The Letter of Mara Bar Sarapion in Context: Proceedings of the Symposium Held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009

(Book #58 in the Culture and History of the Ancient Near East Series)

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The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion to his son - preserved in a single Syriac manuscript (7th. cent. CE) - still speaks to its readers, evocatively depicting the dramatic situation of a nobleman imprisoned after the Roman capture of Samosata, capital of Commagene. The letter is best known today for a passage on the "wise king of the Jews," which may be one of the earliest pagan testimonies concerning Jesus Christ. Ongoing controversy over the letter's...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:9004233008

ISBN13:9789004233003

Release Date:September 2012

Publisher:Brill

Length:264 Pages

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The Letter of Mara Bar Sarapion in Context: Proceedings of the Symposium Held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009

(Book #58 in the Culture and History of the Ancient Near East Series)

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