The Syriac world /

The Syriac world /

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Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2018.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Routledge worlds
Routledge worlds.
Subject:
Syrians -- Asia -- History.
Syrians -- Civilization.
Syriac Christians -- History.
Syriac literature -- History and criticism.
Syriac Christians.
Syriac literature.
Syrians.
Asia.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13420219
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Other authors / contributors:King, Daniel, 1977- editor.
ISBN:9781315708195
1315708191
9781317482116
1317482115
9781317482123
1317482123
9781317482109
1317482107
9781138899018
1138899011
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Daniel King (Research Fellow, Cardiff University, UK) is a scholar of Syriac who specialises in the history of Syriac philosophy and its contribution to the progress of knowledge. His research is principally concerned with examining how the Syriac tradition adopted and adapted to its own environment the heritage of Greek Christian thought and ideas, and how it was able to translate large numbers of Greek texts into a new and distinctive idiom. He has a special interest in all aspects of the history of translation and currently works in East Africa advising and consulting on the translation of the Bible into the vernacular languages of the region.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 18, 2018)
Summary:This volume surveys the 'Syriac world', the culture that grew up among the Syriac-speaking communities from the second century CE and which continues to exist and flourish today, both in its original homeland of Syria and Mesopotamia, and in the worldwide diaspora of Syriac-speaking communities. The five sections examine the religion; the material, visual, and literary cultures; the history and social structures of this diverse community; and Syriac interactions with their neighbours ancient and modern. There are also detailed appendices detailing the patriarchs of the different Syriac denominations, and another appendix listing useful online resources for students. The Syriac World offers the first complete survey of Syriac culture and fills a significant gap in modern scholarship. This volume will be an invaluable resource to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Syriac and Middle Eastern culture from antiquity to the modern era.
Other form:Print version: 9781138899018
Standard no.:10.4324/9781315708195
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of contributors; Abbreviations; Diachronic maps of Syriac cultures and their geographic contexts; Introduction; PART I: BACKGROUNDS; 1 The eastern provinces of the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity; 2 The Sasanian Empire; PART II: THE SYRIAC WORLD IN LATE ANTIQUITY; 3 The pre-Christian religions of the Syriac-speaking regions; 4 The coming of Christianity to Mesopotamia; 5 Forms of the religious life and Syriac monasticism; 6 The establishment of the Syriac Churches
  • 7 The Syriac Church denominations: an overview8 The Syriac world in the Persian Empire; 9 Judaism and Syriac Christianity; 10 Syriac and Syrians in the later Roman Empire: questions of identity; 11 Early Syriac reactions to the rise of Islam; 12 The Church of the East in the ʿAbbasid Era; PART III: THE SYRIAC LANGUAGE; 13 The Syriac language in the context of the Semitic languages; 14 The Classical Syriac language; 15 Writing Syriac: manuscripts and inscriptions; 16 The Neo-Aramaic dialects and their historical background
  • PART IV: SYRIAC LITERARY, ARTISTIC, AND MATERIAL CULTURE IN LATE ANTIQUITY17 The Syriac Bible and its interpretation; 18 The emergence of Syriac literature to AD 400; 19 Later Syriac poetry; 20 Syriac hagiographic literature; 21 The mysticism of the Church of the East; 22 Theological doctrines and debates within Syriac Christianity; 23 The liturgies of the Syriac Churches; 24 Historiography in the Syriac-speaking world, 300-1000; 25 Syriac philosophy; 26 Syriac medicine; 27 The material culture of the Syrian peoples in Late Antiquity and the evidence for Syrian wall paintings
  • 28 Churches in Syriac space: architectural and liturgical context and development29 Women and children in Syriac Christianity: sounding voices; 30 Syriac agriculture 350-1250; PART V: SYRIAC CHRISTIANITY BEYOND THE ANCIENT WORLD; 31 Syriac Christianity in Central Asia; 32 Syriac Christianity in China; 33 Syriac Christianity in India; 34 The renaissance of Syriac literature in the twelfth-thirteenth centuries; 35 Syriac in a diverse Middle East: from the Mongol Ilkhanate to Ottoman dominance, 1286-1517; 36 The Maronite Church; 37 The early study of Syriac in Europe
  • 38 Syriac identity in the modern era39 Changing demography: Christians in Iraq since 1991; Appendices; I The patriarchs of the Church of the East; II West Syrian patriarchs and maphrians; III Online resources for the study of the Syriac world; Index of Maps; Subject Index

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