Umfang:
1 online resource (324 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789047426936
Serie:
Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Ser. v.No. 18
Inhalt:
Jacob of Edessa is considered the most learned Christian of the early days of Islam. Exactly 1300 years after his death in 708, fifteen articles written by prominent specialists sketch a fascinating picture of his life and times.
Inhalt:
CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- BIOGRAPHY -- Jacob of Edessa's Life and Work: A Biographical Sketch --- Alison Salvesen -- Jacob and Early Islamic Edessa --- Robert Hoyland -- JACOB AS A HISTORIAN AND CORRESPONDENT -- The Chronicle of Jacob of Edessa --- Witold Witakowski -- Jewish Pseudepigrapha in Jacob of Edessa's Letters and Historical Writings --- William Adler -- Greetings to a Virtuous Man: The Correspondence of Jacob of Edessa --- Jan J. van Ginkel -- JACOB AS A JURIST -- Jacob of Edessa and Canon Law --- Herman G.B. Teule -- The Canons of Jacob of Edessa in the Perspective of the Christian Identity of His Day --- Konrad D. Jenner -- JACOB AS AN EXEGETE AND REVISER OF THE PESHITTA -- The Textual Vorlagen for Jacob of Edessa's Revision of the Books of Samuel --- Richard J. Saley -- Jacob of Edessa's Version of 1-2 Samuel: Its Method and Text-Critical Value --- Alison Salvesen -- Jacob of Edessa on Genesis: His Quotations of the Peshitta and His Revision of the Text --- Bas ter Haar Romeny -- JACOB AS A GRAMMARIAN AND TRANSLATOR -- Jacob of Edessa the Grammarian --- Rafael Talmon -- Jacob of Edessa and the Sixth-Century Syriac Translator of Severus of Antioch's Cathedral Homilies --- Lucas Van Rompay -- JACOB AS A PHILOSOPHER -- Jacob of Edessa and the Reception of Aristotle --- Henri Hugonnard-Roche -- Jacob of Edessa's Use of Greek Philosophy in His Hexaemeron --- Marina Wilks -- JACOB AND THE LITURGY -- The Anaphora of Saint James and Jacob of Edessa --- Baby Varghese -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa (Revised and Expanded) --- Dirk Kruisheer -- INDEXES -- Index of Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789004173477
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004173477
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
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