Šalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in honour of his contributions to Semitic Studies

A Festschrift for Rifaat Ebied celebrating a lifetime of work in the field of Semitic Studies, in particular Syriac, Christian Arabic, and Mandaic. TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 FOREWORD 8 PREFACE 10 PUBLICATIONS OF RIFAAT Y. EBIED 12 DO PICTURES FROM THE PAST REPEAT THEMSELVES? 24 THE TEN HORNED RAM OF OLD GREEK DANIEL 8 36 A ʻGIFTʼ IN SYRIAC: A MOSAIC FROM OSRHOENE 52 AL-QĀSIM IBN IBRĀHĪM AL-RASSĪ AND CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS IN THE NINTH CENTURY 84 DISCOVERING ‘PARADISE’ AT TURFAN 96 POST-CHALCEDONIAN CONFLICTS IN EGYPT: ON THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND ORTHODOXY OF TIMOTHY AELURUS (457–477 C.E.) 110 THE CEREMONIAL CREATION OF THE BODY OF ADAM IN ALMA RIŠAIA RBA 124 DANIEL OF ṢALAḤ’S INTRODUCTION TO THE PSALMS, CHAPTER 1–16: TIMELESS ESSENTIALS FOR STUDENTS OF THE PSALTER 160 THE COLLECTIVE AUTHORSHIP OF THE PESHITTA NEW TESTAMENT 174 EPHREM (ALLEGEDLY) ON HIMSELF: TWO SYRIAC POEMS 238 EUKHITISM AND ANONYMITY IN THE ʻBOOK OF STEPSʼ 252 MANA AND DUALISM IN THE MANDAEAN TRIPARTITE SYSTEM: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ESOTERIC TEXT, DIWANQADAHA- RBA-D-DMUTH-KUŠṬA 272 AUFFASSUNG UND DARSTELLUNG DER TRINITÄT IN DER IKONOGRAPHIE 300 PATRIARCHAL BONE RELICS IN THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX DAYR-AL-ZA’FARAN IN MARDIN (TURKEY) 316 PETER OF KALLINIKOS AND THE SYRIAC LANGUAGE IN THE LATE SIXTH CENTURY. FIRST NOTES 334 MARCO SPURIO?: MARCO POLO ON THE CHURCH OF THE EAST IN CHINA 352 DANIEL OF MARDIN: THE MAN AND HIS WORK 384 SYNODALITY IN THE CHURCH OF THE EAST 408 GLOSSARY OF MANDAEAN TERMS 420 NAMES OF MANDAEAN CELESTIAL AND DARKWORLD BEINGS 424 CONTRIBUTORS 428