Joel Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4997136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Peter Jackson. From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane
Nestorian Church
The Nestorian Church is the name commonly given to the Church of the East, which formed in the Sasanian Empire (224–642 CE ). At its height between the sixth and ninth centuries CE , this Church, also known as the East‐Syrian Church, constituted the largest Christian community in Asia, and possibly in the world. Its patriarch, based at the Sasanian capital of Seleukeia‐Ktesiphon, and later at Baghdad, oversaw more than eighty bishoprics spread ac…
From Nisibis to Xi’an
This article details how Christians gained a recognized position in the imperial order of the Sasanian world. The discussion covers the names and historiography of the Church of the East; Christian origins in Mesopotamia and Iran; from the
Ceramics of the Merv Oasis
Byzantium Viewed by the Arabs . Nadia Maria El Cheikh
Iran and Its Neighbors in Late Antiquity
The Legend of Mar QardaghNarrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq
This study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq. Translated from Syriac into English here, the legend of Mar Qardagh introduces a hero of epic proportions, whose characteristics confound simple classification. During the several stages of his career, Mar Qardagh hunts like a Persian King, argues like a Greek philosopher, and renounces his Zoroastrian family to live with mo…
The Legend of Mar QardaghNarrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq
This study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq. Translated from Syriac into English here, the legend of Mar Qardagh introduces a hero of epic proportions, whose characteristics confound simple classification. During the several stages of his career, Mar Qardagh hunts like a Persian King, argues like a Greek philosopher, and renounces his Zoroastrian family to live with mo…
The Legend of Mar QardaghNarrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq
This study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq. Translated from Syriac into English here, the legend of Mar Qardagh introduces a hero of epic proportions, whose characteristics confound simple classification. During the several stages of his career, Mar Qardagh hunts like a Persian King, argues like a Greek philosopher, and renounces his Zoroastrian family to live with mo…
Byzantium Viewed by the Arabs . Nadia Maria El Cheikh
Iran and Its Neighbors in Late Antiquity
Ceramics of the Merv Oasis
Nestorian Church
The Nestorian Church is the name commonly given to the Church of the East, which formed in the Sasanian Empire (224–642 CE ). At its height between the sixth and ninth centuries CE , this Church, also known as the East‐Syrian Church, constituted the largest Christian community in Asia, and possibly in the world. Its patriarch, based at the Sasanian capital of Seleukeia‐Ktesiphon, and later at Baghdad, oversaw more than eighty bishoprics spread ac…
From Nisibis to Xi’an
This article details how Christians gained a recognized position in the imperial order of the Sasanian world. The discussion covers the names and historiography of the Church of the East; Christian origins in Mesopotamia and Iran; from the
Peter Jackson. From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane
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