Status | Active |
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Founded | 2001 |
Founders | Christine Kiraz and George Kiraz |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Piscataway, New Jersey |
Distribution | Worldwide |
Publication types | Books, academic journals |
Nonfiction topics | History, Religious studies, Linguistics, Syriac studies, Ancient Near East, Early Christianity, Arabic studies, Islamic studies, Jewish studies |
Official website | www |
Gorgias Press is a US-based independent academic publisher specializing in the history and religion of the Middle East and the larger pre-modern world.
Founded in 2001 by Christine and George Kiraz, the press is based in Piscataway, New Jersey.[1]
The publishes titles in history, religious studies, and linguistics, with special focus upon the Ancient Near East, Syriac, Arabic, Early Christianity, Classical Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Islamic Studies.[2] Authors include Jamal-Dominique Hopkins, Sebastian Brock, Clinton Bennett, David C. Parker, Andrei Orlov, Iain Torrance, Philip Khuri Hitti, George Percy Badger, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Ignatius Afram I Barsoum, Ignatius Elias III, Aziz Suryal Atiya, and William Hatch.[3][4] The press also publishes critical editions and English translations of previously untranslated or under-translated works, such as those of Hippolytus of Rome, Jacob of Sarug, and Isaac the Syrian.[5][6][7]
As of 2019, Gorgias publishes 29 book series, including Gorgias Handbooks, Gorgias Ugaritic Studies, Judaism in Context, and Texts from Christian Late Antiquity.[8] In addition to books, the press publishes several peer-reviewed academic journals, including the Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies and the American Journal of Ancient History.[9]
In 2010, Gorgias published three volumes of peer-reviewed articles as part of Foundations for Syriac Lexicography in association with the International Syriac Language Project.[10] Beginning in 2012, the press published the first of an ongoing 35 volume English translation of the Antioch Bible, an Aramaic text of the Syriac Peshitta.[11][12]
In 2018, German academic publisher Walter de Gruyter and Gorgias entered into an e-book distribution partnership.[13] In 2019, Gorgias partnered with the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies to inaugurate the Library of Arabic and Islamic Heritage (مكتبة التراث العربي والاسلامي).[14]
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgias Press.
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