Faculty
Joseph P. Amar
Professor
Department of Classics
Degrees
M.A., S.T.L., Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
Research Profile
Doctor Joseph P. Amar is a linguist trained in ancient and modern Semitic languages and in the histories, religions, and cultures of the Middle East. He specializes in Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic literary culture and in early interactions between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Dr. Amar directs the programs in Arabic and Syriac at the University of Notre Dame, and serves on the editorial board of the Library of Early Christianity. He has recently published the two-volume work: Dionysius Bar Salibi's Response to the Arabs, (2006). His other books include St. Ephrem the Syrian and The Mimra of Jacob of Sarug on Holy Mar Ephrem. He has published in Patrologia Orientalis, Orientalia Christiana Periodica, Diakonia, Le Museon as well as in Commonweal and Worship. He is currently completing work on The Syriac Vita Tradition of Ephrem the Syrian, to be published in two volumes by Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. This technical work is in preparation for his forthcoming Ephrem the Syrian: A Literary and Cultural Biography. Dr. Amar holds joint appointments in the Department of Classics and the Department of Theology.
Contact Information
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