The Christian Heritage of Iraq : : Collected papers from the Christianity of Iraq I-V Seminar Days.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Berg, Heleen van den,; Brock, Sebastian P.,; Brock, Sebastian,; Dickens, Mark,; Griffith, Sidney H.,; Griffith, Sidney,; Harrak, Amir,; Healey, John,; Hunter, Erica,; Jullien, Florence,; Khan, Geoffrey,; Klein, Wassilios,; Murre-Van Den Berg, Heleen,; O’Mahony, Anthony,; Rassam, Suha,; Sako, Louis,; Savchenko, Alexei,; Shmuel, Robin Bet,; Shmuel, Robin Beth,; Tamcke, Martin,; Watt, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Foreword --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; List of Contributors --; Listing of Plates --; The Patriarch Išo‘yahb III and the Christians of Qaṭar in the first Islamic Century --; Greek Philosophy and Syriac Culture in Early ‘Abbasid Iraq --; Patriarch Timothy and an Aristotelian at the Caliph’s court --; The Great Monastery at Mount Izla and the Defence of the East Syriac Identity --; The Cultural Contribution of Monasticism in Iraq --; Der Mār Behnam - The Monastery of Saint Behnam --; The Syriac Bible in Central Asia --; Prester John’s Realm: New Light on Christianity between Merv and Turfan --; Syriac inscriptions from Tokmak and Biškek, Kirghizstan --; Chaldæans and Assyrians: the Church of the East in the Ottoman Period --; Commemorating Church History in the Ottoman Era: Monumental Inscriptions and Art --; Magic and Medicine amongst the Christians of Kurdistan --; World War I and the Assyrians --; The Syriac Bible in the Private Assyrian Schools in Iraq --; The Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Iraq --; Christianity in Iraq: Modern History, Theology, Dialogue and Politics (until 2003) --; Plates
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463217136; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463217136
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Iraq has been a centre of Syriac Christianity for almost two thousand years. This volume of collected papers from the Christianity in Iraq I-V Seminar Days (2004-2008) explores the Christian heritage of Iraq, highlighting the churches’ innate ability to transcend barriers of language, culture, ethnicity and religion.