Die Anfänge des Christentums in EdessaZeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient ChristianitySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/BBDUFVNJ/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.JürgenTubachDie Anfänge des Christentums in Edessahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/BBDUFVNJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/BBDUFVNJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/BBDUFVNJZeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity19:120155-25The first members of the Syriac speaking Church were not of pagan origin, but erstwhile Jews or sympathisers of the synagogue. Especially the category of the so called “god fearers” could easily change their religious community. They were not recognised as members of the synagogue, because they hesitated to join the covenant of Abraham in form of circumcision. When they became Christians, they kept the old religious vocabulary of the synagogue even in cases when terms typical for a Jewish community were totally obsolete. For this reason the religious vocabulary of the Church has kept several words often borrowed from Hebrew which were formerly in use in the Aramaic speaking synagogue.
Tubach, Jürgen. “Die Anfänge Des Christentums in Edessa.” Zeitschrift Für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity 19:1 (2015): 5–25.
Jürgen Tubach, Die Anfänge Des Christentums in Edessa,Zeitschrift Für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity 19:1 (2015): 5–25.ChristianizationClassical SyriacEdessaHebrew languageI-III CEJewish backgroundSyriac languagelexicography