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Shahrastani on Harranians (1)

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Concept of god (2)
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.03 Assyrian substratum features in early Syriac Christianity
12.03.03.03 Concept of god (2)
Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
God = totality of gods
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.01 Unity of god (monotheism/henotheism/cosmotheism)
01.04.01.02 God = totality of gods
Harran
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
12.03.02.01 Harran

Keywords
Harran
religions

Period
Abbasid Empire

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Text
(Harranians are) a class of Sabians who maintain the adored Creator is both one and many.

Bibliography

Chwolsohn 1856, II 442	Chwolsohn, D. Die Ssabier und der Ssabismus. 2 Vols. Saint Petersburg: Buchdrückerei der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1856.
Green 1992, 166	Green, Tamara. The City of the Moon God, Religious Traditions of Harran. Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 114. Leiden, New York, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1992.

Simo Parpola

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