The Syriac legend of Alexander's gate : apocalypticism at the crossroads of Byzantium and Iran /

"The Syriac text entitled Neṣḥānā d-Aleksandrōs (also known as Syriac Alexander Legend) is a seminal text for late Christian and Muslim apocalyptic traditions. Containing the earliest recorded versions of literary motifs that would become central to the medieval apocalyptic tradition, it repres...

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