Invitation to Syriac Christianity: An Anthology

Description

Product ID:	9780520299207
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	US
Title:	Invitation to Syriac Christianity
Subtitle:	An Anthology
Authors:	Author: Charles M. Stang, Scott Fitzgerald Johnson, Michael Philip Penn, Christine Shepardson
Page Count:	462
Subjects:	Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, Ancient history, History of religion, Christianity, Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History of religion, Christianity, Ancient religions & mythologies, Middle East, Ancient World
Description:	Despite their centrality to the history of Christianity in the East, Syriac Christians have generally been excluded from modern accounts of the faith. Originating from Mesopotamia, Syriac Christians quickly spread across Eurasia, from Turkey to China, developing a distinctive and influential form of Christianity that connected empires. These early Christians wrote in the language of Syriac, the lingua franca of the late ancient Middle East, and a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Collecting key foundational Syriac texts from the second to the fourteenth centuries, this anthology provides unique access to one of the most intriguing, but least known, branches of the Christian tradition.
Imprint Name:	University of California Press
Publisher Name:	University of California Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2022-02-22

Weight	868 g
Dimensions	179 × 255 × 36 mm