The chronicle of Seert Christian historical imagination in late antique Iraq

This book examines the cultural and political history of the Church of the East, the main Christian church in Iraq and Iran. Philip Wood uses medieval Arabic sources to examine history-writing by Christians in the fifth to ninth centuries AD.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Philip
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Series:Oxford early Christian studies / Oxford early Christian studies
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This book examines the cultural and political history of the Church of the East, the main Christian church in Iraq and Iran. Philip Wood uses medieval Arabic sources to examine history-writing by Christians in the fifth to ninth centuries AD.
Physical Description:1 online resource map (black and white)
ISBN:9780191760709