Christian Archaeological Sites in Iraq Before and Slightly After the Arab Conquest

Christian Archaeological Sites in Iraq Before and Slightly After the Arab ConquestBulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021Syriaca.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/E4LXZSXF/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AmirHarrakChristian Archaeological Sites in Iraq Before and Slightly After the Arab Conquesthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/E4LXZSXFhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/E4LXZSXFhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/E4LXZSXFJulieBonnéricNarmin Ali MuhammadAminBarbaraCouturaudChristianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and ArchaeologyBeyrouthPresses de l’Ifpo202329-69Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021During the past century or so, many churches and monasteries have been excavated by international archaeological projects in the south, centre and north of Iraq and in the Gulf, Turkey and Syria, shedding much light on Christian architecture, art and material culture in the Middle East. Unfortunately, multilingual reports on these excavations are scattered in journals, encyclopaedias and other types of publications, not always accessible to scholars and the interested public. The present article brings together such reports and adds details drawn from such publications about various sections of church buildings, including the <i>bema</i> and the <i>šqaqona</i>-alley linking the bema with the sanctuary. Literary sources seldom consulted by archaeologists are also used to assess links between church buildings and Middle Eastern Christianity. Given the fact that church buildings are strictly dependent on the liturgical celebrations held in them, some details about the liturgy are also added, bringing a little life back to the stones, bricks and mortar. Harrak, Amir. “Christian Archaeological Sites in Iraq Before and Slightly After the Arab Conquest.” In Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, edited by Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, 29–69. Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021. Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023. Amir Harrak, Christian Archaeological Sites in Iraq Before and Slightly After the Arab Conquest, in Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, ed. Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021 (Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023), 29–69.IV-VII CEIranIraqNestoriansVII-XVIII CEarchaeologyarchitecturechurches