Silk road traces : studies on Syriac Christianity in China and central Asia /
This volume includes cutting-edge research on the spread of Syrian Christianity along the Silk Road from the 6th to the 14th century. Recent archaeological discoveries and excavations of ancient and medieval Christian sites in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China shed new light on Christian communities...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wien :
Lit Verlag,
[2022].
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| Series: | Orientalia--patristica--oecumenica ;
vol. 21. |
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| Summary: | This volume includes cutting-edge research on the spread of Syrian Christianity along the Silk Road from the 6th to the 14th century. Recent archaeological discoveries and excavations of ancient and medieval Christian sites in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China shed new light on Christian communities in central Asia, China and Mongolia. Scholars from such fields as archaeology, manuscript studies, history and theology have contributed, offering new insights into the influence of Syriac Christianity along the Silk Roads. |
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| Item Description: | "The current volume is a collection of the revised papers which were originally presented at the Almaty conference of 2019...[from June 20 to 26, 2019]"--page 7. |
| Physical Description: | 423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783643912282 3643912285 |