Memory and Identity in the Syriac Cave of Treasures: Rewriting the Bible in Sasanian Iran

by Sergey Minov

In Memory and Identity in the Syriac Cave of Treasures: Rewriting the Bible in Sasanian Iran Sergey Minov examines literary and socio-cultural aspects of the Syriac pseudepigraphic composition known as the Cave of Treasures, which offers a peculiar version of the Christian history of salvation. The book fills a lacuna in the history of Syriac Christian literary creativity by contextualising this unique work within the cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004445501
• ISBN13: 9789004445505
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 424 Pages