The chronicle of pseudo-Joshua the Stylite [electronic resource] / translated with notes and introduction by Frank R. Trombley and John W. Watt.

Author
Joshua, the Stylite [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
[new ed.]
Published/​Created
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011.
Description
lv, 170 p : maps, plans ; 21 cm.

Availability

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Details

Series
Translated texts for historians ; 32. [More in this series]
Notes
Previous ed.: 2000.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011.
Language note
Translated from the Syriac.
Contents
  • Preface vii
  • Abbreviations ix
  • Introduction xi
  • Content, Structure, and Literary Character xii
  • Transmission, Authorship, and Date xxi
  • Historical Value xxx
  • Sixth Century Mesopotamian Society xxxvii
  • A Note on Chronological Systems lii
  • Sigla lvi
  • Translation 1 (
  • APPENDIX: The Fortifications of Amid 120
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY 121
  • INDEXES Glossary of Selected Terms 137
  • Index of Biblical References 143
  • Index of Persons and Places 145
  • General Index 155
  • Maps and Plans.
Other title(s)
Maktebānūtā de-tashʻitā de-zabnā de-ultsānā. English.
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