The Law Code of Īshōʿyahb I, Patriarch of the Church of the East / / ed. by Amir Harrak.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
• HerausgeberIn: Harrak, Amir,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity ; 75
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (143 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; List of Symbols --; Introduction --; Text and Translation --; Bibliography of Works Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463244354; 9783110767001; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110994544; 9783110994537; 9783110767100
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463244354
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Amir Harrak.

During the 6th century AD, Īshōʿyahb I, Patriarch of the Church of the East, produced a code of law dealing with questions raised by Bishop Jacob of Darai in the Gulf. Perennial Church issues include priestly conducts, ecclesiastical rankings, and ordinations. Legal matters for the faithful concern wills, marriages, vows, lending at interest, and swearing. Most interesting are names of church architecture that the Code gives, including bema, diaconicon, and qestroma, terms that are still used today.