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Jacob of Serugh on Syrian paganism (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity
12 Assyrian Identity
12 Assyrian Identity
12 Assyrian Identity
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery




 		Keywords
paganism
Syria
Period
6th century CE
Byzantine Empire 		Channel
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars

Text
Jacob of Serugh, The Fall of the Idols 11.51-54, 11.59-62:
He (= Satan) put Apollo as idol in Antioch and others with him, in Edessa he set Nebo and Bel together with many others, he led astray Harran by Sin, Baˁalšamên and Bar Nemrê by my Lord with his Dogs and the goddesses Tarˁatha and Gadlat. … Mabbug made he a city of the priests of the goddess(es), and called it with his name in order that it would err forever (going after its idols). And sister of Harran, which is also devoted to the offerings; and in their error both of them love the springs.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Jacob of Serugh, The Fall of the Idols 11.51-54
Jacob of Serugh, The Fall of the Idols 11.59-62

Bibliography

Drijvers 1980, 38, 97Drijvers, Han J. W. Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain 82. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1980.

Amar Annus


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