Recent Research in Syriac Studies and the Recurring Question of Identity

Recent Research in Syriac Studies and the Recurring Question of IdentityMethod & Theory in the Study of ReligionSyriaca.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/KTDWY6QP/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ReyhanDurmazRecent Research in Syriac Studies and the Recurring Question of Identityhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/KTDWY6QPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/KTDWY6QPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/KTDWY6QPMethod & Theory in the Study of Religion34:1-22022140-161Identity Puzzles, Identity and Christian-Muslim Interaction, Redefining Christian Identity … These titles are only three examples of a growing corpus of scholarship that asks the question, “How did Syriac-speaking Christians in the Near East perceive and present their communities?” Some scholars approach this question from the angle of theological distinctions between Syriac Christian groups, while others look into the power structures and discursive negotiations between Christian and other communities in the Near East. As our understanding of Syriac communities in the pre-modern Near East is further nuanced, contemporary religious and national identities shape the scholarship in new ways. This article summarizes the major theories brought to bear on the study of “Syriac identity” in premodern and modern era in the past twenty years. By mapping the field, I aim to demonstrate how the academic study of identity in Syriac communities have been underpinned by the question of the so-called East-West divide. Durmaz, Reyhan. “Recent Research in Syriac Studies and the Recurring Question of Identity.” Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 34:1-2 (2022): 140–61. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-12341536. Reyhan Durmaz, Recent Research in Syriac Studies and the Recurring Question of Identity, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 34:1-2 (2022): 140–61, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-12341536.IV-VII CEJacobitesNestoriansVII-XVIII CEXIX-XXI CEidentity