Sebastian Brock

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Brock, Sebastian P., ed. (1971). The Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Nonnos Mythological Scholia. London: Cambridge University Press.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (2008) [1979]. The Holy Spirit in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition (3rd ed.). Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN   9781593338442.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (2017) [1980]. An Introduction to Syriac Studies (3rd revised ed.). Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN   9781463207137.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (1984). Syriac Perspectives on Late Antiquity. London: Variorum Reprints. ISBN   9780860781479.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (1992) [1985]. The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem (2nd revised ed.). Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications. ISBN   9780879075248.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (1987). The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications. ISBN   9780879076016.
  • Brock, Sebastian P.; Harvey, Susan A. (1998) [1987]. Holy Women of the Syrian Orient. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN   9780520213661.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (2008) [1988]. Studies in Syriac Spirituality (2nd revised ed.). Bangalore: Center for Eastern and Indian Christian Studies. ISBN   9788189958176.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (1995). Catalogue of Syriac Fragments (New Finds) in the Library of the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai. Athens: Mount Sinai Foundation. ISBN   9789608573901.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (1996). Syriac Studies: A Classified Bibliography, 1960-1990. Kaslik: Parole de l'Orient.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (1997). A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature. Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (1999). From Ephrem to Romanos: Interactions Between Syriac and Greek in Late Antiquity. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN   9780860788003.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (2006). Fire from Heaven: Studies in Syriac Theology and Liturgy. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN   9780754659082.
  • Bedjan, Paul; Brock, Sebastian P., eds. (2006). Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. Vols. 1–6
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (2019). The People and the Peoples: Syriac Dialogue Poems from Late Antiquity. Oxford: Journal of Jewish Studies. ISBN   9780957522817.
  • Brock, Sebastian P. (2020). Singer of the Word of God: Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. doi:10.31826/9781463239619. ISBN   9781463239619.
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    References

    1. Abouzayd 1993, p. 2: "The Syriac heritage owes much to Sebastian Brock and, as in the old adage "all roads lead to Rome", all aspects of Syriac studies lead one way or another to Sebastian Brock ... His voluminous work on Syriac, and related fields, is unique in our modern times."
    2. Kiraz 2004, p. 5-8.
    3. Fellows of the British Academy: Dr Sebastian Brock FBA
    4. Wolfson College: Sebastian Brock
    5. Torrance, Iain (2021). "A Sumptuous and Scholarly Edition of the Syriac New Testament". The Expository Times. 132 (9). SAGE Publications: 415–416. doi:10.1177/00145246211017543. ISSN   0014-5246. S2CID   235381388.
    6. "Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2009". Prizes and Medals. British Academy. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
    7. Medal awarded
    8. Syriac E-School (25 May 2024). Malphono Sebastian Brock receives the sacrament of the Holy Mayrun of the Syriac Orthodox Church . Retrieved 25 May 2024 via YouTube.

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    Sebastian P. Brock
    FBA
    Born1938
    London
    NationalityBritish
    Other namesSebastian Paul Brock
    OccupationSyriacist
    Spouse Helen Hughes-Brock
    Academic background
    Education Eton College
    Trinity College, Cambridge
    Alma mater University of Oxford