Early Christian Topography in Bet Garmai, Northeastern Mesopotamia: A Case Study of the Šahqart and Ḫirbat Ğalāl DiocesesBulletin 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/Q8VT2NDW/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.KarelNováčekEarly Christian Topography in Bet Garmai, Northeastern Mesopotamia: A Case Study of the Šahqart and Ḫirbat Ğalāl Dioceseshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/Q8VT2NDWhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/Q8VT2NDWhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/Q8VT2NDWJulieBonnéricNarmin Ali MuhammadAminBarbaraCouturaudChristianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and ArchaeologyBeyrouthPresses de l’Ifpo202371-93Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021Research into the ecclesiastical organization of the Church of the East in Mesopotamia needs to shift its focus from an overall perspective to the microscale of individual dioceses, their locations, relations and development, and the morphology of their centres. Datasets produced by systematic archaeological surveys have considerable potential as tools for the reconstruction of the Christian landscape in a long-term process of continuity and change, particularly when the resulting spatial structures are combined with topographic data from textual sources. This paper attempts to use this combined historical-archaeological approach for the identification of two episcopal seats in the eparchy of Bet Garmai, which belong to the earliest stratum of dioceses in Mesopotamia: Šahqart and Ḫirbat Ğalāl. The results, as well as a broader view encompassing neighbouring dioceses in Bet Garmai and Ḥadyab, bring to light several features that should be examined in further research. These include a close connection between episcopal seats and urban foci of semi-independent secular power, building of sacred landscapes extra muros, as well as signs of regular coverage of the landscape by Christian administration at the beginning of the 5th century at the latest.
Nováček, Karel. “Early Christian Topography in Bet Garmai, Northeastern Mesopotamia: A Case Study of the Šahqart and Ḫirbat Ğalāl Dioceses.” In Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, edited by Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, 71–93. Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021. Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023.
Karel Nováček, Early Christian Topography in Bet Garmai, Northeastern Mesopotamia: A Case Study of the Šahqart and Ḫirbat Ğalāl Dioceses, 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), 71–93.Bet GarmaiIV-VII CENestoriansV CEarchaeologybishopsdiocesetopography