Amir Harrak, Syriac and Garshuni Inscriptions of Iraq
This momentous two-volume publication deals with the Christian history of Iraq. The collection of ca. 600 inscriptions reflects in multiple ways the history of the Christian communities from the early days under the Parthians and the Sassanians, through the Islamic and Ottoman period, until the pres...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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IFAPO
2012
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Syria
Year: 2012, Volume: 89, Pages: 448-451 |
| Review of: | Recueil des inscriptions syriaques ; T. 2, Vol. 2: Syriac and Garshuni inscriptions of Iraq: Plates (Paris : de Boccard, 2010) (Van Rompay, Lucas)
Recueil des inscriptions syriaques ; T. 2, Vol. 1: Syriac and Garshuni inscriptions of Iraq: Text (Paris : de Boccard, 2010) (Van Rompay, Lucas) Bouddhismes d'Asie (Paris : Acad. des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2009) (Van Rompay, Lucas) |
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| Summary: | This momentous two-volume publication deals with the Christian history of Iraq. The collection of ca. 600 inscriptions reflects in multiple ways the history of the Christian communities from the early days under the Parthians and the Sassanians, through the Islamic and Ottoman period, until the present day. Throughout their history Iraqi Christians have lived as minorities in a non-Christian and non-Syriac environment. They have had to respond, therefore, to the challenges and opportunities t... |
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| ISSN: | 2076-8435 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Syria
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/syria.1110 |