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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Eastern Christian StudiesPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781607241119
  • 9781463217136
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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 -- 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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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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In English.

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