Sacred Landscapes of Greater Syria: Joseph Besson’s 1660 Jesuit Perspective

Joseph Besson’s 1660 account of Jesuit missions in Syria offers a rare glimpse into the region’s cultural landscape from the perspective of French Jesuits living among diverse communities of Jews, Christians (Greek-Orthodox and Catholic), and Muslims. Drawing on unpublished Jesuit relations from 162...

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Main Author: Altic, Mirela (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 226-247
Further subjects:B cross-cultural interactions
B Jesuit mission
B Society of Jesus
B Holy Land
B Historical geography
B Jesuit Cartography
B Jesuit accounts
B Orientalism
B seventeenth-century Middle East
B Syria
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