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Roman Edessa : politics and culture on the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire, 114-242 CE / Steven K. Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Steven K., 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romans--Turkey--Sanlurfa.
- Romans.
- Sanlurfa (Turkey)--History.
- Sanlurfa (Turkey).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE EARLIEST EDESSA; 2 THE COMING OF ROME; 3 FROM KINGDOM TO PROVINCE; 4 A KING IN ROME'S SERVICE; 5 A 'GOLDEN AGE'? THE CULTURE OF PRE-CHRISTIAN EDESSA; 6 EARLY CHRISTIANITY AND EDESSAN CULTURE; 7 CONCLUSION; APPENDIX NUMISMATIC NOTES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-66062-6
- 1-280-11173-9
- 9786610111732
- 1-134-66063-4
- 0-203-99197-4
- 9780203991978
- OCLC:
- 475963621
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