Patriarchal Bone Relics in the Syrian Orthodox <i>Dayr-al-Za’faran</i> in Mardin (Turkey)Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65Syriaca.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/H7DKIZZ5/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AmirHarrakPatriarchal Bone Relics in the Syrian Orthodox <i>Dayr-al-Za’faran</i> in Mardin (Turkey)http://syriaca.org/cbss/H7DKIZZ5https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/H7DKIZZ5https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/H7DKIZZ5Erica C. D.HunterŠalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic StudiesPiscataway, New JerseyGorgias Press2023293-310Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65A Syriac inscription fixed on the wall of the sanctuary within the church of Dayr-al-Za‛farān (the Saffron Monastery) commemorates the burial of bone relics of five patriarchs. A translation of this inscription is offered, for the first time, followed by a discussion of the city of Mārdīn and the nearby monastery of Dayr-al-Za‛farān, which was founded when institutional monasticism became widespread sometime after the fifth century. Despite the genocide of the Christians by the Ottomans during World War I, this venerable monastery was fortunately spared destruction. The final part of the paper offers a commentary on relics in Christianity and in the Syriac culture and on how the bones of the five patriarchs were worthy of being placed inside the sanctuary.
Harrak, Amir. “Patriarchal Bone Relics in the Syrian Orthodox Dayr-al-Za’faran in Mardin (Turkey).” In Šalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic Studies, edited by Erica C. D. Hunter, 293–310. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2023.
Amir Harrak, Patriarchal Bone Relics in the Syrian Orthodox Dayr-al-Za’faran in Mardin (Turkey),” in Šalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic Studies, ed. Erica C. D. Hunter, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65 (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2023), 293–310.