Studies on Jacob of Edessa.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Brock, Sebastian,; Dinno, Khalid,; Hainthaler, Theresia,; Harrak, Amir,; Ibrahim, H. E. Mor Gregorios Yohanna,; Juckel, Andreas,; Price, Richard,; Salvesen, Alison,; Shemunkasho, Aho,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; SYMPOSIUM OF MOR JACOB OF EDESSA --; JACOB THE ANNOTATOR. JACOB’S ANNOTATIONS TO HIS REVISED TRANSLATION OF SEVERUS’ CATHEDRAL HOMILIES --; THE PHYSICAL WORLD IN JACOB OF EDESSA’S HEXAEMERON --; JACOB OF EDESSA AND HIS ENCHIRIDION. SOME REMARKS --; JACOB OF EDESSA AS A CHRONICLER --; DID JACOB OF EDESSA REVISE THE NEW TESTAMENT PESHITTA? --; THE CHRISTOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES OF THE AGE OF JACOB OF EDESSA --; WAS JACOB TRILINGUAL? JACOB OF EDESSA’S KNOWLEDGE OF HEBREW REVISITED --; A VERSE-HOMILY ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB OF EDESSA: ON FAITH AND CONTRA NESTORIUS --; THE FINAL STATEMENT FOR MOR JACOB OF EDESSA SYMPOSIUM HELD IN ALEPPO, JUNE 9–12, 2008
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463216634; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463216634
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Jacob of Edessa was a seventh century polymath who witnessed the coming of Islam. In this collection of papers, specialists discuss the life and works of this figure with emphasis on the cultural landscape of the seventh century. Contributors include Sebastian P. Brock, Richard Price, Andreas Juckel, Alison Salvesen, Theresia Hainthaler, Amir Harrak, and Khalid Dinno.