It has rarely been recognized that the Christian writers of the first millennium pursued an ambitious and exciting philosophical project alongside their engagement in the doctrinal …
The hydrochemistry of major ions and environmental isotope compositions ( 18 O, 2 H and tritium) of water samples have been used to investigate the characteristics of rainfalls, surface …
It is now three years since I had the pleasure of laying before the public a volume of Travels in Palestine, through the countries of Bashan and Gilead, and the region of the Decapolis, …
Background: Evaluation of the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was made possible by the development of a serological assay to detect antibodies to epitopes of HCV. …
IN THE summer of the year 244/858, after a slow, three-month journey from his capital of Samarra in Iraq, the CAbbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil arrived at the city of Damascus in Syria with …
<p>This paper explores the uses of television in social relations in a specific urban, Middle Eastern context. In contemporary Syria locally‐produced historical dramas form part of wider …
The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period examines the important role of Ibn As kir, including his" Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad," in the …
Available literature on the ancient Indian wootz process for producing the steel believed to have been used in Damascus blades is reviewed. There is uncertainty in the literature as to …
In July of 1860 the intra-mural Christian quarter of Damascus was looted and burned and thousands of its inhabitants were massacred. This horrific event, which arrived on the heels of …