Utility and Variance in Late Antique Witnesses to the Abgar-Jesus Correspondence
This article analyzes two sets of late antique witnesses to the Abgar-Jesus correspondence: the discussion of the letters in the literary record of the 4th-6th centuries and the Coptic version of the correspondence, as preserved in amulets and ritual formularies. I approach each of these sets with a...
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Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2016, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 187-222 |
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Abgar, V., Osroene, König -50
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/ Jesus Christus
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