Roman Edessa

Roman Edessa
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9781134660636
ISBN-13 : 1134660634
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Book Synopsis Roman Edessa by : Steven K. Ross

Download or read book Roman Edessa written by Steven K. Ross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000-10-26 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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