Vol. XVIII

1. 5th  Syriac Conference - A report        

2. The Demon Ashmud - K. Luke

3. Prayer and the cult in the Peshitta version of 1–2 Samuel - Alison Salvesen

4. Mar Jacob of Serug on the Virginity of St. Mary -  John Panicker

5. The Martyrdom of  the Mimes - Cornelia B. Horn

6. TAKSA D’ SEGDTA Service of Kneeling - Jacob Vellian

7. Syriac Dialogue 4-5 - Geevarghese Chediath

8. Permanent Diaconate In the Syro-Malabar Church - Thomas Mannooranparmpil

9. Remarks concerning Giwargis Warda’s ‘Onita about the Catholicoi of the East- Martin Tamcke

10. Liturgical use of  the word Rozo: A Preliminary Survey- B.Varghese

11. Recent Challenges to the East Syriac Liturgical Tradition in India- Geo Thadikkatt

12. AKORO (Farmer in the Syriac Tradition)- Stephen Plathottathil

13. The Gist of Syriac Grammar- Emmanuel Thelly

14. Manuscripts Witnessing Confessional Polemics in  Mar Aprem’s Collection- István Perczel

15. A Syriac unedited Apocalypse : Revelations regarding the Dispensation of the Messiah-
    Muriel Debie

16. Some reflections about the origin of the serto script- F.B. Chatonnet

17. The Bridal Chamber of Light:  a distinctive feature of the Syriac liturgical tradition-
    Sebastian S. Brock

18. John Chrysostom in East Syrian Theology of the Late Sixth Century- Karl Pinggéra

19. The Hermeneutics of Eusebius of Emesa- Shinichi Muto

20. An Introduction to Mar Thoma Syrian Church Lectionary- George Mathew

21. The Marriage Customs of the Knanaya Community in the Syo-Malabar Church- Thomas Mulavanal

22. Syriac Proto-monasticism and Monasticism in the Light of the First Christian Community
    in Jerusa Lem- Buda Lorenzo

23. Ephrem, Nisibene Madrosho 42, Stanza 1- Andrew Palmer

24. The History of the Assyrian Church of the east in the 20th century with special reference to the 
    Syriac  Literature  in  Kerala- Mar Aprem

25. The Mariological Thought of Mar Jacob of Serugh (451-521)- James Puthuparampil

26. The Spirit of Life Towards a Theology of the Holy Spirit in the Early Syriac Tradition-
    Emmanuel Kaniyamaprampil

27. Typological Terminology of Jacob of Serugh- Johns Abraham Konat

28. Diakonos – bathmos kalos – mšamšono – dargoobo- Jean-Paul Deschler

29. Edessa and the Syriac Language- Adai jacob

30. The ecological vision of  St. Ephrem- Joseph Naduyilezham

31. The self understanding of the Mar Thoma Church in the context of the Syriac Heritage-
    K.V. Mathew

32. On Syriac proper names of Iranian origin- Philippe GIGNOUX

33. Imagery of Dust in Ephrem- Thomas Koonammakkal

34. Jacob of Sarug: on the two goats- D. J. Lane

35. In memoriam

36. Book reviews

37. News