Life and Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar: Introduction, Critical Edition and Translation
In the late 10th century, an anonymous author wrote the fictitious account of a religious dialogue between Archbishop Gregentios and the Jewish scribe Herban and included it in a life of Gregentios based on earlier sources, which indicate that he was a missionary in Yemen in pre-Islamic times. Albre...
| Format: | Electronic Book |
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| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
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| Further subjects: | B
CE period up to c 1500
B St. Gregentios (of Taphar) B Classical history / classical civilisation B History of religion B History and Archaeology B Ancient History B Church History B Christianity B Herban B Byzantine Empire B Medieval History |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | In the late 10th century, an anonymous author wrote the fictitious account of a religious dialogue between Archbishop Gregentios and the Jewish scribe Herban and included it in a life of Gregentios based on earlier sources, which indicate that he was a missionary in Yemen in pre-Islamic times. Albrecht Berger examines and translates these texts, and he presents a critical edition. Key Features first edition of a large proportion of the extant texts critical edition using all known manuscripts, including those which only recently have been discovered |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (915 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-091106-0 978-3-11-018445-7 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 20.500.12854/74621 |
