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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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