The studies in this volume are drawn together from a widely scattered set of publications, many difficult of access. They exemplify the variety of influences - religious, cultural, political - that interacted in Syria in Late Antiquity, and the range of responses that these evoked in changing historical circumstances. The first section of the book is concerned with the development of Syriac Christianity, with particular articles looking at the relations between Christians and Jews, and at the position of holy men. There follow two sections focusing on Marcionism and on Manichaeism, while the final studies examine aspects of Syriac Christianity after the Arab conquests.
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'The collection is extremely useful and a good reflection of Drijvers work and approach.' Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. 44, No.2
Contents: Syriac Christianity: Jews and Christians at Edessa; Syrian
Christianity and Judaism; Apocryphal literature in the cultural milieu of
Osrhoëne; Taufe und Liecht: Tatian, Ebionäerevangelium und Thomasakten;
Early forms of Antiochene Christology after Chalcedon; The Peshitta of
Sapientia Salomonis; Solomon as teacher: early Syriac didactic poetry;
Athleten des Geistes: zur politischen Rolle der syrischen Asketen und
Gnostiker; The saint as symbol: conceptions of the person in late antiquity
and early Christianity; Der getaufte Löwe und Theologie der Acta Pauli;
Marcionism: Marcionism in Syria: principles, problems, polemics; Marcions
reading of Gal. 4,8: philosophical background and influence on Manichaeism;
Christ as warrior and merchant: aspects of Marcions christology; Adam and
the true prophet in the Pseudo-Clementines; Manichaeism: Addai und Mani.
Christentum und Manichäismus im dritten Jahrhundert in Syrien; Conflict and
alliance in Manichaeism; Syriac Christianity and Islam: Antony of Tagrits
book on the good providence of God; The Gospel of the twelve apostles: a
Syriac apocalypse from the early Islamic period; Christians, Jews and Muslims
in northern Mesopotamia in early Islamic times; Addenda; Index.
Han J. W. Drijvers, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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