My Friend the Cross: Cross-Directed Prayer in Seventh-Century Monastic Communities and New Media Studies
While scholars have long recognized the central importance of the cross within Syriac-speaking Christian communities in late antique Mesopotamia, the question of how physical crosses functioned as aids for prayer has only recently begun to be explored. The present article addresses this question wit...
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Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 6 |
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