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

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The Christian Heritage of Iraq

Collected papers from the Christianity of Iraq I-V Seminar Days

With contributions by: John Watt , Sidney H. Griffith , Florence Jullien , Sebastian P. Brock , Suha Rassam , Wassilios Klein , Alexei Savchenko , Mark Dickens , Heleen van den Berg , Amir Harrak , Martin Tamcke , Robin Bet Shmuel and Anthony O’Mahony

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2009

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Foreword Louis Sako Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
Listing of Plates Publicly Available Download PDF	XXI
The Patriarch Išo‘yahb III and the Christians of Qaṭar in the first Islamic Century John Healey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Greek Philosophy and Syriac Culture in Early ‘Abbasid Iraq John Watt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Patriarch Timothy and an Aristotelian at the Caliph’s court Sidney Griffith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
The Great Monastery at Mount Izla and the Defence of the East Syriac Identity Florence Jullien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
The Cultural Contribution of Monasticism in Iraq Sebastian Brock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Der Mār Behnam - The Monastery of Saint Behnam Suha Rassam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
The Syriac Bible in Central Asia Mark Dickens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Prester John’s Realm: New Light on Christianity between Merv and Turfan Alexei Savchenko and Mark Dickens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Syriac inscriptions from Tokmak and Biškek, Kirghizstan Wassilios Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Chaldæans and Assyrians: the Church of the East in the Ottoman Period Heleen Murre-Van Den Berg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Commemorating Church History in the Ottoman Era: Monumental Inscriptions and Art Amir Harrak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Magic and Medicine amongst the Christians of Kurdistan Erica Hunter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
World War I and the Assyrians Martin Tamcke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
The Syriac Bible in the Private Assyrian Schools in Iraq Robin Beth Shmuel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
The Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Iraq Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Christianity in Iraq: Modern History, Theology, Dialogue and Politics (until 2003) Anthony O’Mahony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285

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9781463217136

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https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463217136

eBook ISBN: 9781463217136

The Christian Heritage of Iraq

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