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Isaac of Antioch on the religion of Beth Hur (1)

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




 		Keywords
Harran
sun
Period
5th century CE
Byzantine Empire 		Channel
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars

Text
The town Beth Hur was founded by Harranians.

Isaac of Antioch, Homiliae 1.51-61, 1.99-102, 1.159:
The founders of the place (= Harranians) encouraged it by its very name to exchange God for the Sun … Look at the Sun, your Saviour, O city that came forth from Harran … The Persians spared her not, for with them she sacrificed to ˁUzzai … For the eyes of the Sun they were exposed, who worshipped the Sun and the Moon.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Isaac of Antioch, Homiliae 1.51-61
Isaac of Antioch, Homiliae 1.99-102
Isaac of Antioch, Homiliae 1.159

Bibliography

Drijvers 1980, 158Drijvers, Han J. W. Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain 82. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1980.
Green 1992, 58Green, Tamara. The City of the Moon God, Religious Traditions of Harran. Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 114. Leiden, New York, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1992.

Amar Annus


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