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Elias of Merv

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68:, thus proving the superiority of Christianity. Since the chronicle does not mention any event later than 652, the conversion of the Turks probably took place before this date. Elias was present at the deathbed of the Patriarch 430: 89:. Elias's high standing in the church would have given him access to official records and possibly also to court gossip. Pierre Nautin argued that this history was in fact the 420: 415: 36: 460: 93:, with additions made by an associate after Elias's death, including the account of the conversion of the Turks. The beginning of the 450: 340: 425: 445: 341:
Seeing Islam As Others Saw It: A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam
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122:. Besides these litrugical writings, he wrote commentaries on the biblical books of 142: 325: 225:, p. 160, points out that this may be one of the earliest references to the 105: 393:
The Chronicle of Seert: Christian Historical Imagination in Late Antique Iraq
375: 119: 101: 383: 60:) through preaching and miracles. He is said to have dispersed with the 160: 136: 65: 194: 192: 190: 188: 186: 184: 79:
around 1300 as comprising a single book. The 10th-century
240: 238: 172:. Several of his letters were also known to ʿAbdishoʿ. 85:
cites it as a source twice, especially for the life of
75:Elias wrote a short church history, described by 431:7th-century bishops of the Church of the East 8: 100:According to ʿAbdishoʿ, Elias also wrote 72:in 659. He probably died not long after. 268: 244: 198: 180: 421:Christians from the Rashidun Caliphate 304: 256: 222: 210: 64:a storm conjured up by the kinglet's 7: 292: 280: 104:, consolations, a commentary on the 28: 14: 416:Christians in the Sasanian Empire 364:Revue de l'histoire des religions 52:records how Elias converted some 327:The Nestorians and Their Rituals 259:, p. 157, dates it to 644. 108:and an account of the origins ( 330:. Vol. 2. Joseph Masters. 1: 37:metropolitan bishop of Merv 477: 461:Church of the East writers 395:. Oxford University Press. 35:; died after 659) was the 351:Zentralasiatische Studien 451:7th-century historians 95:Chronicle of Khuzestan 91:Chronicle of Khuzestan 49:Chronicle of Khuzestan 391:Wood, Philip (2013). 376:10.3406/rhr.1982.4673 201:, p. 183 and nn. 166:Twelve Minor Prophets 56:and their "kinglet" ( 77:ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha 426:Archbishops in Asia 295:, pp. 183–184. 446:Bible commentators 336:Hoyland, Robert G. 116:responsive prayers 87:Gregory of Nisibis 82:Chronicle of Seert 41:Church of the East 62:sign of the cross 59: 468: 456:People from Merv 396: 387: 358: 345: 331: 308: 302: 296: 290: 284: 278: 272: 266: 260: 254: 248: 242: 233: 220: 214: 208: 202: 196: 170:Pauline epistles 57: 30: 476: 475: 471: 470: 469: 467: 466: 465: 401: 400: 399: 390: 361: 348: 344:. Darwin Press. 334: 320: 316: 311: 303: 299: 291: 287: 283:, p. 203n. 279: 275: 267: 263: 255: 251: 243: 236: 221: 217: 209: 205: 197: 182: 178: 106:gospel readings 12: 11: 5: 474: 472: 464: 463: 458: 453: 448: 443: 441:Syriac writers 438: 433: 428: 423: 418: 413: 403: 402: 398: 397: 388: 370:(3): 303–314. 359: 346: 332: 324:, ed. (1852). 317: 315: 312: 310: 309: 307:, p. 371. 297: 285: 273: 271:, p. 444. 261: 249: 247:, p. 185. 234: 215: 213:, p. 157. 203: 179: 177: 174: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 473: 462: 459: 457: 454: 452: 449: 447: 444: 442: 439: 437: 434: 432: 429: 427: 424: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 408: 406: 394: 389: 385: 381: 377: 373: 369: 365: 360: 356: 352: 347: 343: 342: 337: 333: 329: 328: 323: 322:Badger, G. P. 319: 318: 313: 306: 301: 298: 294: 289: 286: 282: 277: 274: 270: 265: 262: 258: 253: 250: 246: 241: 239: 235: 231: 229: 224: 219: 216: 212: 207: 204: 200: 195: 193: 191: 189: 187: 185: 181: 175: 173: 171: 167: 163: 162: 157: 156: 151: 150: 149:Song of Songs 145: 144: 139: 138: 133: 132: 127: 126: 121: 117: 113: 112: 107: 103: 98: 96: 92: 88: 84: 83: 78: 73: 71: 70:Ishoʿyahb III 67: 63: 55: 51: 50: 44: 42: 38: 34: 26: 22: 18: 392: 367: 363: 354: 350: 339: 326: 300: 288: 276: 269:Hoyland 1997 264: 252: 245:Hoyland 1997 227: 218: 206: 199:Hoyland 1997 159: 153: 147: 143:Ecclesiastes 141: 135: 129: 123: 109: 99: 94: 90: 80: 74: 47: 45: 32: 20: 16: 15: 411:660s deaths 305:Badger 1852 257:Hunter 1989 223:Hunter 1989 211:Hunter 1989 436:Nestorians 405:Categories 357:: 142–163. 293:Wood 2013 281:Wood 2013 114:) of the 102:antiphons 97:is lost. 384:23670021 338:(1997). 168:and the 125:Proverbs 120:nocturns 314:Sources 131:Genesis 66:shamans 39:in the 382:  230:ritual 164:, the 161:Sirach 155:Isaiah 137:Psalms 58:MLKWNʾ 25:Syriac 21:Elijah 380:JSTOR 176:Notes 111:ʿeltā 54:Turks 33:Eliya 17:Elias 46:The 29:ܐܠܝܐ 19:(or 372:doi 368:199 228:yat 118:at 407:: 378:. 366:. 355:22 353:. 237:^ 183:^ 158:, 152:, 146:, 140:, 134:, 128:, 43:. 31:, 27:: 23:, 386:. 374:: 232:.

Index

Syriac
metropolitan bishop of Merv
Church of the East
Chronicle of Khuzestan
Turks
sign of the cross
shamans
Ishoʿyahb III
ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha
Chronicle of Seert
Gregory of Nisibis
antiphons
gospel readings
ʿeltā
responsive prayers
nocturns
Proverbs
Genesis
Psalms
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Isaiah
Sirach
Twelve Minor Prophets
Pauline epistles




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