Roman Edessa

Roman Edessa
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9781134660636
ISBN-13 : 1134660634
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Roman Edessa by : Steven K. Ross

Roman Edessa offers a comprehensive and erudite analysis of the ancient city of Edessa (modern day Urfa, Turkey), which constituted a remarkable amalgam of the East and the West. Among the areas explored are: * the cultural life and antecedents of Edessa * Edessene religion * the extent of the Hellenization at Edessa before the advent of Christianity * the myth of an exchange of letters between a King Abgar and Jesus.

Law and Religion between Petra and Edessa

Law and Religion between Petra and Edessa
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781000942095
ISBN-13 : 1000942090
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Law and Religion between Petra and Edessa by : John Healey

The thousands of surviving inscriptions in Middle Aramaic (e.g., in the Nabataean, Syriac and Palmyrene dialects) are an underused resource in the study of the Near East in the Roman period, especially in the study of religion and law. Particularly important was the emergence during this period of new peoples with their cultural roots in Arabia, such as the Nabataeans. This volume collects together, under the interrelated themes of religion and law, twenty-three articles by John Healey, with sections on "Petra and Nabataean Aramaic", "Edessa and Early Syriac" and "Aramaic and Society in the Roman Near East". Individual papers discuss the continuation of "Ancient Near Eastern" culture, the Aramaic legal tradition as well as the development of both written and spoken forms of Syriac and Nabatean.

Towards Roman Edessa

Towards Roman Edessa
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 628
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:C3405078
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Towards Roman Edessa by : Steven Kirk Ross

Jesus, King of Edessa

Jesus, King of Edessa
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Publisher : Edfu Books
Total Pages : 622
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ISBN-10 : 9781905815654
ISBN-13 : 1905815654
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Jesus, King of Edessa by : Ralph Ellis

Jesus was a king of Edessa 600 pages of gnosis. Colour Images. This is the book that the Catholic Church has been dreading for the last 1700 years. This is the book that will end Christianity as we know it. And this is not advertising hyperbole, this really is the end of the Christian fairytale. We now know who Jesus was. Visit his city, see the ruins of his citadel, gaze upon his statue, handle his coins. In reality, Jesus was a son of King Abgarus of Edessa, a king with a small realm, a large treasury, and even bigger ambitions. Thus Jesus' true history undermines much of the biblical fairystory that the gospel authors crafted, and so Christianity will never be the same again. The jacket image shows Jesus wearing his Crown of Thorns, the ceremonial crown of the Edessan monarchy. We suggest that readers start with 'Cleopatra to Christ' and then 'King Jesus'. The wait before arriving at the last episode in the trilogy will be worthwhile, for if a book could be valued on its 'eureka moments' then this final book would be priceless. The 'King Jesus Trilogy' Latest version v12.1 2024 Book three of the King Jesus Trilogy (in four parts). Followed by 'The Grail Cypher'. .

The Image of Edessa

The Image of Edessa
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9789004171749
ISBN-13 : 9004171746
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Image of Edessa by : Mark Guscin

The Image of Edessa, also later known as the Mandylion, was a relic of Christ, a cloth imprinted with his features which he had used to wipe his face, and subsequently used to cure King Agbar of Edessa, the first Christian ruler. This book collects and provides parallel translations of all the available written evidence for the image, along with detailed analysis of the history of the image. Guscin deftly seperates fact from legend, for while the story of King Agbar is certainly mythical, an image of some sort did definitely exist by the mid tenth century when it was translated to Constantinople.

From Edessa to Urfa: The Fortification of the Citadel

From Edessa to Urfa: The Fortification of the Citadel
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9781789697575
ISBN-13 : 1789697573
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis From Edessa to Urfa: The Fortification of the Citadel by : Cristina Tonghini

This book presents results of an archaeological research project focused on a specific monumental area, the citadel, in the city of Urfa (Turkey), known in ancient times as Edessa. Three seasons of fieldwork were carried out (2014-2016) in order to identify the building sequence of the citadel and establish an absolute chronology of events.

Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity

Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9781108570336
ISBN-13 : 110857033X
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity by : Yifat Monnickendam

Ephrem, one of the earliest Syriac Christian writers, lived on the eastern outskirts of the Roman Empire during the fourth century. Although he wrote polemical works against Jews and pagans, and identified with post-Nicene Christianity, his writings are also replete with parallels with Jewish traditions and he is the leading figure in an ongoing debate about the Jewish character of Syriac Christianity. This book focuses on early ideas about betrothal, marriage, and sexual relations, including their theological and legal implications, and positions Ephrem at a precise intersection between his Semitic origin and his Christian commitment. Alongside his adoption of customs and legal stances drawn from his Greco-Roman and Christian surroundings, Ephrem sometimes reveals unique legal concepts which are closer to early Palestinian, sectarian positions than to the Roman or Jewish worlds. The book therefore explains naturalistic legal thought in Christian literature and sheds light on the rise of Syriac Christianity.

Law and Religion between Petra and Edessa

Law and Religion between Petra and Edessa
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 283
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781000948813
ISBN-13 : 1000948811
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Law and Religion between Petra and Edessa by : John Healey

The thousands of surviving inscriptions in Middle Aramaic (e.g., in the Nabataean, Syriac and Palmyrene dialects) are an underused resource in the study of the Near East in the Roman period, especially in the study of religion and law. Particularly important was the emergence during this period of new peoples with their cultural roots in Arabia, such as the Nabataeans. This volume collects together, under the interrelated themes of religion and law, twenty-three articles by John Healey, with sections on "Petra and Nabataean Aramaic", "Edessa and Early Syriac" and "Aramaic and Society in the Roman Near East". Individual papers discuss the continuation of "Ancient Near Eastern" culture, the Aramaic legal tradition as well as the development of both written and spoken forms of Syriac and Nabatean.

The Old Syriac Inscriptions of Edessa and Osrhoene

The Old Syriac Inscriptions of Edessa and Osrhoene
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 375
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789004294080
ISBN-13 : 9004294082
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The Old Syriac Inscriptions of Edessa and Osrhoene by : Han J.W. Drijvers

This volume contains all the known Old Syriac inscriptions from Edessa and the area around Osrhoene in Northern Mesopotamia from the first three centuries C.E., the number of which has substantially increased over the last decades. The texts are given in estrangelo script and are accompanied by an extensive philological and historical commentary. The originals are presented in photographs and line drawings. The volume also contains chapters on the script of these inscriptions, on the language and on the history and culture of Edessa. Two appendices offer the texts of three parchments written in Syriac and originating from the same area, and of known but still unpublished inscriptions. The book concludes with indices of words and proper names, which are complement to the Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Brill, 1995), and with a full bibliography.

Cults and Beliefs at Edessa

Cults and Beliefs at Edessa
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9789004295629
ISBN-13 : 9004295623
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Cults and Beliefs at Edessa by : H. J. W. Drijvers

Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- EDESSA'S HISTORY AND CULTURE -- THE SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF EDESSA'S RELIGION -- THE CULT OF NEBO AND BEL -- THE CULT OF ATARGATIS -- THE CULT OF SIN LORD OF THE GODS AT SUMATAR HARABESI -- THE CULT OF AZIZOS AND MONIMOS AND OTHER ARAB DEITIES -- EDESSAN RELIGION, PAGANISM IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE, AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY -- INDEX -- LIST OF PLATES -- PLATES I-XXXIV.