The Chronicle of Seert: Christian historical imagination in late antique Iraq

This book examines the cultural and political history of the Church of the East, the main Christian church in Iraq and Iran. Philip Wood uses medieval Arabic sources to examine history-writing by Christians in the fifth to ninth centuries AD

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Main Author: Wood, Philip 1982- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Edition:1. ed.
Series/Journal:The Oxford early Christian studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Chronik von Seert
B Mesopotamia / Iraq / Eastern Church
Further subjects:B Chronique de Séert
B Iraq Church history Historiography
B Church of the East Historiography
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Summary:This book examines the cultural and political history of the Church of the East, the main Christian church in Iraq and Iran. Philip Wood uses medieval Arabic sources to examine history-writing by Christians in the fifth to ninth centuries AD
This book examines the cultural and political history of the Church of the East, the main Christian church in Iraq and Iran. Philip Wood uses medieval Arabic sources to examine history-writing by Christians in the fifth to ninth centuries AD
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:0199670676