Dr. Edward G. Mathews, Jr.
A specialist in biblical and early Christian languages and literatures, Dr. Mathews studied at Catholic University in Washington, DC, where he did a double B.A./M.A. degree in Greek and Latin, specializing in Greek patristics, and in Semitic Languages, with a focus on Aramaic literature and Syriac patristics. Dr. Mathews studied Armenian for two years at Dumbarton Oaks with Robert Thomson, and spent a year at Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He then went on to Columbia University in New York City, where he completed his Ph.D. degree in Armenian Studies under the direction of Nina Garsoïan. Dr. Mathews has taught at Catholic University, Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Seminary, University of Scranton, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Armenian Evangelical Seminary in Yerevan, and at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. His main research interests are the early literature of Syria and Armenia, the influence of early Syriac theology on the Armenian Church, and especially Ephrem the Syrian, a number of whose works he has translated from both Syriac and Armenian; he is also engaged with Gorgias Press to translate the complete works of Jacob of Sarug, and with the Leiden Peshitta Institute to translate the Syriac Bible into English.
Edward G. Mathews, Jr., Ph.D.
Dalton, PA 18414
E-mail: egmathews@svots.edu
CURRENT ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Independent Scholar
Recurring Visiting Professor, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary
Recurring Visiting Professor, Evangelical Theological Seminary of Armenia
CURRENT ACADEMIC SERVICE
Director of Research, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary
Editorial Board: Avant - Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition. St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. New Rochelle, New York.
Editorial Board: Eastern Christian Texts Series. Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. Brigham Young University. Provo: Utah.
Editorial Board: Eastern Christian Studies Series. Notre Dame University. Louise, Lebanon.
Assistant Editor: St. Nersess Theological Review. St. Nersess Armenian
Seminary. New Rochelle, New York.
Book Review Editor: St. Nersess Theological Review. St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. New Rochelle, New York.
North-American Coordinator, Leiden-Jerusalem Armenian Database.
PAST ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
1996-2001 St. Pius X Chair of Theology: University of Scranton
1990-2001 Instructor: Department of Theology, University of Scranton
1989-2001 Instructor: Department of Foreign Languages, University of Scranton
1999-2000 Instructor: Evangelical Theological Seminary of Armenia, Erevan
Fall 1994 Adjunct: Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Sum 1993 Instructor: Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Sum 1985-7 Instructor: Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Spr 1985 Instructor: Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Seminary, Washington, DC
PAST ACADEMIC SERVICE
1997-2001 Board Member: Diocesan Commission for Ecumenism and Inter-Faith Affairs. Diocese of Scranton, PA
1997-2001 Board Member: Diocesan Ecumenical Leadership Committee. Diocese of Scranton, PA
1996-2001 Advisory Board: Catholic Studies Program, University of Scranton
1991-1996 Book Review Editor: Diakonia. University of Scranton.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Columbia University of New York - Armenian History and Literature (1996)
Dissertation: The Armenian Commentary on the Book of Genesis attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary. Nina G. Garsoian, director; S. Peter Cowe, and Very Rev. K. Maksoudian, readers. -- with distinction
M.Phil. Columbia University of New York - Armenian History and Literature (1994)
M.A. Columbia University of New York - Armenian History and Literature (1991)
Ph.D. Cand. The Catholic University of America - Semitic Languages and Literature (1987)
M.A. The Catholic University of America - Semitic Languages and Literature (1982)
Thesis: Isaac of Antioch, On Solitaries, Mourners and Hermits. Introduction, translation and commentary.
M.A. The Catholic University of America - Greek and Latin (1982)
B.A. The Catholic University of America - Semitic Languages and Literature (1982)
B.A. The Catholic University of America - Greek and Latin (1982)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
1995-present Society of Biblical Literature
1993-present Association International des études arméniennes
1989-present Society for Armenian Studies
1989-present National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
1986-present Catholic Biblical Association
1984-present North American Patristic Society
PUBLICATIONS:
1984
Review of Irenée Hausherr, Penthos: The Doctrine of Compunction in the Christian East. Cistercian Studies Series, 53. Kalamazoo: Cistercian, 1982.
in Religious Studies Review 10 (1984) 293.
1985
Review of Paolo Bettiolo, Gli Scritti de Nilo Il Solitario. Publications de l’Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, 30. Louvain: Peeters, 1983.
in Religious Studies Review 11 (1985) 298.
1986
Translation of Ephrem’s “Homily for Holy Thursday,” in Daniel Sheerin, ed., The Eucharist. Message of the Fathers of the Church, 7. Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1986, pp. 138-143.
Review of Ignatius Pena, P. Castellana, and R. Fernández, Les Cenobites Syriens. Studium Biblicum Franciscanum: Collectio Minor, 28. Milan: Franciscan, 1983.
in Religious Studies Review 12 (1986) 298.
Review of Dominique Cerbelaud, tr., Cyrillonas, L’Agneau Veritable: Hymnes, Cantiques et Homilies. L’Esprit et le Feu. Chevetogne, 1984.
in Religious Studies Review 12 (1986) 298-299.
Review of Pierre Yousif, L’Eucharistie chez Saint Ephrem de Nisibe. Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 224. Rome: Pontificium Institutum Orientale, 1984.
in Religious Studies Review 12 (1986) 263-264.
1987
Translation of Letter 101 of Cyril of Alexandria, in John I. McEnerney, ed., The Letters of Cyril of Alexandria. Fathers of the Church, 77. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1987, pp. 160-163.
Reviews of John Healey, First Studies in Syriac. University Semitics Study Aids, 6. Birmingham, 1980; John H. Eaton, ed., Horizons in Semitic Studies. University Semitics Study Aids, 8. Birmingham, 1980; and Albert Frey, Petite Grammaire Syriaque. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis Subsidia Didactica, 3. Fribourg, 1984.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 49 (1987) 641-644.
1989
“The Vita Tradition of Ephrem the Syrian, the Deacon of Edessa.” Diakonia 22 (1988-1989) 15-42.
“The Rich Man and Lazarus: Almsgiving and Repentance in Early Syriac Tradition,” Diakonia 22 (1988-1989) 89-104.
“The Multiplication of the Loaves in the Life of Jesus.” [ translation of Ignace de la Potterie, S.J., “Le sens primitif de la multiplication des pains.” ] Communio 16 (1989) 499-516.
1990
“‘On Solitaries’: Ephrem or Isaac?” Le Muséon 103 (1990) 91-110.
Review of Takamitsu Muraoka, Classical Syriac for Hebraists. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1987.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 52 (1990) 128-129.
Review of Anthony Ugolnik, The Illuminating Icon. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.
in Diakonia 23 (1990) 119-121.
Reviews of Jaroslav Pelikan, Confessor between East and West: A Portrait of Ukrainian Cardinal Josyf Slipyj. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990; Paul Robert Magocsi, UKRAINE: A Historical Atlas. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985; and Paul Robert Magocsi, Carpatho-Rusyn Studies: An Annotated Bibliography, Volume I: 1975-1984. New York: Garland, 1988.
in Diakonia 23 (1990) 185-190.
Review of Damaskinos Papandreou, Wolfgang A. Bienert, und Knut Schäferdiek, eds., Oecumenica et Patristica: Festschrift für Wilhelm Schneemelcher zum 75 Geburtstag. Chambésy-Geneva: Metropolie der Schweiz, 1989.
in Journal of Ecumenical Studies 27 (1990) 588-589.
1991
Review of George Anton Kiraz, The Syriac Primer: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Manuals, 5. Sheffield, 1989.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 53 (1991) 290-291.
Review of Jack D. Sparks, Irenaios: Proof of Apostolic Preaching. Brookline: Hellenic College Press, 1986.
in Diakonia 24 (1991) 147-148.
Review of Angelo Constantinides Hero (tr.), A Woman’s Quest for Spiritual Guidance. The Archbishop Iakovos Library of Ecclestiacal and Historical Sources, 11. Brookline: Hellenic College Press, 1986.
in Diakonia 24 (1991) 148-149.
Review of The Works of Saint Augustine, A Translation for the 21st Century: Part III - Sermons, Volume I: Sermons 1-19. Translation and Notes by Edmund Hill, O.P. Brooklyn: New City Press, 1990.
in Diakonia 24 (1991) 220-221.
Review of Chorbishop Seely Beggiani, Introduction to Eastern Christian Spirituality: The Syriac Tradition. Scranton: University of Scranton Press, 1991.
in Diakonia 24 (1991) 221-225.
Review of Casimir McCambley, OCSO, tr., Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Commentary on the Song of Songs. The Archbishop Iakovos Library of Ecclestiacal and Historical Sources, 12. Brookline: Hellenic College Press, 1987.
in Diakonia 24 (1991) 225-226.
1992
Reviews of Michael E. Stone, A Textual Commentary on the Armenian Version of IV Ezra. Society of Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 34. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990; and Joseph J. S. Weitenberg and A. de Leeuw van Weenen, Lemmatized Index of the Armenian Version of Deuteronomy. Society of Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 32. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 54 (1992) 547-548.
Reviews of Oliver Davies, ed., Gateway to Paradise. Basil the Great. Translated by Tim Witherow. Introduction by A. M. Allchin. The Spirituality of the Fathers, 1. New York: New City Press, 1991; and Joseph Oppitz, CSSR, ed., Alphonsus Liguori: The Redeeming Love of Christ. A Collection of Spiritual Writings. New York: New City Press, 1992.
in Diakonia 25 (1992) 269-273.
1993
“The Life of Ma©toc‘ as an Encomium: A Reassessment.” Revue des études arméniennes 24 (1993) 5-26.
Reviews of Michael A. Fahey, SJ, ed., Ecumenism: A Bibliographical Overview. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1992; Renate Pillinger and Erich Renhart, eds., The Divine Life, Light, and Love: Euntes in mundum universum. Festschrift in Honour of Petro B. T. Bilaniuk. Graz: Andreas Schnider Verlags-Atelier, 1992; Oliver Davies, ed., Promise of Good Things: The Apostolic Fathers. Introduction by Sheila Cassidy. The Spirituality of the Fathers, 3. New Rochelle: New City Press, 1993; Chiara Lubich: A Life for Unity. An Interview by Franca Zambonini. New Rochelle: New City Press, 1992; Ann Finch, ed., Journey to the Light: Spirituality as We Mature. New Rochelle: New City Press, 1993; Joseph F. Power, OSFS, ed., Francis de Sales: Finding God Wherever You Are. Selected Spiritual Writings. New Rochelle: New City Press, 1993; Rev. Vincent Giese, John Henry Newman: Heart to Heart. New Rochelle: New City Press, 1993; Constantine N. Tsirpanlis, Greek Patristic Theology. Vol. Three. Monograph Series in Orthodox Theology and Civilization, 7. EO Press: New York, 1987; and Constantine N. Tsirpanlis, Greek Patristic Theology. Volume Four. Monograph Series in Orthodox Theology and Civilization, 8. New York: EO Press, 1990.
in Diakonia 26 (1993) 138-143.
1994
Introduction and Trans. (with Joseph P. Amar), St. Ephrem the Syrian: Selected Prose Works. Fathers of the Church, 91. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1994.
“St. Ephrem, Madrâ©ê On Faith, 81-85: Hymns on the Pearl, I-V.” St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 38 (1994) 45-72.
Review of Karekin II, In Search of Spiritual Life: An Armenian Christian Miscellany. Antelias: Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, 1991.
in Journal of Ecumenical Studies 31 (1994) 165-166.
Review of Heidi M. Szpek, Translation Technique in the Peshitta to Job. A Model for Evaluating a Text with Documentation from the Peshitta to Job. Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series, 137. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56 (1994) 343-344.
1995
Review of Andrew Palmer with Sebastian P. Brock and Robert Hoyland, The Seventh Century in the West-Syrian Chronicles. Translated Texts for Historians, 15. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1993.
in Journal of Early Christian Studies 3 (1995) 95-97.
Review of Gabriella Uluhogian, ed., Basilio di Cesarea: Il Libro delle Domande (Le Regole). Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 536-537: Scriptores Armeniaci, 19-20. Louvain: Peeters, 1993.
in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies 8 (1995) 190-193.
1996
“The Armenian Literary Corpus Attributed to St. Ephrem the Syrian: Prolegomena to a Project.” St. Nersess Theological Review 1 (1996) 145-168.
Reviews of David J. Lane, The Peshitta of Leviticus. Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden, 6. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994; Richard A. Taylor, The Peshitta of Daniel. Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden, 7. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996) 120-122.
Review of C. T. Robert Hayward, ed., Jerome’s Hebrew Questions on Genesis. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995.
in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 7.2 (1996) 108-111.
appeared electronically as BMCR 96.2.14:
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1996/96.02.12.html
1997
“The Armenian Version of Ephrem’s Commentary on Genesis,” in Judith Frishman and Lucas Van Rompay, eds., The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation. A Collection of Essays. Traditio Exegetica Graeca, 5; Louvain: Peeters, 1997, pp. 143-161.
“The Armenian Commentary on Genesis attributed to Ephrem the Syrian: General Characteristics and Considerations.” St. Nersess Theological Review 2 (1997) 199-232.
“Jacques de Cyrrhe.” Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1997. Vol. 26, col. 655.
Review of Robert W. Thomson, ed., The Syriac Version of the Hexaemeron by Basil of Caesarea. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 550-551: Scriptores Syri, 222-223. Louvain: Peeters, 1995.
in Le Muséon 110 (1997) 251-254.
Review of Mahmoud Zibawi, Eastern Christian Worlds. Preface by Olivier Clément. Translated by Madeleine Beaumont. English Text edited by Nancy McDarby. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995.
in Journal of Early Christian Studies 5 (1997) 129-130.
1998
The Armenian Commentary on the Book of Genesis attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. 2 vols. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 572-573: Scriptores Armeniaci, 23-24. Louvain: Peeters, 1998.
Review of Claude E. Cox, Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion in Armenia. Society of Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 42. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60 (1998) 112-113.
1999
“Armenian Hymn #9, On Marriage, by St. Ephrem the Syrian.” Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies 9 (1996, 1997 (1999)) 55-63.
Review of Jaroslav Pelikan, What Has Athens to do with Jersualem? Timaeus and Genesis in Counterpoint. Jerome Lectures, 21. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997.
in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 99.01.10:
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1999/1999-01-10.html
Review of Daniel C. Harlow, The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) in Hellenistic Judaism & Early Christianity. Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha, 12. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996.
in Journal of Jewish Studies 50 (1999) 332-334.
Review of R. B. Ter Haar Romeny, A Syrian in Greek Dress: The Use of Greek, Hebrew, and Syriac Biblical Texts in Eusebius of Emesa’s Commentary on Genesis. Traditio Exegetica Graeca, 6. Louvain: Peeters, 1997.
in Journal of Jewish Studies 50 (1999) 338-339.
Review of Johann¥s B. Glenthøj, Cain and Abel in Syriac and Greek Writers (4th-6th centuries). Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 567: Subsidia, 95. Louvain: Peeters, 1997.
in Le Muséon 112 (1999) 196-199.
Review of Monica J. Blanchard and Robin D. Young, trs., Eznik of Kolb. On God. Eastern Christian Texts in Translation, 2. Louvain: Peeters, 1998.
in Le Muséon 112 (1999) 199-200.
Review of Theodore A. Bergren, Sixth Ezra: The Text and Origin. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
in Old Testament Abstracts 22 (1999) 173.
Review of John R. Bartlett, I Maccabees. Guides to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.
in Old Testament Abstracts 22 (1999) 351.
Review of Maurice Casey, Aramaic Sources of Mark’s Gospel. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 102. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 99.12.03:
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1999/1999-12-03.html
2000
“The Syriac Versions of the Bible.” The Bible Today 38 (2000) 374-377.
“Armenia.” William M. Johnson, ed., Encyclopedia of Monasticism. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. Vol. I:85-87.
“Lavra.” William M. Johnson, ed., Encyclopedia of Monasticism. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. Vol. I:746-747.
“Nestorian Monasticism.” William M. Johnson, ed., Encyclopedia of Monasticism. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. Vol. II:931-934.
“Syria.” William M. Johnson, ed., Encyclopedia of Monasticism. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. Vol. II:1225-1228.
Review of John F. A. Sawyer, Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts. Religion in the First Christian Centuries. London/New York: Routledge, 1999.
in Review of Biblical Literature, 07/31/2000:
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=2078&CodePage=2078,945
Review of Paul V.M. Flesher, ed., Targum Studies. Volume Two: Targum and Peshitta. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism, 165. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000) 177-178.
Review of P‘awstos Buzand Storia degli Armeni. A cura di Gabriella Uluhogian. Traduzione di Marco Bais e Loris Dina Nocetti. Anqousa. Armeniaca Italica, 2. Milan: Mimesis, 1997.
in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies 10 (1998,1999(2000)) 182-184.
2001
The Armenian Commentaries on Exodus-Deuteronomy attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. 2 vols. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 587-588: Scriptores Armeniaci, 25-26. Louvain: Peeters, 2001.
ed., Chaste Celibacy: Living Christ’s Own Spousal Love. First Annual Symposium on the Spirituality and Identity of the Diocesan Priest. Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation, 2001.
“The Latin Versions of the Bible.” The Bible Today 39 (2001) 39-42.
“Water in the First Creation Account of Genesis 1 in the Commentary on Genesis of Ephrem the Syrian,” in Lawrence Boadt and Mark S. Smith, eds., Imagery and Imagination in Biblical Literature: Essays in Honor of Aloysius Fitzgerald, F.S.C. Catholic Biblical Association Monograph Series, 32; Washington: The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2001, pp. 129-144.
“Spousal Imagery in the Fathers: Implications for the Priest of the New Millenium,” in Edward G. Mathews, Jr., ed., Chaste Celibacy: Living Christ’s Own Spousal Love. First Annual Symposium on the Spirituality and Identity of the Diocesan Priest. Omaha: Creighton University, 2001. Pp. 49-63.
Review of Ute Possekel, Evidence of Greek Philosophical Concepts in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 580: Subsidia, 102. Louvain: Peeters, 1999.
in Le Muséon 114 (2001) 227-229.
Review of Joæe Kra©ovec (ed.), International Symposium on the Interpretation of the Bible on the Occasion of the Publication of the New Slovenian Translation of the Bible, 17-29 September 1996, Ljublijana, Slovenija. Trs., Margaret Davis, Du©an Gabrov©ek, Joæe Kra©ovec, Cristina O©laj, Frank Slivnik, Marko Urbanija; Ljublinaja: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnisto/Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2001) 360-364.
Review of H.F. Van Rooy, Studies on the Syriac Apocryphal Psalms. Journal of Semitic Studies. Supplement, 7. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
in Review of Biblical Literature, 09/16/2001:
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=945&CodePage=2078,945
2002
ed., Spiritual Physician: Living Christ’s Own Mission of Healing Love. Second Annual Symposium on the Spirituality and Identity of the Diocesan Priest. Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation, 2002.
“St. Ephrem the Syrian: Armenian Dialogue Hymns on Virginity and Chastity, Armenian Hymns ## 4-5.” Revue des études arméniennes 28 (2001-2002) 143-169.
“A Bibliographical Clavis to the Corpus of Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch.” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 5 (2002) 3-14.
First appeared online:
http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol5No1/HV5N1Mathews.html
“Armenia and Syria: Earliest Points of Contact.” St. Nersess Theological Review 7 (2002) 5-27.
Review of Tomas Hägg and Philip Rousseau, eds., Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity. The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 31. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 02.1.000:
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2002/2002-01-10.html
Review of Kevork B. Bardakjian, A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920. With an Introductory History. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 7 (2002) 123-124.
Review of Craig E. Morrison, The Character of the Syriac Version of the First Book of Samuel. Monographs of the Peshitta Institute of Leiden, 11. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2001.
in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 64 (2002) 741-742.
Review of Gerard P. Luttikhuizen, ed., The Creation of Man and Woman: Interpretations of the Biblical Narratives in Jewish and Christian Traditions. Themes in Biblical Narrative, 3. Leiden/Boston: E.J. Brill, 2000.
in Old Testament Abstracts 25 (2002) 540-541, 440, 445-447.
2003
contributor in Michael Maas with Edward G. Mathews, Jr., Exegesis and Empire in the Early Byzantine Mediterranean: Junillus Africanus and the Instituta Regularia Divinae Legis. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum, 17; Tübingen: Mohr/Siebeck, 2003.
ed., Spiritual Fatherhood: Living Christ’s Own Revelation. Third Annual Symposium on the Spirituality and Identity of the Diocesan Priest. Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation, 2003.
“The Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch: A[nother] Preliminary Checklist.” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 6.1 (2003) 51-76. First appeared online:
http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol6No1/HV6N1Mathews.html
Review of Roy A. Harrisville and Walter Sundberg, The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinoza to Brevard Childs. Second Edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Press, 2002.
in Old Testament Abstracts 26 (2003) 157.
Review of Françoise Petit, La Chaîne sur l’Exode, I. Fragments de Sévère d'Antioche. Traditio Exegetica Graeca, 9. Louvain: Peeters, 1999.
in Hugoye 6.2 (July 2003):
http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol6No2/HV6N2PRMathews.html
Review of Ilaria Ramelli, Il Chronicon di Arbela: Presentazione, traduzione e note essenziali. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones. Anejos. Serie de sucesivas monografias, 8. Madrid: Universidad Complutense Madrid, 2002.
in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2003.11.01:
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2003/2003-11-01.html
2004
“Isaac of Antioch and the Literature of Adam and Eve,” in Esther G. Chazon, David Satran, and Ruth A. Clements, eds., Things Revealed: Studies in Early Jewish and Christian Literature in Honor of Michael E. Stone. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 89. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2004. Pp. 331-344.
Review of Alan J. Hauser and Duane F. Watson, eds., A History of Biblical Interpretation I: The Ancient Period. Grand Rapids/Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans Press, 2003.
in Old Testament Abstracts 27 (2004) 509, 403-405, 496, 502-506.
Review of Martha Vinson, tr., St. Gregory of Nazianzus: Select Orations. Fathers of the Church, 107; Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2003.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 9 (2004) 95-98.
Review of Robert C. Hill, tr., Theodore of Mopsuestia: Commentary on the Twelve Prophets. Fathers of the Church, 108; Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2004.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 9 (2004) 99-101.
Review of Robert Louis Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 9 (2004) 103-107.
2005
ed., Interiority for Mission: Spiritual Formation for Priests of the New Evangelization. Fourth Symposium on the Spirituality and Identity of the Diocesan Priest. Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation, 2005.
Review of Robert Charles Hill, tr., St. John Chrysostom: Old Testament Homilies. Volume I: Homilies on Hannah, David and Saul. Volume II: Homilies on Isaiah and Jeremiah. Volume III: Homilies on the Obscurity of the Old Testament; Homilies on the Psalms. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2003.
in Journal of Early Christian Studies 13 (2005) 257-259.
2006
ed., Good Shepherd: Living Christ’s Own Pastoral Authority. Fifth Symposium on the Spirituality and Identity of the Diocesan Priest. Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation, 2006.
“A First Glance at the Armenian Prayers attributed to Surb Ep‘rem Xorin Asorwoy,” in Roberta R. Ervine, ed., Worship Traditions in Armenia and the Neighboring Christian East. Avant - Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition, 3. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2006. Pp. 161-173.
“Bibliography of Nina G. Garsoïan,” in Festschrift for Prof. Nina G. Garsoïan. St. Nersess Theological Review 10 (2005) 3-21.
“The Early Armenian Hermit: Further Reflections on the Syriac Sources,” in Festschrift for Prof. Nina G. Garsoïan. St. Nersess Theological Review 10 (2005) 141-167.
2007
ed., Chaste Celibacy: Living Christ’s Own Spousal Love: Series II. Sixth Symposium on the Spirituality and Identity of the Diocesan Priest. Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation, 2007.
“The Holy Mar Ephrem on the Cross of Christ.” St. Nersess Theological Review 11 (2006) 45-61.
Review of ARMENIACA: English Summaries of Armenological Publications in Armenia, 2001. Edited by M.E. Shirinian and A.H. Martirosyan. Erevan: Matenadaran, Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, 2006.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 11 (2006) 169-170.
Review of Kees den Biesen, Bibliography of St. Ephrem the Syrian. Giove in Umbria: Kees den Biesen, 2002.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 11 (2006) 171-173.
Review of Michael Daniel Findikyan, The Commentary on the Armenian Daily Office by Bishop Step‘anos Siwnec‘i († 735): Critical Edition and Translation with Textual and Liturgical Analysis. Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 270; Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2004.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 11 (2006) 179-182.
Review of Robert W. Thomson, ed. and trans. Hamam, Commentary on the Book of Proverbs: Edition of the Armenian Text, English Translation, Notes and Introduction. Hebrew University Armenian Studies, 5; Leuven: Peeters, 2005.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 11 (2006) 183-184.
Review of Thomas J. Samuelian, tr., St. Grigor Narekatsi: Speaking with God from the Depths of the Heart. Yerevan: Vem Press, 2001.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 11 (2006) 190-193.
Review of Rose Varteni Chétanian, ed. and tr., La version arménienne ancienne des Homélies sur les Actes des Apôtres de Jean Chrysostome. Homélies I, II, VII, VIII. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 607-608; Scriptores Armeniaci, 27-28. Leuven: Peeters, 2004.
in St. Nersess Theological Review 11 (2006) 194-196.
Review of Nina G. Garsoïan, L’Église arménienne et le Grand Schisme d’Orient. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 574; Subsidia 100. Louvain, Peeters, 1999.
in Revue des études arméniennes 30 (2005-2007) 487-490.
2008
ed., Spiritual Physician: Living Christ’s Own Mission of Healing Love: Second Series. Seventh Annual Symposium on the Spirituality and Identity of the Diocesan Priest. Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation, 2008.
“‘What Manner of Man?’: Early Syriac Reflections on Adam,” in Robert D. Miller, ed., Syriac and Antiochian Exegesis and Biblical Theology for the 3rd Millennium. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies, 6. Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2008. Pp. 115-149.
“Anania of Shirak.” Paul T. Keyser & Georgia L. Irby-Massie, eds., Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek Tradition and Its Many Heirs. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 154-159.
“The Hellenizing School.” Paul T. Keyser & Georgia L. Irby-Massie, eds., Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek Tradition and Its Many Heirs. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 820-821.
“Moses of Khoren.” Paul T. Keyser & Georgia L. Irby-Massie, eds., Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek Tradition and Its Many Heirs. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 1266-1267.
“Tukhikos of Trebizond.” Paul T. Keyser & Georgia L. Irby-Massie, eds., Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek Tradition and Its Many Heirs. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 1844-1845.
2009
“III. Index de la Revue des études Arméniennes, Nouvelle série, tomes xxi à xxx.” Revue des études arméniennes 31 (2008-2009) 251-268.
Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The First Day. Texts from Christian Late Antiquity, 27; Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug, 29. Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2009.
2010
“Petros Siwnets‘i, Praise to the Holy Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary,” St. Nersess Theological Review 12 (2007) 57-81.
“Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Good Friday and other Armenian Treasures: First Glances,” in George Kiraz, ed., Jacob of Sarug and His World. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies, 3. Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2010. Pp. 133-161.
“Syriac into Armenian: The Translations and their Translators,” Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 10 (2010), in press.
Review of Christos Simelidis (ed.), Selected Poems of Gregory of Nazianzus: I.2.17; II.1.10, 19.32: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary. Hypomnemata Bd. 177. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprech, 2009.
in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2010.03.24:
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2010/2010-03-24.html
Review of Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian, ed. and tr., Archbishop Nersēs Lambronac‛i, Commentary on Wisdom of Solomon: Introduction, Translation and Diplomatic Edition of the Armenian Text. New York: Skevra Press, 2003.
St. Nersess Theological Review 12 (2008) 165-167.
Review of Juan María Laboa, et al., eds., The Historical Atlas of Eastern and Western Christian Monasticism. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2003.
St. Nersess Theological Review 12 (2008) 173-174.
Online Encyclopedia Articles
“Arbela.” G. Kiraz, ed., Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Mini Online Dictionary.
“Isaac of Amida.” G. Kiraz, ed., Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Mini Online Dictionary.
“Isaac of Antioch.” G. Kiraz, ed., Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Mini Online Dictionary.
“Isaac of Edessa.” G. Kiraz, ed., Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Mini Online Dictionary.
“Mar Awgin.” G. Kiraz, ed., Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Mini Online Dictionary.
“Mar Shalîtâ.” G. Kiraz, ed., Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Mini Online Dictionary.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2006 Scholar-in-Residence - St. Nersess Armenian Seminary (Spring)
2001-2002 Member – Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
1994-96 Zohrab Fellowship - Columbia University
1994-1995 Visiting Research Fellow, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1990-94 Appointment as Presidential Fellow of the Faculty - Columbia University
1986 Catholic University Graduate Student Association Scholarship
1984-1987 Catholic University - University Scholarship
1982 Phi Beta Kappa
1978-1982 Cardinal Gibbons Scholarship
GRANTS
2008 Zohrab-Liebmann Foundation Grant - The Armenian Yaysmawurk‘
(Menologion), January. Bilingual edition
2005 NEH Fellowship Award - The Armenian Commentaries
on Joshua - II Chronicles attributed to Ephrem the Syrian
1999 Zohrab-Liebmann Foundation Grant - The Armenian Commentaries
on Exodus - Deuteronomy attributed to Ephrem the Syrian
1999 University of Scranton Judaic Studies Grant
1998 Society of Biblical Literature Research Grant
1997-1998 Catholic Biblical Association Fellowship - The Old Testament Citations in
the Ps-Ephrem Old Testament Commentaries
1993 NEH Summer Seminar Grant - The Adam and Eve Narrative
in Jewish and Christian Tradition
1990-1991 NEH Translation Grant - St. Ephrem the Syrian: Selected
Prose Works [with J.P. Amar]
1987-1988 Belgian-American Educational Foundation Grant
