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Roman Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of Empire, 114 - 242 C.E.
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Roman Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of Empire, 114 - 242 C.E.
Current price: $190.00


Barnes and Noble
Roman Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of Empire, 114 - 242 C.E.
Current price: $190.00
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Roman Edessa
offers a comprehensive and erudite analysis of the ancient city of Edessa (modern day Urfa, Turkey), which constituted a remarkable amalgam of the East and the West. Among the areas explored are:
the cultural life and antecedents of Edessa
Edessene religion
the extent of the Hellenization at Edessa before the advent of Christianity
the myth of an exchange of letters between a King Abgar and Jesus.
offers a comprehensive and erudite analysis of the ancient city of Edessa (modern day Urfa, Turkey), which constituted a remarkable amalgam of the East and the West. Among the areas explored are:
the cultural life and antecedents of Edessa
Edessene religion
the extent of the Hellenization at Edessa before the advent of Christianity
the myth of an exchange of letters between a King Abgar and Jesus.