Wilhelm Baum, Dietmar W. Winkler

The Church of the East (eBook, ePUB)

A Concise History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Church of the East is currently the only complete history in English of the East Syriac Church of the East. It covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans, the 20th century, and informs about the Syriac, Iranian and Chinese literature of this unique and almost forgotten part of Christendom.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134430185
• Artikelnr.: 47885219

Autorenporträt

Wilhelm Baum is Associate Professor and teaches Medieval History at the Universities of Graz and Klagenfurt, Austria. He is author of of The Transformation of the Myth of Prester John (1999) and Ethiopia and Europe in the Middle Ages (2001).
Dietmar W. Winkler is Associate Professor and teaches Patristics and Ecumenical Theology at the Universities of Graz and Salzburg and the Cistercian School of Theology, Heilogenkreuz, Austria.

Inhaltsangabe

The 'Apostolic Church of the East': A Brief Introduction to the Writing of
Church History and to Terminology 1. The Age of the Sassanians (Until 651)
2. The Age of the Arabs (650-1258) 3. The Age of the Mongols (13th and 14th
Centuries) 4. The Age of the Ottomans (15th to 19th Centuries) 5. The
Twentieth Century 6. Language and Literature of the Church of the East