Ciò che Bardesane venne a sapere sull’India

Ciò che Bardesane venne a sapere sull’IndiaClassica et ChristianaSyriaca.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/TI7TR2EH/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.NicolaBiffiCiò che Bardesane venne a sapere sull’Indiahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/TI7TR2EHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/TI7TR2EHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/TI7TR2EHClassica et Christiana6:22011305-335The information on the Indian wise men received, according to Bardesane, from an Indian delegation visiting the emperor Heliogabalus, is already almost totally present in the written tradition dating back to the historians of Alexander the Great. This suggests that the Syrian theologian didn't need a new informer to spread in turn such information (and also to doubt the historicity of the Roman Emperor's Indian embassy). Biffi, Nicola. “Ciò Che Bardesane Venne a Sapere Sull’India.” Classica et Christiana 6:2 (2011): 305–35. Nicola Biffi, Ciò Che Bardesane Venne a Sapere Sull’India, Classica et Christiana 6:2 (2011): 305–35.BardesanI-III CEIII CEIndiaethnography