Roman Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman Empire, 114 - 242 C.E.

Roman Edessa offers a comprehensive and erudite analysis of the ancient city of Edessa (modern day Urfa, Turkey), which constituted a remarkable amalgam of the East and the West. Among the areas explored are:

• the cultural life and antecedents of Edessa
• Edessene religion
• the extent of the Hellenization at Edessa before the advent of Christianity
• the myth of an exchange of letters between a King Abgar and Jesus.

Author: Steven K. Ross
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/31/2011
Pages: 204
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780415620093