| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 204 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Contents |
Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 THE EARLIEST EDESSA -- chapter 2 THE COMING OF ROME -- chapter 3 FROM KINGDOM TO PROVINCE -- chapter 4 A KING IN ROME'S SERVICE -- chapter 5 A 'Golden Age'?: the culture of pre-Christian Edessa -- chapter 6 EARLY CHRISTIANITY AND EDESSAN CULTURE -- chapter 7 CONCLUSION |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Romans -- Turkey -- Şanlıurfa
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Romans
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| SUBJECT |
Şanlıurfa (Turkey) -- History
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| Subject |
Turkey -- Şanlıurfa
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134660636 |
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1134660634 |
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0203991974 |
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9780203991978 |
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9786610111732 |
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6610111731 |
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9780415187879 |
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0415187877 |
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1280111739 |
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9781280111730 |
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1134660626 |
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9781134660629 |
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