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03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
12 Assyrian Identity
Keywords
Jūrjīs
resurrection
Tammuz
Period
10th century CE
Channel
Islamic philosophers and scholars
Summary
Jūrjīs probably derives from St. George.
Text
Ibn Waḥshīya, Nabatean Agriculture 298: I happened to come upon another Nabatean book which contained the explanation of the story of Tammūz. He called a king to serve the Seven and the Twelve, and that king killed him but he returned to life after having been killed. Then the king killed him in many horrible ways but each time he returned to life. In the end he finally died. That story was indeed identical to the last with the story of Jūrjīs which the Christians know. The Sabians hold a memorial feast for Tammūz which they call the memorial feast of Tammūz and the Christians hold a memorial feast for Jūrjīs which they call the memorial feast and tadhkira of Jūrjīs.
Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko. “Continuity of Pagan Religious Traditions in Tenth-Century Iraq.” In: A. Panaino and G. Pettinato (eds.). Ideologies as Intercultural Phenomena. Melammu Symposia 3. Milan: Universita di Bologna & IsIAO 2002, 89-108. [PDF]
