Nathanael J. Andrade (Binghamton State University of New York)

The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores how ancient and late antique Christianity traveled through Asia by examining the social networks that connected the ancient and late antique Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, central Asia, and Iran. Focuses in particular on the narrative tradition regarding the apostle Judas Thomas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781108409551
• ISBN-10: 1108409555
• Artikelnr.: 62221203

Autorenporträt

Nathanael J. Andrade is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at State University of New York, Binghamton. His previous book was Syrian Identity in the Greco-Roman World (Cambridge, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. The Acts of Thomas: 1. The Acts of Thomas and its
impact; Part II. Christianity, Networks, and the Red Sea: 2. Early
Christianity and its many Indias: complexities of the sources; 3. The Roman
Egyptian network, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean; Part III.
Christianity, Networks, and the Middle East: 4. The movement of
Christianity into Sasanian Persia: perspectives and sources; 5. Social
connectivity between the Roman Levant, Persian Gulf, and Central Asia; 6.
The Late Antique impact of the Acts of Thomas and Christian communities in
India; Conclusion.