The Syriac world
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations -- Diachronic maps of Syriac cultures and their geographic contexts -- Introduction -- PART I: BACKGROUNDS -- 1 The eastern provinces of the Roman Empire in...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge
2018
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| In: | Jahr: 2018 |
| Rezensionen: | [Rezension von: The Syriac world] (2019) (Gurtner, Daniel M., 1973 -)
[Rezension von: The Syriac world] (2020) (Desreumaux, Alain J.) |
| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Routledge Worlds Ser
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Assyrer (Neuzeit)
/ Syrische Kirchen
/ Syrisch
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations -- Diachronic maps of Syriac cultures and their geographic contexts -- Introduction -- PART I: BACKGROUNDS -- 1 The eastern provinces of the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity -- 2 The Sasanian Empire -- PART II: THE SYRIAC WORLD IN LATE ANTIQUITY -- 3 The pre-Christian religions of the Syriac-speaking regions -- 4 The coming of Christianity to Mesopotamia -- 5 Forms of the religious life and Syriac monasticism -- 6 The establishment of the Syriac Churches -- 7 The Syriac Church denominations: an overview -- 8 The Syriac world in the Persian Empire -- 9 Judaism and Syriac Christianity -- 10 Syriac and Syrians in the later Roman Empire: questions of identity -- 11 Early Syriac reactions to the rise of Islam -- 12 The Church of the East in the ʿAbbasid Era -- PART III: THE SYRIAC LANGUAGE -- 13 The Syriac language in the context of the Semitic languages -- 14 The Classical Syriac language -- 15 Writing Syriac: manuscripts and inscriptions -- 16 The Neo-Aramaic dialects and their historical background -- PART IV: SYRIAC LITERARY, ARTISTIC, AND MATERIAL CULTURE IN LATE ANTIQUITY -- 17 The Syriac Bible and its interpretation -- 18 The emergence of Syriac literature to AD 400 -- 19 Later Syriac poetry -- 20 Syriac hagiographic literature -- 21 The mysticism of the Church of the East -- 22 Theological doctrines and debates within Syriac Christianity -- 23 The liturgies of the Syriac Churches -- 24 Historiography in the Syriac-speaking world, 300-1000 -- 25 Syriac philosophy -- 26 Syriac medicine -- 27 The material culture of the Syrian peoples in Late Antiquity and the evidence for Syrian wall paintings -- 28 Churches in Syriac space: architectural and liturgical context and development 29 Women and children in Syriac Christianity: sounding voices -- 30 Syriac agriculture 350-1250 -- PART V: SYRIAC CHRISTIANITY BEYOND THE ANCIENT WORLD -- 31 Syriac Christianity in Central Asia -- 32 Syriac Christianity in China -- 33 Syriac Christianity in India -- 34 The renaissance of Syriac literature in the twelfth-thirteenth centuries -- 35 Syriac in a diverse Middle East: from the Mongol Ilkhanate to Ottoman dominance, 1286-1517 -- 36 The Maronite Church -- 37 The early study of Syriac in Europe -- 38 Syriac identity in the modern era -- 39 Changing demography: Christians in Iraq since 1991 -- Appendices -- I The patriarchs of the Church of the East -- II West Syrian patriarchs and maphrians -- III Online resources for the study of the Syriac world -- Index of Maps -- Subject Index |
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| ISBN: | 1317482123 |