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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Erica C. D.HunterDiscovering ‘Paradise’ at Turfanhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/MW9V2FRAhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/MW9V2FRAhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/MW9V2FRAErica C. D.HunterŠalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic StudiesPiscataway, New JerseyGorgias Press202373-86Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65Several fragments of the ‘Anathema of Paradise’ have been identified amongst the Syriac materials discovered in the opening decades of the twentieth century at the monastery site of Xipang (Shuïpang) at Turfan. The longevity of the tradition meant that the ‘Anathema of Paradise’ still occurs in handbooks of prayer-amulets that were used by the Christian communities in northern Mesopotamia until the mid-nineteenth century. The Turfan fragments of the ‘Anathema of Paradise’ do not include the hallmarks of the anathema genre, but are distinguished by long listings of names. These may hark back to the seventh century work by ‘Enānišo, <i>The Fathers of Paradise</i>, thus recalling and upholding the Church of the East’s great ascetic heritage. Hunter, Erica C. D. “Discovering ‘Paradise’ at Turfan.” In Šalmūtā Šapīrtā: Festschrift for Rifaat Y. Ebied in Honour of His Contributions to Semitic Studies, edited by Erica C. D. Hunter, 73–86. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 65. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2023. Erica C. D. Hunter, Discovering ‘Paradise’ at Turfan, 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), 73–86.