LEADER 04204nam 22006374a 450 001 9910809780903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-60224-1 010 $a9786612602245 010 $a90-474-2693-2 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004173477.i-314 035 $a(CKB)2670000000009865 035 $a(EBL)489473 035 $a(OCoLC)593295837 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000339444 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11255191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339444 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10364836 035 $a(PQKB)10705578 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC489473 035 $a(OCoLC)286436086 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047426936 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL489473 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372625 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL260224 035 $a(PPN)170703207 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000009865 100 $a20090710d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJacob of Edessa and the Syriac culture of his day /$fedited by Bas ter Haar Romeny 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (324 p.) 225 1 $aMonographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden ;$vv. 18 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-17347-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-293) and indexes. 327 $tPreliminary Materials /$rR.B. Ter Haar Romeny -- $tJacob Of Edessa?s Life And Work: A Biographical Sketch /$rAlison Salvesen -- $tJacob And Early Islamic Edessa /$rRobert Hoyland -- $tThe Chronicle Of Jacob Of Edessa /$rWitold Witakowski -- $tJewish Pseudepigrapha In Jacob Of Edessa?s Letters And Historical Writings /$rWilliam Adler -- $tGreetings To A Virtuous Man The Correspondence Of Jacob Of Edessa /$rJan J. Van Ginkel -- $tJacob Of Edessa And Canon Law /$rHerman G.B. Teule -- $tThe Canons Of Jacob Of Edessa In The Perspective Of The Christian Identity Of His Day /$rKonrad D. Jenner -- $tThe Textual Vorlagen For Jacob Of Edessa?s Revision Of The Books Of Samuel /$rRichard J. Saley -- $tJacob Of Edessa?s Version Of 1?2 Samuel: Its Method And Text-Critical Value /$rAlison Salvesen -- $tJacob Of Edessa On Genesis: His Quotations Of The Peshitta And His Revision Of The Text -- $tJacob Of Edessa The Grammarian /$rRafael Talmon -- $tJacob Of Edessa And The Sixth-Century Syriac Translator Of Severus Of Antioch?s Cathedral Homilies /$rLucas Van Rompay -- $tJacob Of Edessa And The Reception Of Aristotle /$rHenri Hugonnard-Roche -- $tJacob Of Edessa?s Use Of Greek Philosophy In His Hexaemeron /$rMarina Wilks -- $tThe Anaphora Of Saint James And Jacob Of Edessa /$rBaby Varghese -- $tA Bibliographical Clavis To The Works Of Jacob Of Edessa (Revised And Expanded) /$rDirk Kruisheer -- $tIndex Of Sources /$rR.B. Ter Haar Romeny -- $tIndex Of Modern Authors /$rR.B. Ter Haar Romeny. 330 $aJacob of Edessa (c.640-708) is considered the most learned Christian of the early days of Islam. In all fifteen contributions to this volume, written by prominent specialists, the interaction between Christianity, Judaism, and the new religion is an important issue. The articles discuss Jacob?s biography as well as his position in early Islamic Edessa, and give a full picture of the various aspects of Jacob of Edessa?s life and work as a scholar and clergyman. Attention is paid to his efforts in the fields of historiography, correspondence, canon law, text and interpretation of the Bible, language and translation, theology, philosophy, and science. The book, which marks the 1300th anniversary of Jacob?s death, also contains a bibliographical clavis. 410 0$aMonographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden ;$vv. 18. 606 $aSyriac language 607 $aSanlurfa (Turkey)$xCivilization 615 0$aSyriac language. 676 $a270.2092 676 $a271.01056 701 $aHaar Romeny$b R. B. ter$01095754 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809780903321 996 $aJacob of Edessa and the Syriac culture of his day$94157869 997 $aUNINA