The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context : proceedings of the symposium held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 /

The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context : proceedings of the symposium held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 /

The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion to his son - preserved in a single Syriac manuscript (7th. century CE) - still speaks to its readers, evocatively depicting the dramatic situation of a nobleman imprisoned after the Roman capture of Samosata, capital of Commagene. The letter is best known today for a...

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Other Authors: Merz, Annette., Tieleman, Teun.

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 58.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.

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Mara bar Serapion > Congresses.
Syriac literature > History and criticism > Congresses.
Consolation in literature > Congresses.
Philosophy, Ancient > Congresses.
Commagene > History > Congresses.

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Call Number: PJ5671.M37 Z76 2012

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