An Ancient Community of Jerusalem and its Heritage: Syriac Christians of the Holy City between Historical Memories and Future ChallengesInternational Journal of Levant StudiesSyriaca.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/ZKB39GFT/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Catalin-StefanPopaAn Ancient Community of Jerusalem and its Heritage: Syriac Christians of the Holy City between Historical Memories and Future Challengeshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/ZKB39GFThttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/ZKB39GFThttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/ZKB39GFTInternational Journal of Levant Studies22020177-188Jerusalem exerts a force of attraction on every Christian community. Different Christian denominations have historically been, and are still today, part of the Christian culture of the Holy City: Catholics, Armenian, Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, Copts and Ethiopians. Each denomination sought for their spiritual needs to be met as closely as possible to the area where the Passions of Christ transpired; the closer their sites were to the Holy Places of Jerusalem, the greater their supremacy over their confessional competitors. It was not only monks and clergy that sought to come in touch with the earthly Jerusalem, either, but also simple Christians, travellers and writers. Most monks were interested in seeing earthly Jerusalem, but some, rather than see the walls of the Holy City and its holy places, preferred to meditation on the heavenly Jerusalem instead.
This paper will begin from the above premise, and will introduce the reader to the heritage of Syriac Christians in Jerusalem. It will analyze the way in which these Christians belonged to a tradition shaped in the Holy Land and bequeathed them through their own identity and, respectively, how these are expressed, adapted and narrated in specific literary sources.
Popa, Catalin-Stefan. βAn Ancient Community of Jerusalem and Its Heritage: Syriac Christians of the Holy City between Historical Memories and Future Challenges.β International Journal of Levant Studies 2 (2020): 177β88.
Catalin-Stefan Popa, An Ancient Community of Jerusalem and Its Heritage: Syriac Christians of the Holy City between Historical Memories and Future Challenges,International Journal of Levant Studies 2 (2020): 177β88.