Roads and Kingdoms : Two Encounters with the Nazarenes Beyond the River / Alexei Savchenko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savchenko, Alexei, author.

Series:

Eastern Christian studies ; Volume 32.

Eastern Christian Studies ; Volume 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Uzbekistan--Antiquities.

Uzbekistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2023]

Summary:

"This book solves the long-standing mystery of a Christian monastery near Samarkand, seen and described by two Arab travellers in the tenth century. Despite several attempts made since the 1890s, its precise location had never been established. The first part covers the quest, the find, and the archaeological excavations' results. Then the author proceeds to search for a mediaeval Christian enclave near modern Tashkent, which appears to have been washed away by a river that changed its course over centuries. Apart from the Christians, the book also touches upon the Manichaeans, Buddhists, Zoroastrians and other Sogdians, their languages, faiths, and material remnants"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Note on Orthography

The Monastery in Urgut

1 Res ipsa loquitur

1.1 First Landmark

1.2 Second Landmark

1.3 Urgut Obscured

1.4 Urgut Explained

2 Searching for Evidence

3 Closing the Books

3.1 The Rock

3.2 The Gorge

3.3 The Cross

3.4 The Scene

4 Hunting the Thimble

5 Urgut Unearthed

5.1 Monastic Compound

5.2 Hermits' Caves

5.3 Reconstruction

5.4 Finds

6 The Timeline

6.1 Terminus post quem

6.2 Terminus ante quem

6.3 Cemetery

7 Whence and Whither

7.1 From al-ʿIrāq to Urgut

7.2 From Urgut to Panjikent

7.3 From Urgut to Samarkand

7.4 The Urgut Side

7.5 The Bukhara Side

7.6 Priest's Daughter

The Village in Chach

2 Sound and Sense

2.1 ويش

2.2 كرد

5 The Environs

5.1 Chach and Ilaq

5.2 Ferghana

Appendix

Concordance of the Variant Readings Discussed in the Text

Works Cited

Index of Geographical Names.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Savchenko, Alexei Roads and Kingdoms: Two Encounters with the Nazarenes Beyond the River

ISBN:

9789004527539

9004527532

OCLC:

1351203123