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Edessa and Harran (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Edessa 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity 12.03.02.03 Edessa 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 Edessa Harran
Period 4th century CE Byzantine Empire	Channel Christian-Syriac poets

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Ephrem Syrus, Hymns against Heresies:
Your waters are bitter and your children harsh; O Harran, make yourself sweet with the Cross … My treasure, O Harran, is in your vicinity, the famed and beauteous Edessa. O daughter, be like your mother who is the salt of the universe, and with her doctrine season your mind … You, O Harran, are filthy. Behold, your mirror is beautiful and pure; adorn yourself by her, the blessed one that is before you.

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Ephrem Syrus, Hymns against Heresies

Bibliography

Green 1992, 79

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.

Amar Annus

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