Fear of God and the Beginning of Wisdom: The School of Nisibis and the Development of Scholastic Culture in Late Antique Mesopotamia

(Part of the Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series)

by Adam H. Becker

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The School of Nisibis was the main intellectual center of the Church of the East in the sixth and early seventh centuries C.E. and an institution of learning unprecedented in antiquity. Fear of God and the Beginning of Wisdom provides a history both of the School and of the scholastic culture of the Church of the East more generally in the late antique and early Islamic periods. Adam H. Becker examines the ideological and intellectual backgrounds...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812239342

ISBN13:9780812239348

Release Date:June 2006

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.36 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Ancient Assyria, Babylonia & Sumer Education & Reference History Iraq Mesopotamia Middle East Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies

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Fear of God and the Beginning of Wisdom: The School of Nisibis and the Development of Scholastic Culture in Late Antique Mesopotamia

(Part of the Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series)

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