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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford early Christian studies.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 305 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199670673 0199670676 |