The Middle East Between Rome and Persia
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
George A. Kiraz
James E. Walters
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Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
2007
Vol. 10, No. 1
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Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute,
vol 10
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Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies is an electronic journal dedicated to the study
of the Syriac tradition, published semi-annually (in January and July) by Beth
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best scholarship available in the field of Syriac studies.
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University of Notre Dame
June 19 - July 26, 2007
[1]
Applications are invited for an NEH-sponsored seminar, titled
"The Middle East Between Rome and Persia: Early Christianity on
the Path to Islam." The six-week seminar will be held at the
University of Notre Dame, from June 19 until July 26, 2007.
[2] The
Seminar will draw on the literature and material culture of the
region to explore the ways in which the resurgent indigenous
cultures there Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic-speaking Jewish,
and Armenian re-emerged with the decline of local
Hellenism to form a population that would in the seventh
century be receptive to a new political and religious hegemony.
For four centuries, this region was prized by western or
Iranian empires and dominated by the imperial culture, language
and religion of each. Despite these rival hegemonies, by the
beginning of the seventh century the Middle East in late
antiquity was re-emerging as a distinct zone, a fungible area
allowing for the passage, conquest and settlement of the dar al
Islam. Christian and Jewish cultures in the old marchlands
between the Iranian and Roman imperia were being incorporated
in a central Islamic territory. There they would coexist in a
multi-religious society that only at the present moment is
finally shattering.
[3] We
intend to explore how the native Christianities and the Jewish
communities of the region made such a conquest and enduring
settlement possible.
[4] This
seminar will be directed by Professors Joseph Amar, Professor
of Classics (whose background is in Syriac and Arabic history),
and Robin Darling Young, Associate Professor of Early
Christianity (who specializes in the Greek, Syriac and Armenian
churches).
[5] The
application, as well as a weekly curriculum and information
about accommodations, can be found online, at: www.nd.edu/~romepers.
[6] If you
have any questions, please contact Devon Smith at
dsmith17@nd.edu.