Firas al-Sawwah ( ar, فراس السواح, born 1941) is a

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

n writer Born in

Homs Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...

, Syria, in 1941, he currently works with Beijing Foreign Studies University, BFSU, teaching Arab Civilisation and the history of religions in the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

. Between 2013 and 2016, he published 26 books on mythology, history, and history of religions.

Works

On mythology and history of religions

1 - Mughamarat al-Aql al-Ula ind's First Adventure– a study on the myths of Syria and Mesopotamia.
2 - Lugz Ashtar he Mystery of Ishtar– Feminine divinity and the origin of religion and myth.
3 - Gilgamesh – the immortal Mesopotamian epic.
4 - Din al-Insan umanity's Religion– a research on religion's essence and religious motives.
5 - Al-Usturah wal Ma’na he Myth and Its Meaning– theories on mythology and Near Eastern religions.
6 - Tao Te Ching – Text and Commentary.
7 - Al-Rahman wal Shaytan he Merciful and Satan– the cosmic duality and history's divinity in the Near Eastern religions.
8 - Al-Wajh al-Akhar lil Masih hrist's Other Face– An introduction to Christian Gnosticism.
9 - Madkhal ila Nusous al-Sharq al-Qadim n Introduction to the texts of the ancient Near East
10 - Tariq Ikhwan al-Safa he Path of the Brethren of Purity– An introduction to Islam's Gnosticism.
11 - Al-Injil Bi Riwayat al-Koran he Gospels in the Koranic Narrative
12 - Alghaz al-Injil he Gospel's Riddles
13 - Allah, al-Kawn, al-Insan od, the Universe, and Man

Encyclopaedia of Religions which was published in five volumes ontribution, compilation, and editing

14 - Primitive societies and the Stone Age.
15 - The Ancient Near East.
16 - Greece, Rome, and Europe before Christianity.
17 - The Far East.
18 - Zoroastrianism, Manichaeanism, Christianity and Judaism.

On the history of Israel and Biblical studies

19 - Al-Hadath al-Tawrati wal Sharq al-Adna al-Qadim he Torah Narratives and the Ancient Near East
20 - Aram Dimashq wa Israel ramaic Damascus and Israel– a study of the historical events in the Bible.
21 - Tarikh Orshalim wal Bahth An Mamlakat al-Yahud History of Jerusalem- In Search of the Jewish Kingdom

On comparative theology and Koranic researches

22 - The Stories in the Koran and their Biblical Parallels.
23 - The Gospel According to Quran

Memberships

*Member of the Syrian Writers' Association *Member of the General Association of Arab Writers and Authors

Recognition

He was recognized for his efforts in the fields of history and theology by: *The Syrian Historic Association *The Syrian Communist Party *The Syrian Social Nationalist Party *Amman Municipality in Collaboration with the Jordanian Ministry of Culture

References

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