Jacob of Edessa and the Syriac culture of his day /

Jacob of Edessa (c.640-708) is considered the most learned Christian of the early days of Islam. In all fifteen contributions to this volume, written by prominent specialists, the interaction between Christianity, Judaism, and the new religion is an important issue. The articles discuss Jacob's...

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Other Authors: Haar Romeny, R. B. ter.

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Monographs of the Peshitta Institute 18.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004222717.

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-293) and indexes. 
505 0 0 |t Preliminary Materials /  |r R.B. Ter Haar Romeny --   |t Jacob Of Edessa's Life And Work: A Biographical Sketch /  |r Alison Salvesen --   |t Jacob And Early Islamic Edessa /  |r Robert Hoyland --   |t The Chronicle Of Jacob Of Edessa /  |r Witold Witakowski --   |t Jewish Pseudepigrapha In Jacob Of Edessa's Letters And Historical Writings /  |r William Adler --   |t Greetings To A Virtuous Man The Correspondence Of Jacob Of Edessa /  |r Jan J. Van Ginkel --   |t Jacob Of Edessa And Canon Law /  |r Herman G.B. Teule --   |t The Canons Of Jacob Of Edessa In The Perspective Of The Christian Identity Of His Day /  |r Konrad D. Jenner --   |t The Textual Vorlagen For Jacob Of Edessa's Revision Of The Books Of Samuel /  |r Richard J. Saley --   |t Jacob Of Edessa's Version Of 1-2 Samuel: Its Method And Text-Critical Value /  |r Alison Salvesen --   |t Jacob Of Edessa On Genesis: His Quotations Of The Peshitta And His Revision Of The Text --   |t Jacob Of Edessa The Grammarian /  |r Rafael Talmon --   |t Jacob Of Edessa And The Sixth-Century Syriac Translator Of Severus Of Antioch's Cathedral Homilies /  |r Lucas Van Rompay --   |t Jacob Of Edessa And The Reception Of Aristotle /  |r Henri Hugonnard-Roche --   |t Jacob Of Edessa's Use Of Greek Philosophy In His Hexaemeron /  |r Marina Wilks --   |t The Anaphora Of Saint James And Jacob Of Edessa /  |r Baby Varghese --   |t A Bibliographical Clavis To The Works Of Jacob Of Edessa (Revised And Expanded) /  |r Dirk Kruisheer --   |t Index Of Sources /  |r R.B. Ter Haar Romeny --   |t Index Of Modern Authors /  |r R.B. Ter Haar Romeny. 
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