Deutsch Intern
DFG Centre for Advanced Studies MagEIA

Gaby Abou Samra

Research Interests

His research interests include Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic inscriptions.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Education and Qualifications:

  • 1991: Bachelor degree in theology (The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK))

  • 1998: Master degree in Ancient Semitic Languages (École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris)

  • 2000: Master degree in Historical and Philological Sciences (École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris)

  • 2002: PhD. in Historical and Philological Sciences (École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris)

Teaching Position:

  • 2002 – Present: Professor of Epigraphy and Semitistic in the Department of Archeology, Faculty of Letters, The Lebanese University, Beirut.

Publications

  • 2010, “A Syriac Magic Bowl”, The Harp 25, pp. 185-200.

  • 2010, “Une nouvelle coupe magique araméenne”, in Durand J.-M. et Jacquet A. (ed.), Magie et divination dans les cultures de l'Orient, CIPOA III, Actes du colloque organisé par l'Institut du Proche-Orient Ancien du Collège de France, la Société Asiatique et le CNRS (UMR 7192), les 19 et 20 juin 2008. Paris, pp.109-121.

  • 2010, “Coupe de prière syriaque chrétienne”, Parole de l’Orient 35, pp. 27-38.

  • 2013, “A New Mandaic Magic Bowl”, in Durch Dein Wort ward jegliches Ding! “Through thy Word All Things Were Made”, Rainer Voigt (ed.), Mandäistische Forschungen, Band 4, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, pp. 55-69.

  • 2013, “Two Syriac Amulets from Hadath grotto (Qadisha)”, Parole de l'Orient 38, pp. 213-230.

  • 2014, (Abousamra, G. & Andrea Schmidt), “Une amulette syriaque dans la collection du Matenadaran à Yerevan (rouleau 9-90)”, The Harp 29, pp. 143-164.

  • 2016, “A New Manichean Incantation Bowl”, in C. B. Horn, S. H. Griffith (éd.), Biblical & Qur’ānic Traditions in the Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean Texts and Contexts 2, Warwick, Rhode Island, Abelian Academic, pp. 239-250.

  • 2016, (Abousamra, G. & André Lemaire), “Bol magique avec inscription Araméenne”, Semitica 58, pp. 247-255.

  • 2019, “An Incantation Bowl from the Matenadaran”, Semitica 61, pp. 139-146.

  • 2020, “Ṣemomit in a New Incantation Bowl”, in Maeva, M., Y. Erolova, P. Stoyanova, M. Hristova, V. Ivanova (eds.), Between the Worlds: Magic, Miracles, and Mysticism. Vol. 2. Sofia: IEFSEM – BAS & Paradigma, pp. 455-464.

  • 2021, “Syriac Magic and the Contemporary Christian Milieu: Continuity or Discontinuity?”, in Marco Moriggi and Siam Bhayro (Eds.), Series: Studies in the Syriac Magical Traditions, Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity, Volume: 9, 182-201.

  • 2022, (Abousamra, G. & M. Gorea), “Un ostracon syriaque de la collection du Cabinet du Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum, Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres”, Sem. Clas. 15, pp. 243-246.

  • 2023, “Blessings and Curses”, in: Niehr H. and Xella P. (Ed.), Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Phoenician Culture II.1: Religion - Deities and Mythical Characters.

  • 2024, (Abousamra, G. & D. Calabro), “Jewish Elements in Syriac Charms”, The Harp (Forthcoming).

  • 2025, (Abousamra, G. & M. Gorea), “Un bol magique avec inscription judéo-araméenne de la collection du Cabinet du Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum”, Sem. Clas., (Forthcoming).