Life and Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar Introduction, Critical Edition and Translation

In the late 10th century, an anonymous author wrote the fictitious account of a religious dialogue between Archbishop Gregentios and the Jewish scribe Herban and included it in a life of Gregentios based on earlier sources, which indicate that he was a missionary in Yemen in pre-Islamic times. Albre...

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Main Author: Berger, Albrecht
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012
Series:Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
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520 |a In the late 10th century, an anonymous author wrote the fictitious account of a religious dialogue between Archbishop Gregentios and the Jewish scribe Herban and included it in a life of Gregentios based on earlier sources, which indicate that he was a missionary in Yemen in pre-Islamic times. Albrecht Berger examines and translates these texts, and he presents a critical edition. Key Features first edition of a large proportion of the extant texts critical edition using all known manuscripts, including those which only recently have been discovered