12.3 Assyrian identity in Christian Era

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Abraham and Christ (1)
Actions performed to gods (1)
Adam as both male and female (1)
Adam's robe of glory (1)
The Adar rituals of Harranian Sabians (1)
Addai's glorification of Christ (1)
Adonis in Dura Europos (1)
Allat as Isharbel in Hatra (1)
Apamea and the Chaldean Oracles (1)
Apollonius and king's statue (1)
Apollo's statue in Hierapolis (1)
The ascending soul (1)
Ascension in Mithraism (1)
Ascension of the souls (1)
Ascension to the stars (1)
Ascent in the Chaldean Oracles (1)
Ascent of the soul (1)
Ascetic devotion (1)
Assyrian Christians in the Sasanid Empire (1)
Assyrian slings in Shakespeare (1)
Assyrians = Syrians (2)
Assyrians in Late Roman times (1)
Atargatis in Dura Europos (1)
Attis and the Syrian goddess (1)
Aurelian and the cult of Sun (1)
Baal Shamin in Nisibis (1)
Babylonian Empire as a continuation of the Assyrian Empire (1)
Bel in Dura Europos (1)
Birthday of the Moon (1)
al-Bīrūnī on the Harranians (1)
Bridal chamber in heaven (1)
The building of SGYL in Hatra (1)
Calendar of offerings of the Harranian Sabians (1)
Castration history of Edessa (1)
Chaldean theory of the moon (1)
Christ as the defeater of death (1)
Christian worship of the Sun (1)
Christ's body as a garment (1)
Continuity of Assyrian religion (Sabians) (1)
Crassus and the goddess in Hierapolis (1)
Creation story of Mani (1)
Cross as the sacred Tree (1)
Cross as the sacred Tree (2)
The cult of Nabû in the 4th century (1)
Death of Tammuz (1)
A dedicatory inscription of Palmyra (1)
The descent of souls (1)
al-Dimashqī on Tammuz (1)
Dionysus as the founder of Syrian goddess' temple (1)
Divine accessible to the naked (1)
The divine triad in Baalbek (1)
Doctrines of Elchesaites (2)
Edessa and Harran (1)
Elagabalus and his Syrian god (1)
Ephrem's polemic against Chaldeans (1)
An Epicurean school in Apamea (1)
Eschatological garment of glory (1)
The Exegesis on the Soul (1)
Extispicy at Harran, 736 CE (1)
A festival of Hierapolis (1)
A festival of Hierapolis (2)
A festival of Hierapolis (3)
Fictional letter of the king Abgar to Jesus (1)
The First Hermes (1)
The flood story of Hierapolis (1)
The flood story of Hierapolis (2)
The foundation deposits (1)
Garment of Light (1)
Garments of glory (1)
The gates of the netherworld (1)
The Gnostic Pleroma (1)
The goddess Atargatis in Hierapolis (1)
The goddess Atargatis in Hierapolis (2)
The goddess of Hierapolis (1)
Gods and ascent (1)
Gods and Ceasars (1)
The gods of Hierapolis (1)
A great altar in the centre of Edessa (1)
Greek worship of stars (1)
Greek worship of stars (2)
The hanging Sun disk (1)
Harran under Muslim rule (1)
Harranian rites to the Moon (1)
He will come in glory (1)
Heavenly garment and ointment (1)
Helios = Šamaš in Palmyra (1)
The Hermetic ascent (1)
Hermetic traditions of Harran and Abraham (1)
al-Himyari on the Sabians (1)
Holy Spirit as feminine entity (1)
Holy Spirit as feminine entity (2)
The Holy Spirit as Mother (1)
The Holy Spirit as Mother (2)
The Holy Spirit as Mother (3)
Hugeness of God (1)
The Hymn of the Pearl (1)
I put on seven garments (1)
Ibn Waḥshīya the Chaldean (1)
An inscription relating to Baalshamin in Palmyra (1)
An inscription relating to Šamaš in Hatra (1)
An inscription to Šamaš in Palmyra (1)
Iranians offering in Esagil (1)
Isaac of Antioch on the religion of Beth Hur (1)
Ištar as the Holy Spirit (1)
Jacob of Serugh on Syrian paganism (1)
John the Lydian on the Maiuma festival (1)
Kislimu rituals of the Harranian Sabians (1)
The last temple of Sabians (1)
Leading upward (1)
Libanius on the decline of Harran (1)
Litter of the pagan cults in Christian imagery (1)
Lord of the Gods and Nergal (1)
Maimonides on Harranians (1)
Maiuma festival in Antioch (1)
The Maiuma spring festival (1)
The Maiuma spring festival (2)
The Maiuma spring festival at Antioch (1)
The Maiuma spring festival at Antioch (2)
Mar Qardagh the Assyrian (1)
al-Masˁūdī's description of the Sabian temples (1)
Milqia in 4th century CE (1)
Milqia/Arbela in 4th century CE (1)
Mother of the Seven houses (1)
Nanaya in Syria and Mesopotamia (1)
Nebo as the god of oracles (1)
Nergal in Hatra (1)
Nergal "the butcher" (1)
The New Year festival in Edessa (1)
Nisan 6th as "the good day" (1)
Nisan feasts of Harranian Sabians (1)
On the origin of Sabians (1)
On the paganism in Syrian cities (1)
Oracle for the Emperor Julian (1)
A pagan governor of Harran (1)
Paradise on a great height (1)
Paradise with three levels (1)
Philoxenus on the Syriac translation of Hebrews 5:7 (1)
The priest of Atargatis (1)
Priestess of Isharbel in Hatra (1)
The procession of Babylonian king (1)
Procopius on Harranians (1)
Rays of the Sun (1)
The religion of Harranian Sabians (1)
Religious festival of Mesopotamian origin in Edessa (1)
Resurrected one in garden (1)
The risen Christ and Mary (John 20) (1)
The rites of Galli in Hierapolis (1)
The rites of Galli in Hierapolis (2)
The robes of Christ and mankind (1)
The sacrifices of Harranian Sabians (1)
The salvation history (1)
Salvation in clothing metaphors (1)
Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Aphaca (1)
Satan in the likeness of a lion (1)
Septimius Severus and Belus of Apamea (1)
A sermon against Harranians (1)
A sermon against Harranians (2)
Seven-rayed god (1)
Sex of the Moon (1)
Shahrastani on Harranians (1)
Slaying of dragon as a spiritual struggle (1)
Slaying of dragon as a spiritual struggle (2)
Some Sabian doctrines (1)
The Son of God slew death (1)
Souls on Olympus (1)
A spring festival in Edessa, 496 CE (1)
A spring festival in Edessa, 498 CE (1)
A spring festival in Edessa, 499 CE (1)
A spring festival in Edessa, 502 CE (1)
The statue of the Syrian goddess (1)
Stripping during the Descent (1)
Sun, our Lord (1)
The Sun's statue in Heliopolis (1)
Tammuz and a Christian martyr (1)
Tammuz and a Christian martyr (2)
The Tammuz feast of Harranian Sabians (1)
Tatian on the origin of Greek divination (1)
Temple garden at Hierapolis (1)
Temple of Nabû in Hatra (1)
Temple of Nebu in Palmyra (1)
Temple of Nergal in Hatra (1)
Temple of Sennacherib (1)
The temple of the Syrian Goddess (1)
The temple of the Syrian Goddess (2)
The temple of the Syrian goddess (3)
The temple of the Syrian goddess (4)
The temple of the Syrian Goddess (5)
The temple of the Syrian Goddess (6)
The temple of the Syrian Goddess (7)
A temple ritual in Hierapolis (1)
A temple ritual in Hierapolis (2)
Thabit ibn Qurra on paganism (1)
Threat of the Chaldean arts to Christianity in Edessa (1)
The Tree of Life as olive (1)
True Father and Mother (1)
Two judges of Babil (1)
The Virgin Isharbel of Hatra (1)
Weeping for Tammuz (1)
The whirling sound (1)
Who were the Sabians? (1)
Who were the Sabians? (2)
Worship of the Sun (1)
Zarathustra, slayer of evil (1)

12. Assyrian Identity (359)

12.1 The shaping of Assyrian identity in imperial times (5)

12.1 The shaping of Assyrian identity in imperial times (5)

12.1.1 Aramaization of Assyria (1)

12.1.1.1 Annexation of Aramean West

12.1.1.2 Mass deportations

12.1.1.3 Systematic imposition of Aramaic as imperial lingua franca

12.1.1.4 Bilingualiasm of Assyrian ruling elite

12.1.1.4.1 Aramaic as first language of Akkadian scribes

12.1.1.5 Aramaic influences on Assyrian

12.1.1.5.1 Aramaic Phonological influences on Assyrian

12.1.1.5.2 Aramaic Morphological influences on Assyrian

12.1.1.5.3 Aramaic Syntactical influences on Assyrian

12.1.1.5.4 Aramaic Lexical influences on Assyrian

12.1.1.5.5 Aramaic Idioms in Assyrian

12.1.1.6 Use of Aramaic and Aramaic script in imperial administration (1)

12.1.1.6.1 Royal correspondence in Aramaic

12.1.1.6.2 Aramaic legal documents

12.1.1.6.3 Aramaic treaties

12.1.1.6.4 Aramaic administrative terms in Assyrian

12.1.2 Assyrianization of Arameans (1)

12.1.2.1 Extension of Assyrian citizenship to all provinces

12.1.2.2 Integration of Aramean nobility into imperial elite

12.1.2.2.1 Schooling of noble youths at court

12.1.2.3 Bilingualism of Aramean nobility

12.1.2.4 Assyrian influences on Aramaic (1)

12.1.2.4.1 Assyrian Phonological influences on Aramaic

12.1.2.4.2 Assyrian Morphological influences on Aramaic

12.1.2.4.3 Assyrian Syntactical influences on Aramaic

12.1.2.4.4 Assyrian Lexical influences on Aramaic

12.1.2.4.5 Assyrian Idioms in Aramaic

12.1.3 Cultural homogenization of the Empire (3)

12.1.3.1 Imposition of imperial standards (1)

12.1.3.1.1 Uniform money

12.1.3.1.2 Uniform calendar (1)

12.1.3.1.3 Uniform weights and measures

12.1.3.1.4 Uniform taxation

12.1.3.2 Ideological and religious propaganda (2)

12.1.3.2.1 Emperor cult (2)

12.1.3.2.2 Notion of a single supreme ruler

12.1.3.2.3 Notion of a single supreme god

12.1.3.2.4 Uniform visual imagery and symbolism

 

12.2 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times (151)

12.2 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times (151)

12.2.1 Assyria and Assyrians in Neo- and Late Babylonian sources (15)

12.2.1.1 Personal names (3)

12.2.1.2 Individuals identified as Assyrians (8)

12.2.1.3 Assyrians as ethnic group (1) (1)

12.2.1.4 Assyrian traditions in the Neo-Babylonian Empire (1)

12.2.1.5 Nabonidus as Assyrian king (2)

12.2.2 Assyria and Assyrians in Achaemenid sources (5)

12.2.2.1 Assyria as political entity

12.2.2.1.1 The Achaemenid province of Athura

12.2.2.2 Assyrians as ethnic group (2) (1)

12.2.2.2.1 Identification of speakers of Aramaic as Assyrians (1) (1)

12.2.2.3 Aramaic alphabet as “Assyrian script” (1) (1)

12.2.2.4 Identification of Aramaic speaking areas as Assyria (1) (2)

12.2.2.5 Syria as a variant of Assyria (1) (4)

12.2.3 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources (134)

12.2.3.1 Continuity of the Empire after the fall of Nineveh (9)

12.2.3.1.1 Concept of “universal hegemony” (1)

12.2.3.1.2 Concept of transfer of hegemony/sovereignty (8)

12.2.3.2 Identification of the Babylonian Empire with Assyria/Syria (19)

12.2.3.2.1 Babylon as capital of Assyria (6)

12.2.3.2.2 Nebuchadnezzar as king of Assyria/Syria (3)

12.2.3.2.3 Babylonia as “country of the Assyrians/Syrians” (1)

12.2.3.3 Identification of the Achaemenid Empire with Assyria (5)

12.2.3.3.1 Achaemenid kings as kings of Assyria/Babylonia (4)

12.2.3.3.2 Assyria as a designation of Babylonia (1)

12.2.3.3.3 Mesopotamiazation of Achaemenid Persians

12.2.3.4 Designation of the Seleucid Empire as Syria/Assyria (9)

12.2.3.4.1 Seleucia as capital of Assyria (3)

12.2.3.4.2 “Syrianization” of Seleucid Greeks (4)

12.2.3.5 Identification of Aramaic speaking areas as Assyria (2) (1)

12.2.3.5.1 Syro-Media

12.2.3.6 Identification of speakers of Aramaic as Assyrians (2) (3)

12.2.3.7 Aramaic alphabet as “Assyrian script” (2) (1)

12.2.3.8 Aramaic as “Assyrian language” (2)

12.2.3.9 Interchange of Syria/Assyria in Greek and Latin sources (5)

12.2.3.10 Syria as a variant of Assyria (2) (4)

12.2.3.11 “Syrians” as a designation of ancient Assyrians (1)

12.2.3.12 Syria as a designation of the Assyrian Empire (4)

12.2.3.13 Assyria as a designation of (geographical) Syria in Latin sources (2)

12.2.3.14 Syria (= Assyria) as opposed to Aturia (= Assyrian heartland) (3)

12.2.3.15 Jewish identification with the Chaldaeans (2)

 

12.3 Assyrian identity in Christian Era (203)

12.3 Assyrian identity in Christian Era (203)

12.3.1 Conversion of Syria/Mesopotamia to Christianity (3)

12.3.2 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity (122)

12.3.2.1 Harran (36)

12.3.2.2 Sabians (31)

12.3.2.3 Edessa (14)

12.3.2.4 Hierapolis/Membig (30)

12.3.2.5 Emesa (1)

12.3.2.6 Heliopolis (2)

12.3.2.7 Palmyra (9)

12.3.2.8 Dura Europos (4)

12.3.2.9 Aššur (1)

12.3.2.10 Hatra (12)

12.3.2.11 Apamea (4)

12.3.3 Assyrian substratum features in early Syriac Christianity (82)

12.3.3.1 Veneration of images (1)

12.3.3.1.1 Images of emperor (1)

12.3.3.1.2 Images of angels

12.3.3.1.3 Images of saints

12.3.3.2 Sanctification of the emperor (4)

12.3.3.2.1 Proskynesis (4)

12.3.3.2.2 Halo

12.3.3.2.3 Incensation (2)

12.3.3.2.4 Silence

12.3.3.3 Concept of god (2) (2)

12.3.3.3.1 God’s transcendence and immanence

12.3.3.3.2 Distinction between essence and attributes of God

12.3.3.4 Developed angelology (Pseudo-Dionysios)

12.3.3.4.1 Archangels

12.3.3.4.2 Three-tiered three-ordered angelic hierarchy

12.3.3.5 Ecclesiastical hierarchy as mirror of celestial order

12.3.3.6 Redemptory death of Christ (3)

12.3.3.7 Resurrection and exaltation of Christ (3)

12.3.3.8 Trinitarian doctrine (11)

12.3.3.8.1 God the Father as Demiurge and Divine King (1)

12.3.3.8.2 Holy Spirit as feminine entity (9)

12.3.3.8.3 Christ as Son of God and pre-existent saviour (1)

12.3.3.9 Theotokos as Mother of God

12.3.3.9.1 Projection of features of the Goddess upon Madonna

12.3.3.10 Imagery and symbolism (17)

12.3.3.10.1 Sun and its rays (2)

12.3.3.10.2 Fountain and rivers (1)

12.3.3.10.3 Tree of life (2) (3)

12.3.3.10.4 Madonna and child

12.3.3.10.5 Lamb of god

12.3.3.10.6 Garments = virtues (10)

12.3.3.11 Mythology (5)

12.3.3.11.1 Hymn of the Pearl (1)

12.3.3.11.2 Fight against the Dragon (4)

12.3.3.12 Liturgy (1)

12.3.3.12.1 Circumambulation of church

12.3.3.12.2 Processions (1)

12.3.3.12.3 Incensation (3)

12.3.3.12.4 Lighting of candles

12.3.3.13 Animal sacrifices (10)

12.3.3.14 Prayer habits

12.3.3.15 Clerical dress (2)

12.3.3.15.1 Priestly cap (1)

12.3.3.16 Asceticism (2) (3)

12.3.3.16.1 Idealization of celibacy/androgyny (2)

12.3.3.16.2 Seclusion from the world

12.3.3.16.3 Fasting and weeping (2)

12.3.3.16.4 Self-mutilation (2)

12.3.3.17 Mysticism (24)

12.3.3.17.1 Ascent of the soul (2) (24)

12.3.4 Assyrian genealogical traditions among nobility (3)

12.3.5 Assyrian legends, myths and customs (8)

12.3.5.1 Assyrian legends, myths and customs in hagiographic writings (4)

12.3.5.2 Assyrian legends, myths and customs in Syrian historiography (1)

12.3.5.3 Assyrian legends, myths and customs in folk tradition (2)