Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition

Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition

 

e-GEDSH is an electronic version of the 2011 edition of the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, published by Gorgias Press on behalf of the Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute. e-GEDSH is the result of the collaborative efforts of many scholars. The encyclopedia currently holds 622 entries written by 76 contributors. This digital edition is implemented on the Srophé App platform using TEI XML, eXist-db, and linked open data technologies.

General Editor

George Anton Kiraz, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute

Print Edition Editors

Sebastian P. Brock, University of Oxford
Aaron M. Butts, The Catholic University of America
George Anton Kiraz, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
Lucas Van Rompay, Duke University

Digital Edition Technical Editors

David A. Michelson, Vanderbilt University
Ute Possekel, Harvard University
Daniel L. Schwartz, Texas A&M University

Senior Programmer

Winona Salesky

Senior Advisor

Peter R. L. Brown, Princeton University

Front Matter

• The Making of the Electronic Edition by George A. Kiraz
• The Making of the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage by George A. Kiraz
• Editors’ Preface by Sebastian P. Brock, Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz, and Lucas Van Rompay
• List of Contributors
• Sigla and Abbreviations
• Figures and Color Plates

Entries

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Back Matter

• Maps
• List of Patriarchs of the Main Syriac Churches in the Middle East by Samuel Burleson and Lucas Van Rompay
• Manuscript Index

Printed Edition

• Available from Gorgias Press