Syriac in its Multi-cultural Context (Paperback). This item is unavailable.Syriac in its Multi-cultural Context (Paperback)

Paperback. This volume contains the contributions presented at the FirstInternational Syriac Symposium organised by the newly established ArtukluUniversity in Mardin (April 2012). A substantial number of papers aredevoted to the history of Syriac Christianity in Mardin itself, or moregenerally in Eastern Turkey, with contributions by both Turkish andinternational scholars. The importance of this Symposium should not beunderestimated. Not so many years ago, Syriac and Turoyo were forbiddenlanguages in Turkey and were only allowed in the private sphere, not inpublic. With this publication, the Artuklu University and the Turkishacademic world acknowledge the importance of Syriac culture and Syriaclanguage as elements for understanding the history and present-daysituation of Eastern Anatolia. This volume contains the contributions presented at the First International Syriac Symposium organised by the newly established Artuklu University in Mardin (April 2012). A substantial number of papers are devoted to the history of Syriac Christianity in Mardin itself, or more generally in Eastern Turkey, with contributions by both T Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.