British scholar and university professor
Sebastian Paul Brock FBA London ) is a British scholar, university professor, and specialist in the field of academic studies of Classical Syriac language and Classical Syriac literature . His research also encompasses various aspects of cultural history of Syriac Christianity . He is generally acknowledged as one of the foremost academics in the field of Syriac studies , and one of the most prominent scholars in the wider field of Aramaic studies .
Education
Brock studied at Eton College , and completed his BA degree in Classics and Oriental Languages (Hebrew and Aramaic) at Trinity College, University of Cambridge . In 1966, he became Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford .
Career
Brock was Assistant Lecturer, and then Lecturer, at the University of Birmingham (Department of Theology) from 1964 to 1967. He continued his academic career as Lecturer in Hebrew, and then Lecturer in Hebrew and Aramaic, at the University of Cambridge , from 1967 to 1974. He was Lecturer in Aramaic and Syriac, and then Reader in Syriac Studies , at the University of Oxford 's Oriental Institute , from 1974 to 2003. Since 2003, he has been Emeritus Reader in Syriac Studies and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College , Oxford.[ 3] [ 4]
Brock is one of the main reviewers of the Antioch Bible , a 21st-century English translation of the Peshitta .[ 5]
Affiliations and recognition
Brock is a Fellow of the British Academy . He is the recipient of a number of honorary doctorates , holding the PhD Honoris Causa at the École pratique des hautes études Ephrem the Syrian by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch , and the Leverhulme Medal of the British Academy (2009).[ 6] Edward Ullendorff Medal in 2024.[ 7]
Personal life
Brock is married to Helen Hughes-Brock , an archaeologist specialising in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece . He is a patron of the Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius . He joined the Syriac Orthodox Church by Chrismation in May 2024.[ 8]
Publications
Brock, Sebastian P., ed. (1971). The Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Nonnos Mythological Scholia Brock, Sebastian P. (2008) [1979]. The Holy Spirit in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition ISBN 9781593338442 Brock, Sebastian P. (2017) [1980]. An Introduction to Syriac Studies ISBN 9781463207137 Brock, Sebastian P. (1984). Syriac Perspectives on Late Antiquity ISBN 9780860781479 Brock, Sebastian P. (1992) [1985]. The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem ISBN 9780879075248 Brock, Sebastian P. (1987). The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life ISBN 9780879076016 Brock, Sebastian P.; Harvey, Susan A. (1998) [1987]. Holy Women of the Syrian Orient ISBN 9780520213661 Brock, Sebastian P. (2008) [1988]. Studies in Syriac Spirituality ISBN 9788189958176 Brock, Sebastian P. (1995). Catalogue of Syriac Fragments (New Finds) in the Library of the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai ISBN 9789608573901 Brock, Sebastian P. (1996). Syriac Studies: A Classified Bibliography, 1960-1990 Brock, Sebastian P. (1997). A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature Brock, Sebastian P. (1999). From Ephrem to Romanos: Interactions Between Syriac and Greek in Late Antiquity ISBN 9780860788003 Brock, Sebastian P. (2006). Fire from Heaven: Studies in Syriac Theology and Liturgy ISBN 9780754659082 Bedjan, Paul ; Brock, Sebastian P., eds. (2006). Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug . Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.Brock, Sebastian P. (2019). The People and the Peoples: Syriac Dialogue Poems from Late Antiquity ISBN 9780957522817 Brock, Sebastian P. (2020). Singer of the Word of God: Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity doi :10.31826/9781463239619 . ISBN 9781463239619
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