• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Algorithmic Musings in Syriac: A Verse Poem on Computation Attributed to George of the Arabs

Algorithmic Musings in Syriac: A Verse Poem on Computation Attributed to George of the Arabs

Paperback

Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity, Book 80

General Christianity

ISBN10: 1463247052
ISBN13: 9781463247058
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: Nov 21 2024
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Algorithmic Musings in Syriac: A Verse Poem on Computation Attributed to George of the Arabs is a fresh edition and translation of George of the Arabs' homily on the Chronicon, on the reckoning of the year and the computation of the dates of feasts such as Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter. It is based on three manuscripts and includes a lexicon of technical terms for a deeper understanding of this classic work of Golden Age Syriac literature.

Also from

Kiraz, George Anton

Also in

General Christianity