Souk of Beirut.” PP. 265-280.

Ms. Rima Mikati (American University of Beirut):

“The spatial, functional and chronological aspects of lamp studies: the Roman Bath Lamps, BEY 045” PP.281-292.

Dr. Lidewigde de Jong (University of Amsterdam):

            “The Roman burial practices in Beirut”.  PP. 293-312.

Dr. Frederic Alpi (CNRS):

            “Beyrouth byzantine et proto-islamique: continuité et ruptures (Ve-VIIIes.).” PP. 313-321.

Ms. Patricia Antaki (American University of Beirut):

            “The Crusader castle of Beirut.”  PP. 323-353.

Mrs. Renata Tarazi (Départment Libanais des Antiquités):

            “Loi et pratique dans la conservation du patrinoine culturel.” PP. 355-358.

Dr. Helga Seeden (American University of Beirut):

“Dialoguing with the past: Will Beirut’s past still speak to the future?” PP. 359-375.

Volume 14 Numbers 1&2, 2002

Proceedings of the ARAM Fifteenth International Conference:

Water in the pre-modern Near East

(University of Oxford)

Dr. Tsvika Tsuk (Israel):

“Urban water reservoirs in the land of the Bible during the Bronze Age and the Iron Age (3000-586 B.C.).”  PP. 377-401.

Dr. Uzi Avner (Arava Institute for Environmental Studies):

            “Ancient water management in the Southern Negev.” PP. 403-421.

Mr. Yehuda Peleg (Frontinus Geselschaft, Israel):

            “The stone pipeline of Susita-Hippos.”  PP. 423-441.

Dr. Stephnie Dalley (University of Oxford):

“Water management in Assyria in the ninth to seventh centuries B.C.”  PP. 443-458.

Prof. Amos Kloner (Bar-Ilan University):

“Water cisterns and reservoirs in Idumea, Judaea and Nabatea during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods.” PP. 459-483.

Dr. Estee Dvorjetski (Haifa University):

“Thermo-mineral waters in the Eastern Mediterranean basin: historical, archaeological and medicinal aspects.” PP. 485-512.

Prof. Dr. Zeidoun Al-Muheisen & Dr. Dominique Tarrier (Petra Project):

             “Water in the Nabataean period.” PP. 513-522.

Dr. Danila Piacentini (University of Rome):

“Palmyra’s Springs in the Epigraphic Sources.” PP. 523-531.

Dr. Claude Vibert-Guigue (CNRS-Paris):

“La question de l’eau à l’époque omeyyade en Jordanie: Approches iconographique et architecturalle.” PP. 533-565.

Dr. Fiorella Scagliarini (Italy):

“The origin of the qanat system in the al‘Ulª area of the Ğabal ‘lkma inscriptions.” PP. 567-577.

Prof. Dr. Paolo Costa (University of Bologna):

            “Reservoirs and accelerators.” PP. 579-596.

Miscellaneous:

Moheb Nader & Chahnaz Saz (Lebanese University):

“Water Olive Press in the Lebanon: The “Matruf”. A comparative field study in cultural technology.” PP. 597-669.

Aram Newsletter. PP. 671-692.

Volume 15 Numbers 1&2, 2003

Proceedings of the ARAM Sixteenth International Conference:

Palestinian Christianity 500-1000 A.D.

(University of Oxford)

Dr. Jacqueline Calzini Gysens (Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient):

“Change and continuity in urban settlement patterns in Palaestina Tertia: the case of Christian Areopolis (Rabba, Jordan)” PP. 1-10

Prof. Maria Teresa Viviani (Catholic University of Chile):

“The Jordan river as a natural barrier between two expressions of Christianity. An architectural analysis of 4^th–7^th centuries Palestine and Hawran (300-700 A.D).” PP11-37.

Dr. Steven L. Derfler (University of Wisconsin-River):

“The Byzantine church at tel Keriot, Negev, and religious iconoclasm in the 8^th century: the 1991-1994 seasons of excavations” PP 39-47

Prof. Pau Figueras (Ben Gurion University):

“Mythological themes in Palestinian Byzantine mosaics from the Byzantine period” PP 49-69

Dr. Haim Goldfus (Ben-Gurion University):

“Urban monasteries and monasteries of Early Byzantine Palestine: preliminary observations” PP 71-79

Prof. Rehav Rubin (Hebrew University):

“Greek and Syriac Anchorites in the laura of St. Firmin” PP 81-96

Prof. John Chryssavgis (Holy Cross School of Theology, USA):

“The road from Egypt to Palestine. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: Destination and Destiny” PP 97-108

Dr. Cornelia B. Horn (University of St. Thomas, USA):

“Peter the Iberian and Palestinian anti-Chalcedonian monasticism in fifth and early sixth century Gaza” PP109-128

Dr. David Woods (University College Cork, Ireland):

“The 60 martyrs of Gaza and the martyrdom of Bishop Sophronius of Jerusalem” PP 129-150

Dr. Roberto Sanchez Valencia (University of Mexico):

“The Monophysite conviction in the East versus Byzantium’s political convenience: A historical look to Monothelism in Palestine” PP 151-157

Dr. Kathleen Hay (University of Melbourne):

“Severus of Antioch: an inheritor of Palestinian monasticism” PP 159-171

Mr. Pachomios R. Penkett (University of Reading):

“Palestinian Christianity in the Spiritual Meadow of John Moschos” PP 173-184

Dr. Andrew Oddy (British Museum):

“The Christian coinage of early Muslim Syria?” PP 185-196

Dr. Mika Levy-Rubin (The Kibbutzim College & The Hebrew University):

“The reorganisation of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem during the early Muslim period” PP 197-226

Prof. Irfan Shahid (Georgetown University):

“Arab Christianity in Byzantine Palestine” PP 227-237

Dr. Kate Leeming (University of Oxford):

“The adoption of Arabic as a liturgical language by the Palestinian Melkite”. PP 239-246

Dr. Leah Di Segni (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):

“Christian Epigraphy in the Holy Land: new discoveries.” PP 247-267

Dr. Mariam Nanobashvili (Tbilisi State University):

“The development of literary contacts between the Georgians and the Arabic  speaking Christians in Palestine from the 8^th to the 10^th century” PP 269-274

Miscellaneous:

Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (University of Oxford) & Dr. Hassan Badawi (Université Libanaise):

“Mlikh: étude prèliminaire historique et archéologique” PP 275-376

ARAM Newsletter PP 377-406

Volume 16 Number 1, 2004

Proceedings of the ARAM Seventeenth International Conference:

The Mandaeans

(University of Oxford)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Kurt Rudolph (Philipps-Universität):

“The relevance of Mandaean literature to the study of Near Eastern religions” PP 1-12

Prof. Dr. Jorunn J. Buckley (Bowdoin College):

“A re-investigation of the Book of John” PP 13-23

Prof. Edmondo Lupieri (University of Udine):

“Friar of Ignatius of Jesus (Carlo Leonelli) and the first scholarly book on Mandaeaism (1652)” PP 25-46

Dr. Christa Müller-Kessler (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena):

“The question of the origin of the Mandaeans” PP 47-60

Miss. Roberta Borghero (University of Cambridge):

“Some linguistic features of a Mandaean manuscript from the seventeenth century” PP 61-83

Mr. Bogdan Burtea (Freie Universität Berlin):

“Šarh d-Paruanaiia. A Mandaeanritual commentary” 85-93

Dr. Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences):

“The short Parthian hymn in M4a: mwqr’nyg” 95-107

Dr. Şinasi Gündüz (Ondokuz Mayis University-Turkey):

“Mandaean parallels in Yezidī beliefs and folklore” PP 109-126

Volume 16 Number 2, 2004

Proceedings of the ARAM Eighteenth International Conference:

The Manichaeans

(University of Oxford)

Dr. Sam Lieu (University of Macquarie):

“Manichaean terminology in Syriac – some observations” PP 129-140

Dr. Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences):

            “The Manichaean magical text M389-M8430/I/” PP 141-160

Prof. Jason David BeDuhn (Northern Arizona University):

“The Near Eastern connections of Manichaeans confessionary practice” PP 161-177

Prof. F. Stanley Jones (California State University):

“The Book of Elchasai in its relevance for Manichaean institutions” 179-215

Dr. John C. Reeves (University of North Carolina-Charlotte):

“A Manichaean Blood Libel” PP 217-232

Dr. Frédéric Alpi (CNRS):

“Les Homélies Cathédrales de Sévére d’Antioche: observations sur quelques passages négligés relatifs aux Manichéens.” PP 233-243

Mr. Tudor Sala (University of Bonn):

“Ephrem Syrus’ encounter with the Manichaeans discourse” PP 245-262

Mr. Marcus Bierbaums (Universität Bonn):

“Ephrem the Syrian on freedom of will in Manichaeism (Pr. II-XXVIII): a reference to the Manichaean common property?” PP 263-277

Prof. Dr. François Decret (France):

“Le manichéisme en Afrique du Nord et ses rapports avec la secte en Orient” PP 279-283

Dr. Helmut Waldmann (University of Tübingen):

“Manichaeism shapes modern Europe: Eleanor of Aquitania (1124-1204)” PP 285-293

ARAM Newsletter PP. 295-314

Volume 17 Numbers 1&2, 2005

Proceedings of the ARAM Nineteenth International Conference:

Alcohol in the Syrian Orient

(University of Oxford)

Prof. Maria Teresa Viviani (Catholic University of Chile):

“The role of alcoholic beverages in Sumer and Akkad: an analysis of iconographic patters (III millennium)” PP 1-50

Dr. Michael Decker (Rice University - Houston):

“The wine trade of Cilicia in Late Antiquity” PP 51-59

Dr. Lucinda Dirven (University of Amsterdam):

“Banquet scenes from Hatra” PP 61-82

Dr. Steven Derfler (University of Wisconsin):

“The wine industry, the Sharon Plain and Tel Michal” PP 83-94

Prof. Joseph Patrich (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):

“Was Dionysus, the Wine god, venerated  by the Nabataeans?” PP 95-113

Mr. Zeyad al-Salameen (University of Manchester):

“Nabataean wine-presses from Bayda, southern Jordan” PP 115-127

Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (University of Oxford):

“The prohibition and the use of alcohol in the Syrian ascetic tradition and its Biblical and spritual origins” PP 135-156

Dr. Lukas Amadeus Schachner (University of Oxford):

“‘I greet you and thy brethren. Here are fifteen shentasse of wine’: wine as a  product in the early monasteries of Egypt and the Levant” PP 157-184

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

“Sobria ebrietas according to some Syriac texts” PP 185-191

Dr. Bo Holmberg (Lund University):

“Longing for unconsciousness” PP 193-201

Dr. Kathryn Kueny (Lawrence University):

“Wine and mystical speculation: The poetics of intoxicated love and sober reflection in the poetry of ‘Umar Ibn al-Farid” PP 203-210

Mrs. Natascha Bagherpour Kashani (Julius-Maximilian Universität):

“The ‘Cultic Vessel’ from Inandik: Was it used for Alcohol?” 211-220

Dr. Stephan Dähne (German Institute for Oriental Studies):

“A Christian-Arabic sermon against the sin of drunkenness from the half of the 18^th century” PP 221-228

Mr. Moheb Chanesaz (Lebanese University):

“Sweet and Bitter: Technological and symbolic aspects of the comparative extraction of the raisin juice and the olive oil” PP 229-244

Miscellaneous:

Dr. Danila Piacentini (University of Rome):

“The Palmyrene Attitudes towards death ” PP 245-258

Prof. Hayat Al-Hajji (Kuwait University):

“Some notes on the Mamluk-European relations after the Crusade” PP 259-284

Dr. Georges Tohme & Dr. Henriette Tohme (Lebanese University):

“Jabal Rihane Reserve” PP 285-356

ARAM Newsletter PP 357-372

Volume 18 Numbers 1&2, 2006

Proceedings of the ARAM Twentieth International Conference:

Palestinian Christianity

(University of Oxford)

Dr. John F. Wilson (Pepperdine University):

“The ‘Statue of Christ’ at Banias: a saga of pagan-Christian confrontation in 4^th century Syro-Palestine”. PP 1-11.

Dr. Estée Dvorjetski (Haifa University):

“Christians at the thermo-mineral baths in Roman-Byzantine Palestine”. PP 13-32.

Dr. Cornelia Horn (St. Louis University):

“Anti-Jewish polemic and conversion of Jews to anti-Chalcedonian  asceticism in the Holy Land: the case of eugenia of Tyre”. PP 33-48.

Dr. Istvan Perczel (Central European University):

“Finding a place for the Erotapokriseis of Pseudo-Caesarius: a new document of sixth-century Palestinian origenism”. PP 49-83.

Ms. Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah (Hebrew University):

“The fortification of Jerusalem in the Byzantine period”. PP 85-112.

Dr. Leah Di Segni (Hebrew University):

“The Use of Chronological system in 6^th-8^th centuries Palestine”. PP 113-126.

Prof. Dr. Pau Figueras (Ben Gurion University):

“Remains of a mural painting of the Transfiguration in the southern church of Sobata (Shivta)”. PP 127-151.

Dr. Edward Watts (Indiana University):

“Creating the ascetic and sophistic mélange: Zacharias Scholasticus and the intellectual influence of Aeneas of Gaza and John Rufus”. PP 153-164.

Dr. Stéphane Verhelst (Switzerland):

“Trois questions relatives à Jean de Bolnisi et la parabole de la brebis perdue (origénisme, manichéisme, thrènos Adam”. PP 165-188.

Dr. Sebastian Brock (Oxford University):

“East Syriac pilgrims to Jerusalem in the early Ottoman period”. PP 189-201.

Prof. Dr. Martin Tamcke (University of Göttingen):

“Orthodox Christianity in Palestine as it was seen by two German travelogues in 1898/99”. PP 203-212.

Prof. Dr. Gerald Mattingly (Johnson Bible College):

“Attitudes of early protestant missionaries toward local Christians in Palestine and Transjordan”. PP 213-228.

Dr. Antony O’Mahony (Heythrop College):

“Christian presence, Church-State relations and theology in modern Jerusalem: the Holy See, Palestinian Christianity and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Holy Land”. PP 229-305.

Prof. Dr. Charles H. Miller (St. Mary’s University):

“Hermeneutical problems for a Palestinian catholic reading the Old Testament and current pastoral responses”. PP 307-324.

Volume 19 Numbers 1&2, 2007

Proceedings of the ARAM Twenty First International Conference:

Pilgrimages and Shrines in the Syrian Orient

(University of Oxford)

Dr. Lamia El-Khoury (Yarmouk University):

“Nabataean pilgrimages as seen through their archaeological remains”. PP 325-340.

Mr. Moulay M’hamed Janif (Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne University):

“Sacred time in petra and nabataea: some perspectives”. PP 341-361.

Dr. Lucinda Dirven (Amsterdam University):

“Hatra: a ‘pre-Islamic Mecca’ in the Eastern Jazirah”. PP 363-380.

Dr. Leah Di Segni (Hebrew University):

 “On the development of Christian cult sites on tombs of the second Temple period”. PP 381-401.

Dr. David Woods (University College Cork):

“Adomnan, Arculf, and the true Cross: overlooked evidence for Heraclius’ pilgrimage to Jerusalem c. 630 ”. PP 403-413.

Dr. Sebastian Brock (Oxford University), Dr. Haim Goldfus (Ben Gurion University), Dr. Aryeh Kofsky (Haifa University):

“The Syriac inscriptions at the entrance to Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem”. PP 415-438.

Dr. Cornelia Horn (St. Louis University):

“Children as pilgrims and the cult of the Holy Children in the early Syriac tradition: the cases of Theodoret of Cyrrhus and the child-    martyrs Behnam, Sarah, and Cyriacus”. PP 439-462.

Ms. Francesca Prometea Barone (Palermo University):

“Pilgrims and pilgrimages in John Chrysostom”. PP 463-476.

Prof. Dr. Martin Tamcke (University of Göttingen):

“Abraham of Kashkar’s pilgrimage”. PP 477-482.

Dr. Joel Walker (Washington University):

“The legacy of Mesopotamia in Late Antique Iraq: the christian martyr shrine at Melqi (Neo-Assyrian Milqia”. PP 483-508.

Prof. Dr. Pau Figueras (Ben Gurion University):

“The location of xenodochium Sancti Georgii in the light of two inscriptions in Mizpe Shivta”. PP 509-526.

Dr. Tamila Mgaloblishvili (Georgian Academy of Sciences):

            “An unknown Georgian monastery in the Holy Land”. PP 527-539.

Dr. Rima Avner (Israel Antiquities’ Authority):

 “The Kathisma: a christian and Muslim pilgrimage site”. PP 541-557.

Dr. André Binggeli (CNRS – IRHT, Paris):

“Foire et pèlerinages sur la route du Hajj: à propos de quelques sanctuaires chrétiens et musulmans dans le sud du Bilad al-Šam d’après le Kitab al-azminad’Ibn Masawayh (9e s.)”. PP 559-582.

Dr. Osman Eravşar (Selçuk University):

“Anatolia-Syria caravan road and Menzil caravansaries in 13^th century”. PP 583-599.

Dr. Daniella Talmon-Heller (Ben Gurion University):

“The ‘revival’ of ancient graves in Zangid and Ayyubid Syria (twelfth-thirteenth centuries)”. PP 601-620.

Dr. Hana Taragan (Tel Aviv University):

“Holy place in the making: Maqam al-Nabi Musa in the early Mamluk period”. PP 621-639.

Dr. Gaby Abou Samra (Holy Spirit University):

“The pilgrimage between Saydnaya and Jerusalem according to a manuscript from Bcharree (Lebanon)”. PP 641-672.

Mrs. Alia El Sandouby (California University at LA):

“The Places of Ahl al-bayt in Bilad al-Sham: the making of a ‘shrine’”. PP 673-693.

Ms. Michelle Zimney (California University at SB):

“History in the making: the Sayyida Zaynab shrine in Damascus. PP 695-703.

Dr. Maria Luisa Mansfield (Harvard University):

“Jerusalem in the 19^th century: changes in the built environment”. PP 705-714.

Miscellaneous:

Dr. Sebastian Brock (Oxford University):

“A further funerary mosaic inscription from Osrhoene”. PP 715-721.

Dr. Antony O’Mahony (Heythrop College):

“ ‘Making safe the Holy Way’ Ethiopian pilgrim and Monastic presence in 14^th century Egypt and Jerusalem”. PP 723-738.

Dr. Daniel Bonneterre (Université du Québec à Montréal):

“ ‘A vous peuples, nations et langues…’ Propos sur la civilisation araméenne”. PP 739-749.

ARAM  Newsletter PP 751-759.

Volume 20, Number 1 (2008): Iconography and Mythology of Prophet Elijah, St. George and Al-Khodor:

Miss. Lucy Wadeson (University of Oxford):

“Chariots of fire: Elijah and the Zodiac in Synagogue floor of Late Antique Palestine” pp 1-41.

Dr. Yoram Bilu (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):

“Dreamers in Paradise: The worship of Prophet Elijah in Beit She’an, Israel” pp 43-57.

Dr. Daphna Arbel (University of British Columbia):

“Elijah lore and the Enoch/Metatron narrative of 3 Enoch” pp 59-76.

Dr. Aharon Gaimani (Bar-Ilan University):

“The chair of Eluyahu in the circumcision ceremony in Oriental Jewish communities” pp 77-94.

Dr. Zvi Uri Ma‘oz (Golan Research Institute):

“En-Nabi Khader (Khouder) at Banyas (Dan-Caesarea-Philippi-Paneas)” pp 95-100.

Miss. Maja Kominko (University of Oxford):

“Elijah in the Christian Topography – Syriac story and Greek image?” pp 101-110.

Dr. Francesca Prometea Barone (University of Palermo):

“The image of Prophet Elijah in Ps. Chrysostom: The Greek homilies” pp111-124.

Mr. Gianluca Masi (University of Florence):

“The image of Prophet Elijah in Ps. Chrysostom: Coptic encomium and Latin texts.” pp125-136.

Dr. Osman Eravşar (Seljuk University)

“Miniature painting of Prophet Elijah (İlyas) and al-Khdor (Hidir) in Ottomon period” pp 137-162.

Dr. David Woods (University College Cork):

“Pope Zacharias (741-52) and the head of St. George.” pp 163-180.

Mr. Stephen Hirtenstein (Ibn ‘Arabi Society):

“The Mantle of Khidr: mystery, myth and meaning according to Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi. ” pp 181-194.

Miss. Hasmik Tovmasyan (Yerevan State University):

“St. Sargis and al-Khidr: a common saint for Christians and Muslims” pp 195-202.

Dr. Marlene Kanaan (Balamand University-Lebanon):

“Legends, places and traditions related to the cult of Saint George in Lebanon.”  pp 203-219.

Volume 20 Number 2 (2008): Louis Massignon:

Dr. Richard Wheeler (London):

“Louis Massignon and al-Hallâj: an introduction to the life and thought of a 20^th century mystic” pp 221-243.

Mr. Ian Latham (UK):

“The conversion of Louis Massignon in Mesopotamia in 1908.” pp 245-267.

Dr. Antony O’Mahony (Heythrop College-University of London):

“Louis Massignon, the Melkite Church and Islam ” pp 269-297.

Dr. Andrew Unsworth (Heythrop College-University of London):

“Louis Massignon, the Holy See and the Ecclesial transition from ‘Immortale Dei’ to ‘Nostra Aetate’: A brief history of the development of Catholic Church teaching on Muslims and Religion of Islam from 1883 to 1965. ” pp 299-316.

Dr. Emma Loosley (University of Manchester):

“The Challenge of Monasticism: Louis Massignon and the hospitality of Abraham ” pp 317-327.

Dr. Paolo Dall’Oglio (Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi: Syria):

“Louis Massignon and Badaliya .” pp 329-336.

Mr. Hugues Didier (France):

“louis Massignon and Charles de Foucauld.” Pp 337-353.

Dr. Agnes Wilkins OSB (Stanbrook Abbey, England):

“louis Massignon, Thomas Merton and Mary Kahil ” pp 355-373.

Mr. Christopher Brown (England):

“Kenneth Gragg on Sh‘a Islam and Iran: An Anglican theological response to Political Islam. ” pp 375-391.

Volume 20 (2008): Miscellaneous:

Dr. Ilnour I. Nadirov (St. Petersburg Institute of Oriental Researches):

“Early Parthian inscription in the museum of Uzbekistan nation history, Tashkent.” pp 393-396.