The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context : proceedings of the symposium held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 / / edited by Annette Merz and Teun L. Tieleman.

• TeilnehmendeR: Merz, Annette.; Tieleman, Teun.
• Année de publication: 2012
• Langue: English
• Collection: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 58.
• Description matérielle: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion to his son – preserved in a single Syriac manuscript (7th. century CE) – still speaks to its readers, evocatively depicting the dramatic situation of a nobleman imprisoned after the Roman capture of Samosata, capital of Commagene. The letter is best known today for a...