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Roman Edessa : politics and culture on the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire, 114-242 CE /
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 Helleniz...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 204 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134660636 1134660634 0203991974 9780203991978 9786610111732 6610111731 9780415187879 0415187877 1280111739 9781280111730 1134660626 9781134660629 |