Research Catalog

Title

Symbols of church and kingdom : a study in early Syriac tradition / Robert Murray.

Author

Murray, Robert, 1925-2018

Publication

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2004.

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Details

Description

xvi, 395 p. ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

In this revised and updated edition of his classic work, Robert Murray offers the fullest and most vivid picture yet available of the development and character of early Syriac Christian culture, illustrating both its original close relationship to Judaism and its remoter background in Mesopotamian civilization. This book deals with a topic of interdisciplinary importance, at the cultural crossroads of the ancient and medieval worlds of east and west, and of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. It will be of interest to a correspondingly wide range of scholars and students. No knowledge of Syriac is assumed. (Back cover).

Subject

• Jesus Christ > History of doctrines > Early church, approximately 30-600
• 30-600
• Church > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600
• Fathers of the church, Syriac

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-376) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. Themes of Christ and the church. I. 'The nation and the nations' -- II. The Body of Christ -- III. The vineyard, the grape and the tree of life -- IV. The church, bride and mother -- V. Titles shared by Christ and the apostles or bishops -- VI. The rock and the house on the rock -- VII. The 'pilgrim church' and its fulfilment -- Part II. In search of the sources.

ISBN

1593331509

OCLC

• 56906902
• SCSB-11392165

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library