The life of Theodotus of Amida : Syriac Christianity under the Umayyad Caliphate /

"The Life of Theodotus of Amida is that rare thing: a securely dated eye-witness account of life under Arab Muslim rule in the first century of Islam, and one of the few extant texts from seventh-century North Mesopotamia. It is imbued with local color and contemporary detail, revealing an inti...

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Other Authors: Hoyland, Robert G., 1966- (Editor, Translator), Labedan-Kodaş, Charlotte (writer of appendix), Palmer, Andrew N., 1955- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Syriac
Classical Syriac
Published: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, 2023
Series:Texts from Christian late antiquity ; 73
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