Stephen H Rapp

Biographic Data

ID1158709
NAMEStephen H Rapp
GIVEN NAMESStephen H
FAMILY NAMERapp
SIGNATURERAPP S H
AFFILIATIONSSam Houston State University
ORCID0000-0001-8245-9920
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR15
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Armenians in the Byzantine Empire

    Stephen H RappARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies2026

  • Medieval Georgian Coinage

    Open AccessStephen H RappARTICLEAl-ʿUsur al-Wusta2024

    This article surveys the medieval coinage minted on Georgian lands to the Mongol age. Aimed at college-level pedagogy, it underscores the benefits of contextualizing this rich numismatic record regionally, ecumenically, and cross-culturally. The Christianization of the region named for the Caucasus Mountains, which accelerated after the royal conversions of the fourth century, heightened the isthmus’ long-standing cross-cultural condition. Meanwh…

  • Sharing Myths, Texts and Sanctuaries in the South Caucasus

    Open AccessStephen H RappARTICLEChurch History2023

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  • Religious Plurality and Mixture in the Persianate North

    Open AccessStephen H RappARTICLEEntangled Religions2022References: 6

    Persistent images of late antique Caucasia belonging naturally to the Byzantine world obscure the isthmus’ deep multi- and cross-cultural condition. They rest on the flawed assumption that shared Christian affiliation necessarily linked Byzantium and Caucasia. Moreover, such conjectures elide Caucasia’s longstanding integration into the Persianate world, a status enduring for centuries after the fourth-century Christianization of the Georgian, Ar…

  • Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity

    Paul Crego, Stephen H RappBOOKLanguages and Cultures of Eastern…2018

  • Chronology, Crossroads, and Commonwealths

    Stephen H RappCHAPTERInteractions2017

  • The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes

    Stephen H Rapp, Stephen H Rapp JrBOOKSasanian World Through Georgian…2017Cited by: 1

    Georgian literary sources for Late Antiquity are commonly held to be later productions devoid of historical value. As a result, scholarship outside the Republic of Georgia has privileged Graeco-Roman and even Armenian narratives. However, when investigated within the dual contexts of a regional literary canon and the active participation of Caucasia's diverse peoples in the Iranian Commonwealth, early Georgian texts emerge as a rich repository of…

  • Georgia before the Mongols

    Stephen H Rapp, Stephen H Rapp JrCHAPTER2017

    Nestled in one of Eurasia’s most energetic crossroads, Georgia has a long and multifaceted history. The remains of Homo georgicus excavated at Dmanisi in southern Georgia belong to the oldest hominids yet discovered outside Africa. They have been reliably dated to 1.8 million years ago. Subsequent Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age sites are distributed throughout the region between the Black and Caspian Seas. But it is not until the early 1…

  • Iberia (Kartli)

    Open AccessStephen H RappCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2012

    In its narrowest sense, Iberia is the Classical and Byzantine designation for the inland, eastern Georgian region of Kartli, which straddled the Mtkvari (Kura) River. Ancient Greeks identified two Iberias on the edges of the known world: one encompassing modern‐day Spain and Portugal and the other eastwards past the Black Sea, just below the main line of the Caucasus Mountains. The meaning of Caucasian “Iberia” in Mediterranean sources is highly …

  • The Iranian Heritage of Georgia

    Stephen H RappARTICLEIranica Antiqua2009Cited by: 2

    Traditionally, scholars have considered extant medieval Georgian historiography as having been produced exclusively during the millennium of Bagratid rule. This essay identifies a separate historiographical phase just preceding the rise of Bagratid rule in the Georgian domains in the early ninth century. Pre-Bagratid historiographical texts are distinguished first and foremost by their Iranian flavor, which is a reflection of the longstanding mem…

  • Caucasus paradigms

    Stephen H RappARTICLECentral Asian Survey2009Cited by: 4

    Caucasus paradigms: anthropologies, histories, and the making of a world area, edited by Bruce Grant and Lale Yalcin-Heckmann, Halle Studies in the Anthropology of Eurasia, Chris Hann, Richard Rott

  • The Conversion of K'art'li

    Stephen H Rapp, P C CREGOARTICLELe Muséon2006

  • Interactions

    C A Bayly, Sven Beckert et al.BOOKInteractions2005

    The essays presented here reflect recent widespread interest in reconsidering the political, geographical, and cultural boundaries conventionally observed by area specialists and others. They intentionally range widely through time and space, dealing with diverse issues and contexts, but each highlights the very general theme of cross-cultural interaction. Although they draw heavily on area studies, the contributors seek to put previously separat…

  • Studies in medieval Georgian historiography

    Stephen H RappBOOKStudies In Medieval Georgian…2003

    Original literature first appeared among the indigenous population of Caucasia in the fifth century AD as a consequence of its Christianization. Though a number of Armenian histories were composed at this time, several centuries elapsed before the Georgians created their own. But how many centuries? Through a meticulous investigation of internal textual criteria, Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography challenges the traditional eleventh-cent…

  • Sumbat Davitʿis-dze and the Vocabulary of Political Authority in the Era of Georgian Unification

    Stephen H RappARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2000

    Stephen H. Rapp, Jr., Sumbat Davitʿis-dze and the Vocabulary of Political Authority in the Era of Georgian Unification, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 120, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 2000), pp. 570-576