- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Francis Acharya, "A Biblical Celebration of the Divine Dispensation of God's Economy of Salvation" (page 11)
- 1. Liturgical and Biblical Renewal (page 11)
- 2. The Divine Dispensation: God's Economy of Salvation (page 13)
- 3. The Four Ages of the Divine Dispensation (page 15)
- 4. Our Lectionary (page 20)
- 5. The Sundays, Moveable Feasts and Holy Sermons (page 22)
- 5.1 Season of the Annunciation (page 23)
- 5.2 Season of the Nativity-Epiphany (page 24)
- 5.3 Season of the Fast of our Lord, His Passion and Resurrection (page 26)
- 5.4 The Fifty Days of the Resurrection, Ascension, Pentacost (page 31)
- 5.5 Season of the Apostles (page 32)
- 5.6 Season of the Transfiguration (page 34)
- 5.7 The Seven Sundays after the Exaltation of the Cross (page 36)
- 6. Conclusion (page 40)
- Francoise Briquel, "The Syriac sources relating to the persecution of the Christians of Najran in South Arabia" (page 43)
- S.P. Brock, "Syriac Liturgical Poetry - A Resource for Today" (page 55)
- Christine Chaillot, "Some Comments on the Prayer of Consecration of Icons in the Syriac Tradition" (page 69)
- A. Introduction (page 69)
- B. Comments on the prayer (page 71)
- C. Some Theological Comments (page 78)
- D. Some Comments about icons and their veneration from texts of the Syriac tradition (page 81)
- P.J. Botha, "Fire Mingled with Spirit: St. Ephrem's Views on Angels and the Angelic Life of Christians" (page 97)
- 1. Introduction (page 97)
- 2. The Polarity Angels Versus God (page 98)
- 3. The Polarity Angels Versus Mankind (page 100)
- 4. The Polarity Spirituality Versus Corporeality (page 102)
- 5. Conclusion (page 106)
- Dr. Bertam Schimitz, "Das Indienfild in der Syriaschen Thomasliteratur- The three poems of Jacob of Sarub about the Apostel Thomas in India" (page 107)
- Introduction (page 107)
- The 'Indienbild' (page 110)
- Alison Salvesen, "The Purpose of Jacob of Edessa's Version of Samuel" (page 119)
- Alexander Jacob, "Enslavement in Syriac Literature: Comparative Chronology with Bar Hebraeus" (page 129)
- Alain Desreumaux, "The Prophetical Testimonies about Christ: An unedited typological exegesis in Syriac" (page 135)
- D. J. Lane, "The Last Things; Shubhalmaran and his Times" (page 141)
- Introduction (page 141)
- The times of Shubhalmaran (page 142)
- The last follos (page 145)
- The end of the matter (page 148)
- Bibliography (page 151)
- Rev. Dr. G. Panicker, "The Book of Treasures by Mar Job of Edessa" (page 153)
- The Book of Treasures (page 154)
- The contents of the Book (page 156)
- Conclusion (page 161)
- George Karukaparampil, "Experience of Pneumatological Eschatology in Ephrem" (page 163)
- The Blessing of the Fall (page 163)
- The Spirit, The Rahona D'hayya (page 165)
- Experience in the Mysteries (page 165)
- Conclusion (page 166)
- Dr. Karl-Heinz Kuhlmann, "The Apology of Timothy, the Patriarch, before Caliph Mahdi - The Christian-Muslim Dialogue yesterday and today" (page 169)
- I. Introduction (page 169)
- II. Time and circumstances of Patriarch Timothy I (page 170)
- III. The Text (page 172)
- IV. The Course of Events (page 173)
- V. The Dialogue yesterday and today (page 175)
- Bibliography (page 178)
- Rev. Dr. Jacob Kollaparambil, "Cross and Crucifix in the Syrian Tradition" (page 179)
- P.V. Philip, "The Dimensions of Love According to Jacob of Sarug" (page 187)
- Jacob of Sarug (page 187)
- The Homily (page 188)
- Dr. Isaac Arickappallil, "The Pneumatological Vision of Mar Narsai" (page 197)
- I. The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (page 198)
- II. Pneumatological Soteriology (page 200)
- III. The Holy Spirit in the Church (page 201)
- IV. The Holy Spirit in the Sacraments (page 202)
- Conclusion (page 204)
- Bibliography (page 206)
- Assad Sauma Assad, "Addai Shir 1867-1915" (page 211)
- His Life (page 211)
- The Killing of the Christians in Seert (page 212)
- The Assasination of Addai Shir (page 213)
- The works of Addai Shir (page 218)
- References (page 221)
- Lionel R. Wickham, "Peter of Callinicus and Damian of Alexandria" (page 223)
- The Doctrinal Issues (page 227)
- Aftermath (page 229)
- Dr. James Aerthayli, "Mysticism in Syrian Tradition" (page 231)
- 1. Introduction (page 231)
- 2. Meaning of Mysticism (page 232)
- 3. Characteristics of Mysticism (page 234)
- 4. Mysticism in Eastern Christianity (page 236)
- 5. Mysticism and Theology (page 237)
- 6. Mysticism of the Experience of the Spirit (page 238)
- Mysticism of the Mystery of Christ (page 243)
- Means of Mysticism (page 245)
- The Jesus Prayer (page 249)
- Syrian Theology of Fasting (page 250)
- The Penitential life of the St. Thomas Christians (page 251)
- Martin Tamcke, "Luther Pera's Contribution to the Restoration of the Church of the East in Urmia" (page 253)
- Harald Suermann, "Timothy and his Dialogue with Muslims" (page 265)
- The Time of Timothy (page 265)
- Timothy (page 269)
- Timothy and Islam. The dogma of the Trinity (page 272)
- Rev. Dr. J. Sanders, "Introduction to the Life of Mar Bishoi" (page 279)
- Biography of Mar Bishoi (page 280)
- The Structure of the Text (page 292)
- Homily 81 in Relation to Other Homilies by Narsal (page 299)
- The Origins of Narsai's Christology (page 301)
- Dr. Joseph Kolangadan, "The Historicity of Apostle Thomas Evangelization in Kerala" (page 307)
- Apocryphal Evidence (page 307)
- First Century A.D. Intense Maritime contact with Malabar (page 309)
- Kerala Claim (page 310)
- Pallibena Perumal - A Royal Disciple of Apostle Thomas (page 311)
- The Seven Cradles of Nascent Kerala Church (page 312)
- Mylapore Tomb (page 315)
- Early Syriac sources (page 316)
- Corroboration from Early Tamil Literature (page 316)
- Patristic Citations (page 317)
- Ecclesiastical Tradition (page 319)
- Liturgical confirmation (page 319)
- Pilgrims' Attestation (page 321)
- Sociological Proof (page 324)
- Historians' Assessment (page 327)
- Karen Hermes, "The Syriac Language and Heritage in the Life of the Churches of the Syrian Christians of St. Thomas" (page 331)
- Introduction (page 331)
- I. The Significance of the Syriac Language in the Life of the Syrian Churches of St. Thomas (page 332)
- II. The Significance of the Syriac Heritage in the Life of the Syrian Churches of St. Thomas (page 336)
- Conclusion (page 340)
- Archbishop Joseph Powathil, "World Syriac Conference" (page 341)
- Koonammakkal Thoma Kathanar, "Christ and Christians: An Ecclesiological Theme in Ephrem" (page 347)
- Introduction (page 347)
- Church is Unity (page 348)
- Sheep of Christ is the Only Shephard (page 348)
- The Baptismal Foundation of the Church (page 353)
- P.K. Varghese, "Mar Oudhisho Metropolitan of Suwa (Died in 1318) and his Literary Works" (page 357)
- Wassillios Klein, "Indian Christianity in Greek Orthodox Hymnography" (page 367)
- The Apostle Thomas (page 368)
- Ioasaph, king of the Indians (page 370)
- Summary (page 376)
- Wolfgang Hage, "Crosses with Epigraphs in Mediaeval Central and East Asian Christianity" (page 377)
- George Mathew, "Rite for the Dedication of the Church in the West Syrian Tradition" (page 385)
- The Text (page 385)
- The Structure of the Bible (page 386)
- The Analysis of the Text (page 387)
- Conclusion (page 393)
- I.H. Dalmais, "Les Chretiens De St. Thomas Et 'Le Pretre Jean' apres quelques travaux recents" (page 395)
- Jurgen Tubach, "Der Apostel Thomas in China, Die Herkunft eiener Tradition" (page 399)
- K. Luke, "Gondopharnes" (page 433)
- I. The Languages of Ancient Iran (page 433)
- II. The Name Gondopharnes (page 440)
- III. The Indo-Parithians (page 446)
- IV. Archaeological Evidence (page 450)
- Documentation (page 453)
- Joint Communique of the Second PRO ORIENTE Non-official Syriac Consultation (page 463)
- Book Reviews (page 468)
- SEERI Chronicle 1995-1996 (page 486)
