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

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

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, ethni...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (324 p.)
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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

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