The Christian heritage of Iraq : collected papers from the Christianity of Iraq I-V Seminar Days

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The Christian heritage of Iraq : collected papers from the Christianity of Iraq I-V Seminar Days

edited by Erica C.D. Hunter

(Gorgias Eastern Christian studies, 13)

, 2009

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"This volume presents a selection of papers given at the Christianity in Iraq I-V Seminar Days that have been held annually at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies since 2004."--P. xi

Includes bibliographical references

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  • The Patriarch Išoʻyahb III and the Christians of Qatar in the first Islamic century / John Healey
  • Greek philosophy and Syriac culture in early ʻAbbasid Iraq / John Watt
  • Patriarch Timothy and an aristotelian at the Caliph's court / Sidney Griffith
  • The great monastery at Mount Izla and the defence of the East Syriac identity / Florence Jullien
  • The cultural contribution of monasticism in Iraq / Sebastian Brock
  • Der mār Behnam, the Monastery of Saint Behnam / Suha Rassam
  • The Syriac Bible in Central Asia / Mark Dickens
  • Prester John's realm : new light on Christianity between Merv and Turfan / Alexei Savchenko and Mark Dickens
  • Syriac inscriptions from Tokmak and Biškek, Kkirghizstan / Wassilios Klein
  • Chaldæans and Assyrians : the church of the East in the Ottoman period / Heleen Murre-Van Den Berg
  • Commemorating church history in the Ottoman era : monumental inscriptions and art / Amir Harrak
  • Magic and medicine amongst the Christians of Kurdistan / Erica Hunter
  • World War I and the Assyrians / Martin Tamcke
  • The Syriac Bible in the private Assyrian schools in Iraq / Robin Bet Shmuel
  • The neo-Aramaic dialects of Iraq / Geoffrey Khan
  • Christianity in Iraq : modern history, theology, dialogue, and politics (until 2003) / Anthony O'Mahony

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