The Epitaph of Mar Solomon, Bishop of South China, Administrator of Manicheans and Nestorians
The tombstone of the Christian bishop Mar Solomon is an important witness to communities of the Church of the East and Manichaeans in fourteenth-century China. The epitaph consists of a bilingual inscription in Chinese and Syro-Turkic. Three major points will be discussed—the identification of Mar S...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| In: |
Open theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 293–300 |
| Further subjects: | B
Church of the East
B South China B Manichaeans B Mar Solomon |
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| Summary: | The tombstone of the Christian bishop Mar Solomon is an important witness to communities of the Church of the East and Manichaeans in fourteenth-century China. The epitaph consists of a bilingual inscription in Chinese and Syro-Turkic. Three major points will be discussed—the identification of Mar Solomon as administrator of both communities; the use of the term "Manzi" to designate Mar Solomon’s geographical area of influence; and the significance of the style and languages of the epitaph. |
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| ISSN: | 2300-6579 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Open theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/opth-2015-0014 |