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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. This title includes articles that discuss Jacob's biography as well as his position in early Islamic Edessa, and presents a picture of the various aspects of Jacob of Edessa's life and work as...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Haar Romeny, R. B. ter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Series:Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden ; v. 18.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; List of Contributors; BIOGRAPHY; JACOB AS A HISTORIAN AND CORRESPONDENT; JACOB AS A JURIST; JACOB AS AN EXEGETE AND REVISER OF THE PESHITTA; JACOB AS A GRAMMARIAN AND TRANSLATOR; JACOB AS A PHILOSOPHER; JACOB AND THE LITURGY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa (Revised and Expanded)
  • Dirk Kruisheer; INDEXES; Index of Sources; Index of Modern Authors.