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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity ; 75Publisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (143 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463244347
  • 9781463244354
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 262.9 23/eng/20220929
LOC classification:
  • KBS199.7.I84 L39 2022
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Introduction -- Text and Translation -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781463244354

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Introduction -- Text and Translation -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)