Iranianate and Syriac Christianity in Late Antiquity and Early Islamic Period

Wien : The Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2021.

Academic editor: C. Barbati, V. Berti

t is by now widely acknowledged that between late antiquity and the first centuries of Islam, Syriac-speaking Christian communities were more than just scattered minority communities with little impact in geographical areas strongly shaped by the Iranian element. “Iranianate and Syriac Christianity” bridges across different specialized disciplines, first and foremost Iranian Studies and Syriac Studies and the History of Christianity, and assembles a range of authoritative voices on the subject. The 14 contributions are arranged in two sections: Mission, Conversion and Power and Languages, Texts and Concepts, representing a wide range of approaches and reflecting the complexity of the religious, political and cultural history of the Christian communities in the Eurasian area up to the year 1000 and beyond

Chapters

In Search of the Lost Memoirs of the Persian mobed Converted to Christianity in the 4th Century

Muraviev A., , in: Iranianate and Syriac Christianity in Late Antiquity and Early Islamic Period.: Wien: The Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2021. Ch. 5 P. 105–122.

The article is dedicated to the lost chronicle of the Julian’s war of 363 with Persia, written by a Mazdean priest in the second half of the 4thcentury. The text was used by Armenian historian Movsēs Ḥorenac’i whocalled its author by name Ḥoṛohbūt. He is called ‘secretary of Shahpuhrconverted to Christianity’. However, Movsēs did not ...

Added: December 25, 2021

Keywords: Поздняя Античность, медиевистика, сирийская литература, Syriac christianity, иранистика, Iranian studies