10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EDESSA»
Discover the use of
Edessa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Edessa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Edessa: The Blessed City
The story of its Christian community, administered in turn by Rome, Byzantium, Arabs, and Turks, reflects the vicissitudes of Mesopotamian history and culminates in the occupation of the city by Crusader counts and its devastation in 1146.
2
Jesus, King of
Edessa: The biblical Jesus discovered in the ...
This is the book that the Catholic Church has been dreading for the last 1700 years. This is the book that will end Christianity as we know it. And this is not advertising hyperbole, this really is the end of the Christian fairytale.
This book collects and provides parallel translations of all the available written evidence for the image, along with detailed analysis of the history of the image.
4
Jacob of
Edessa and the Syriac Culture of His Day
In all fifteen contributions to this volume, written by prominent specialists, the interaction between Christianity, Judaism, and the new religion is an important issue.
R. B. ter Haar Romeny, 2008
5
Theophilus of
Edessa's Chronicle and the Circulation of ...
This is important, because this chronicle underlies much of our historical knowledge about the seventh and eighth century Near East, which was a crucial period in the region, witnessing as it did the devastating war between the two ...
6
Bardaisan of
Edessa: a reassessment of the evidence and a ...
This comprehensive study offers a critical, comparative analysis of the sources available on Bardaisan and a reinterpretation of his thought.
7
The Samuel Manuscript of Jacob of
Edessa: A Study in Its ...
This volume treats the sources utilized by Jacob of Edessa in his Syriac revision of the biblical books of Samuel, focussing on the relationship between the major Syriac texts (Peshitta and Syro-Hexapla) and the Greek textual families of ...
8
The Books of Samuel in the Syriac Version of Jacob of
Edessa
Jacob of Edessa's version of the Books of Samuel was an attempt to "marry" the traditional Syriac and Greek biblical texts and their interpretations.
9
Roman
Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of ...
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7 Among the names of the first kings of Edessa,
according to the Chronicle, were Orhai (the eponymous founder), Abdu,
Phradasht the son of Gebaru, Bakru, Manu and Abgar 'Peqa.' 8 BMC Roman
Empire I 110 ...
10
The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives
Zengi and the Fall of Edessa The fall of Edessa marked a significant turning-point
in Muslim fortunes. Edessa was the first of the Crusader states to be regained for
Islam, and although the Second Crusade was launched shortly afterwards as a ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EDESSA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Edessa is used in the context of the following news items.
Greek crisis hurts poorest in its Balkan neighbours
For the past three weeks, Kullolli and his group had been picking cherries and peaches in villages in the area of Edessa in northern Greece. «Reuters, Jul 15»
Wael Shawky On Pulling the Strings of Crusade and Jihad at MoMA …
He is best remembered for his conquest of Edessa from the Crusaders in a bloody slaughter of Christians thought by the Jihadis to be ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Celebrate 150 years of Fred Warner
Fred Warner's grandchildren; his daughter Edessa Warner Slocum was the last family member to live in the mansion. (Photo provided by the ... «C&G Newspapers, Jun 15»
Frenchwoman's journey to the Syria of Daesh
She was met by two men who paid the bus fare for the long journey to the Turkish province of Sanliurfa (ancient Edessa) on the Syrian border. «Middle East Online, Jun 15»
La reliquia della discordia
Storia di un falso (Salerno, 2011) e Dal Mandylion di Edessa alla Sindone di Torino. Metamorfosi di una leggenda (Dell'Orso, 2011). L'ultimo ... «il manifesto, Jun 15»
The Magna Carta
After Muslims conquered Edessa, another crusade was called for by Bernard of Clairvaux in 1147. It was made up of French and German ... «The Moral Liberal, Jun 15»
The Assyrians and ISIS: Part I
These three apostles, after founding the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East in Edessa, Turkey (in the upper Mesopotamia ... «Arutz Sheva, Jun 15»
Thomas Mapfumo kicks off Berkeley World Music Festival
... closing with a Romani Balkan brass celebration at the Village featuring Edessa and special guest percussionist/vocalist Rumen Shopov. «Berkeleyside, Jun 15»
Leominster High School bids farewell to Class of 2015
... Michaela Katherine Roberto, Jason Winchester Roberts*, Briae Alexandra Rose Robillard, Joshua Paul Robshaw, Edessa Capri Rodriguez, ... «Leominster Champion, Jun 15»
Historical mosaic on display at home
The Mosaic of Orpheus, dated to A.D. 194, is known as the earliest Edessa – the Hellenistic name for Şanlıurfa – mosaic that archaeologists ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jun 15»
