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The Cave of Treasures and the Formation of Syriac Christian Identity in Late Antique Mesopotamia: Between Tradition and Innovation

P. 155–194.
Minov S.

The article discusses formation of Christian identity in the Syriac "Cave of Treasures". 

Language: English
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Keywords: collective identitySyriac christianity

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Between Personal and Institutional Religion: Self, Doctrine, and Practice in Late Antique Eastern Christianity (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 15)
Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2013.
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