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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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in late antiquity.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Series
- The Syriac Legend of Alexander's Gate
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: The Text and its Context
- 1. The Text, the Story, and Its Sources
- 2. Debates about Dating and Context of the Neṣḥānā d-Aleksandrōs
- 3. The 940 ag Prophecy
- 4. The Story of Alexander's Gate and the Political Context of the Sixth Century
- 5. The Conflict with Tūbarlaq
- 6. The Syriac Alexander
- Part II: Studies on single themes and motifs
- 7. Alexander, the Danielic Visions, and the Gate against Gog and Magog
- 8. Apocalyptic Ideology
- 9. Alexander's Horns
- 10. The Crown, the Throne, and the Last Roman Emperor
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: English Translation of the Neṣḥānā d-Aleksandrōs (According to Budges's Critical Edition)
- Appendix 2: List of Toponyms and Proposed Identifications
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index