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Assyrians = Syrians (2)

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12 Assyrian Identity



12 Assyrian Identity



Keywords
Assyria
Christianity
Period
4th century CE
Byzantine Empire
Channel
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars


Text
Doctrina Addai:
And those who became his disciples (in Edessa) received from him the Hand of Priesthood, and in their country of the Assyrians they taught the sons of their own people, and built houses of prayer there secretly, through danger of the fire worshippers and the adorers of water. And Narses the King of the Assyrians, when he heard of the things which the Apostle Addaeus did …

To Simon (was given for the missionary task) Rome, and to John fell Ephesus; to Thomas India, and to Addaeus the country of the Assyrians …


Source (list of abbreviations)
Doctrina Addai

Bibliography

Cureton 1864, 16, 122Cureton, William. Ancient Syriac Documents. London: Williams and Norgate 1864 (reprint: Amsterdam: Oriental Press 1971).

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Cf. Assyrians = Syrians (1)
Cf. Assyrians = Syrians (3)

George V. Yana (Bebla)


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