Roman Edessa 114-242 C.E.'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. |
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Roman Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman ... Steven K. Ross Limited preview - 2000 |
Roman Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman ... Steven K. Ross Limited preview - 2000 |
Roman Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman ... Steven K. Ross No preview available - 2011 |
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Fear of God and the Beginning of Wisdom: The School of Nisibis and the ... Adam H. Becker No preview available - 2013 |