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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
Steven K. Ross
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of figures, Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Introduction, 1 The earliest Edessa, 2 The coming of Rome, 3 From kingdom to province, 4 A king in Rome's service, 5 A 'Golden Age'?: the culture of pre-Christian Edessa, 6 Early Christianity and Edessan culture, 7 Conclusion, Appendix: Numismatic notes, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780415620093
ISBN-10: 0415620090
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ross, Steven K.
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Steven K. Ross
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2011
Gewicht: 0,283 kg
Artikel-ID: 128454332