Invitation to Syriac Christianity

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Nomenclature
Maps by David A. Michelson and Ian Mladjov

Introduction

PART I. FOUNDATIONS

1. Origin Stories
2. Poetry
3. Doctrine and Disputation

PART II. PRACTICES

4. Liturgy
5. Asceticism
6. Mysticism and Prayer

PART III. TEXTS AND TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION

7. Biblical Interpretation
8. Hagiography
9. Books, Knowledge, and Translation

PART IV. INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTERS

10. Judaism
11. Islam
12. Religions of the Silk Road

Appendix A. Translations and Editions
Appendix B. Biographies of Named Authors
Appendix C. Glossary
Index

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• História antiga: a c 500 CE
• História do Oriente Médio
• Cristianismo
• História da religião
• As religiões antigas e mitologias