Biography
YOHANNA, Samer Soreshow Yohanna.
07/08/1980 Nineveh - Iraq.
BA in Translation, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad - 2005.
BA in Theology, Babel College, Baghdad - 2006.
Licentiate in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, PIB, Rome 2011.
Diploma post-laurea, Scuola Vaticana di Biblioteconomia 2013.
Doctorate in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, PIB, Rome 2014.
Bilingual mother tongue: Sureth & Arabic. Speaks English and Italian.
He was Rector of Babel College for Philosophy and Theology 2015. Now he is lecturer there.
He is a co-founder of the Syriac Dept. at Salahaddin University and a lecturer there since 2016.
Research Interest
Textual Criticism, Text Analysis, Manuscript Studies, Comparative Semitics, Morphosyntactic Studies and Translation.
Publications
Books:
Yohanna, S.S. (tr.), The Works of the General Synods of the Chaldean Antonian Order of Saint Hormizd 1836-1968, Nineveh 2007, (in Arabic).
Yohanna, S.S. (tr.), The perpetual liturgical calender of the Church of the East, Nineveh 2007, (in Arabic).
Yohanna, S.S., The Gospel of Mark in the Syriac Harklean Version, An Edition Based upon the Earliest Witness, Rome 2015, in the series “Biblical et Orientalia” with the serial number 52.
Yohanna, S.S., (tr.), Classical Syriac with Chrestomathy, Erbil 2021, (in Arabic).
Yohanna, S.S., Liturgical Prayers of the Saints of O.A.O.C., Erbil 2021, (in Syriac and Arabic).
Yohanna, S.S., Praying the Psalms, Erbil 2022, (in Syriac and Arabic).
Articles:
Yohanna, S.S., “A Comparative Study of Syriac and Kurdish Phonemic Systems based on a Manuscript from Early 20th Century”, Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences, Vol. 25, No. 5, 2021, pp. 348-359.
Yohanna, S.S. & Askar, K.N., “Establishing Morphological and Syntactical Terminology for The Standard Syriac Verb According to The Descriptive Approach” ISIN Journal for Archaeology, History and Ancient Languages, Issue 3, 2022, pp.393-414.
Yohanna, S.S., “Comparative Textual Criticism of the Peshitta of the Book of Psalms” Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences, Vol. 27 No. s6 (2023) pp. 75-92: Second Arba'ilu International Conference on Syriac and Sureth Studies (2nd AICSSS 2023).
Yohanna, S.S., & Ajim Q.S. “A field-study on describing the Syriac manuscripts preserved in the depository of the O.A.O.C.” Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences, Vol. 27 No. s6 (2023) pp. 11-19: Second Arba'ilu International Conference on Syriac and Sureth Studies (2nd AICSSS 2023).
Teaching
Undergraduate studies: Grammar, Morphology, Syntax and Text Analysis.
Master studies: Morphosyntax and Comparative Literature.