RT Book
T1 Asceticism and society in crisis: John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints
T2 The transformation of the classical heritage
JF The transformation of the classical heritage
A2 Harvey, Susan Ashbrook 1953-
LA English
PP Berkeley London
PB University of Californiarnia Press
YR 1990
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/565693700
AB Syriac began as a dialect of Aramaic, spoken in the region of Edessa early in the first century of the Christian Era. It grew quickly as both the primary vernacular and literary language of the Syrian Orient: the Roman provinces of Mesopotamia, Syria, Osrhoene, and their neighboring Persian provinces. But it became, too, the lingua franca over a much wider area of the eastern Roman frontier. It was used by traders throughout the East, in Persia and into India, and as far into the Latin West as Gaul. Over time, Syriac built an impressive cultural and literary strength in its own right. Its survival to this day in southeastern Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and parts of India has been largely due to its hold as a religious force in the liturgies of the Syriac-speaking churches.
NO A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program
CN BR65.J7653
SN 0520065239
K1 John : Bishop of Ephesus : approximately 507-586 : Lives of the Eastern saints
K1 Christian hagiography : History : To 1500
K1 Asceticism : History : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Christianity and culture : Byzantine Empire
K1 Syriac Christian saints : History
K1 Bibliografie