A study of Syriac Christianity up to the early fifth century CE, its beliefs and worship, its life and art. This book offers a vivid picture of the development and character of the culture, illustrating both its original close relationship to Judaism and its remoter background in Mesopotamian civilization.
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A study of Syriac Christianity up to the early fifth century CE, its beliefs and worship, its life and art. This book offers a vivid picture of the development and character of the culture, illustrating both its original close relationship to Judaism and its remoter background in Mesopotamian civilization.
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This is a spectacularly good book. It is well written, thoroughly researched, conversant with the sources, and generally fair in its analysis. There is one critique - and this is a very minor one: Murray shows his Roman bias in discussing Syriac ecclesiology. Church of the East, Syriac Church, 'Nestorian' Church leaders would argue that they are equally apostolic , orthodox, and independent as is the Roman and Western Orthodox churches.
Having said this, this work is essential an essential tool in coming to understand a part of Christendom that 95% of people in the West have never heard of. Read it; enjoy it; learn.