Kristian S Heal
Biographic Data
| ID | 5651205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristian S Heal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristian S |
| FAMILY NAME | Heal |
| SIGNATURE | HEAL K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7710-5252 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Edessa
Edessa was a major city of Roman Mesopotamia. It was the home of a famous Christian theological school and became a significant site for Syriac intellectual life. Edessa was a significant centre for Christian missionary activity and for Syriac scholarship and scribal production. It was one of the most significant cities of Roman Mesopotamia, both for its importance in trade and its strategic position. It fell to the Sasanians in the early seventh…
Clavis to the Metrical Homilies of Narsai
Narsai (died approximately 500) is a foundational East Syriac theologian and exegete and among the most important and influential Syriac authors more broadly. The present volume serves as a clavis to the more than eighty metrical homilies (memre) attributed to him. The first part consists of the clavis itself: It is organized by homily providing for each a number, a short title, the incipit, the manuscript attestation, previous editions and trans…
Narsai
Narsai († ca. 500) was a founding theologian of the Church of the East. Active first at the School of the Persians in Edessa and later at the School of Nisibis, Narsai creatively synthesized his native Syriac tradition with the newly translated works of Antiochene theology and exegesis. In a time of theological upheaval, his works helped forge a new theological tradition in Syriac. This groundbreaking collection of original essays refocuses atten…
Nisibis
Nisibis (ancient Nasibina, Seleucid Antioch on the Mygdonius, modern Nusaybin) was a Mesopotamian city of strategic and commercial importance, and thus often besieged and conquered in the millennium between Alexander and the coming of Islam.
Edessa
Edessa (ancient Adme, Aramaic Urhoy, modern Urfa), once hailed as the “the mother of all the cities of Mesopotamia,” lies to the north of Harran near the Balikh River, a branch of the upper Euphrates.
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Nisibis
Nisibis (ancient Nasibina, Seleucid Antioch on the Mygdonius, modern Nusaybin) was a Mesopotamian city of strategic and commercial importance, and thus often besieged and conquered in the millennium between Alexander and the coming of Islam.
Edessa
Edessa (ancient Adme, Aramaic Urhoy, modern Urfa), once hailed as the “the mother of all the cities of Mesopotamia,” lies to the north of Harran near the Balikh River, a branch of the upper Euphrates.
Narsai
Narsai († ca. 500) was a founding theologian of the Church of the East. Active first at the School of the Persians in Edessa and later at the School of Nisibis, Narsai creatively synthesized his native Syriac tradition with the newly translated works of Antiochene theology and exegesis. In a time of theological upheaval, his works helped forge a new theological tradition in Syriac. This groundbreaking collection of original essays refocuses atten…
Edessa
Edessa was a major city of Roman Mesopotamia. It was the home of a famous Christian theological school and became a significant site for Syriac intellectual life. Edessa was a significant centre for Christian missionary activity and for Syriac scholarship and scribal production. It was one of the most significant cities of Roman Mesopotamia, both for its importance in trade and its strategic position. It fell to the Sasanians in the early seventh…
Clavis to the Metrical Homilies of Narsai
Narsai (died approximately 500) is a foundational East Syriac theologian and exegete and among the most important and influential Syriac authors more broadly. The present volume serves as a clavis to the more than eighty metrical homilies (memre) attributed to him. The first part consists of the clavis itself: It is organized by homily providing for each a number, a short title, the incipit, the manuscript attestation, previous editions and trans…
Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Mesopotamia (2 works) · ADME (1 work) · Ancient Near East History (1 work)