Invitation to Syriac Christianity: an anthology
Despite their centrality to the history of Christianity in the East, Syriac Christians have generally been excluded from modern accounts of the faith. Originating from Mesopotamia, Syriac Christians quickly spread across Eurasia, from Turkey to China, developing a distinctive and influential form of...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley
University of Californiarnia Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Invitation to Syriac Christianity; Eastern Christianity] (2022) (Martens, Peter W.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Syriac churches
/ History 100-1400
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| Further subjects: | B
Anthology
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Despite their centrality to the history of Christianity in the East, Syriac Christians have generally been excluded from modern accounts of the faith. Originating from Mesopotamia, Syriac Christians quickly spread across Eurasia, from Turkey to China, developing a distinctive and influential form of Christianity that connected empires. These early Christians wrote in the language of Syriac, the lingua franca of the late ancient Middle East, and a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Collecting key foundational Syriac texts from the second to the fourteenth centuries, this anthology provides unique access to one of the most intriguing, but least known, branches of the Christian tradition. |
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| ISBN: | 0520971035 |