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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AndrewPalmerKing Abgar of Edessa, Eusebius and Constantinehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/C6BVEHM2https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/C6BVEHM2https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/C6BVEHM2HansBakkerThe Sacred Centre as the Focus of Political InterestGroningenEgbert Forsten19923-29Groningen Oriental Studies 6The two chief sources for the legend of Abgar in the various forms it adopted in the period up to AD 384, to which this paper is confined, are Eusebius' <i>History of the Church</i> and the <i>Peregrinatio Egeriae</i>. These are discussed in reverse order, because an examination of Eusebius leads naturally into the most speculative part: the investigation into the origins of the legend. Here the person of the historical king Abgar the Great comes into view and a third text, the description of the flood of 201 from the Chronicle of Edessa is presented as a neglected witness to the religious allegiance of this man. For the references, see the separate file containing the bibliography of the whole volume.
Palmer, Andrew. “King Abgar of Edessa, Eusebius and Constantine.” In The Sacred Centre as the Focus of Political Interest, edited by Hans Bakker, 3–29. Groningen Oriental Studies 6. Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 1992.
Andrew Palmer, King Abgar of Edessa, Eusebius and Constantine, in The Sacred Centre as the Focus of Political Interest, ed. Hans Bakker, Groningen Oriental Studies 6 (Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 1992), 3–29.