Gorgias Press
{{short description|American publishing company}}
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| founded = 2001
| founders = Christine Kiraz and George Kiraz
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| country = United States
| headquarters = Piscataway, New Jersey
| distribution = Worldwide
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| publications = Books, academic journals
| topics = History, Religious studies, Linguistics, Syriac studies, Ancient Near East, Early Christianity, Arabic studies, Islamic studies, Jewish studies
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| url = {{URL|http://www.gorgiaspress.com}}
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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.
History
Founded in 2001 by Christine and George Kiraz, the press is based in Piscataway, New Jersey.{{cite AV media|url=https://newbooksnetwork.com/george-kiraz-on-gorgias-press-nbn-2017/|title=An interview with George Kiraz, the founder of Gorgias Press (podcast)|date=November 2, 2017|people=NA Mansur (University of Princeton), George Kiraz|language=en|publisher=NBN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103023200/https://newbooksnetwork.com/george-kiraz-on-gorgias-press-nbn-2017/|archive-date=November 3, 2017|url-status=live}}
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, Mandaean studies, and Islamic studies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/about-us|title=About Us|website=Gorgias Press|access-date=30 December 2019}} Authors include Jamal-Dominique Hopkins, Sebastian Brock, Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/Authors|title=Gorgias Press Authors|accessdate=30 December 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2016/01/why-gorgias-matters/|title=Why Gorgias Matters|last=Jenkins|first=Philip|date=29 January 2016|work=Patheos|access-date=30 December 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/hippolytus-commentary-on-daniel-and-chronicon|title=HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME: COMMENTARY ON DANIEL AND 'CHRONICON'|access-date=3 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/jacob-of-sarugs-homilies-on-the-six-days-of-creation-the-fifth-day|title=JACOB OF SARUG'S HOMILIES ON THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION: THE FIFTH DAY|access-date=3 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/isaac-the-syrians-spiritual-works|title=Isaac the Syrian's spiritual works|access-date=3 January 2020}}
As of 2019, Gorgias publishes 29 book series, including Gorgias Handbooks, Gorgias Ugaritic Studies, Gorgias Mandaean Studies, Judaism in Context, and Texts from Christian Late Antiquity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/Content/Images/uploaded/2019_Annual_Catalog_Full_Series_List.pdf|title=2019 Full Series Catalog|date=2019|access-date=30 December 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/journals|title=Gorgias Press Journals|accessdate=30 December 2019}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.helsinki.fi/teol/pro/iosot/abstracts/islp.html|title=The International Syriac Language Project (ISLP)|date=6 August 2010|publisher=University of Helsinki|accessdate=30 December 2019}} 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.{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=David A.|date=20 April 2017|title=Review of Jeff W. Childers, trans.; George A Kiraz, ed.The Antioch Bible: The Gospel of Luke according to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation (Syriac Edition)|url=https://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10038|journal=Review of Biblical Literature|publisher=Society of Biblical Literature}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/antiochbible|title=Antioch Bible|access-date=30 December 2019}}
In 2018, German academic publisher Walter de Gruyter and Gorgias entered into an e-book distribution partnership.{{Cite news|url=https://www.boersenblatt.net/2018-03-06-artikel-de_gruyter_und_gorgias_press_kooperieren-vertriebspartnerschaft.1437559.html|title=De Gruyter und Gorgias Press kooperieren|date=6 March 2018|work=Boersenblatt|access-date=30 December 2019}} 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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorgiaspress.com/library-of-arabic-and-islamic-heritage|title=Arabic Heritage Library|access-date=30 December 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.gorgiaspress.com/}}
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Category:Publishing companies established in 2001
Category:Publishing companies of the United States
Category:Piscataway, New Jersey
Category:Academic publishing companies