TY - BOOK ID - 15904738 TI - The chronicle of Zuqnīn. AU - Joshua AU - Harrak, Amir PY - 2017 VL - 2 SN - 9781463206635 1463206631 1463237375 PB - Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press LLC DB - UniCat KW - History, Ancient KW - Syriac language KW - Texts. KW - Pseudo-Dionysius, KW - Middle East KW - Byzantine Empire KW - History KW - Church history KW - History, Ancient. KW - 276 =923 KW - 276 =923 Patrologie syrienne KW - 276 =923 Syrische patrologie KW - Patrologie syrienne KW - Syrische patrologie KW - History, Ancient - Sources. KW - Syriac language - Texts. KW - Pseudo-Dionysius, - of Tel-Maḥrē, - active 8th century. - Makhtevanuta KW - Middle East - History - To 622 - Sources. KW - Byzantine Empire - History - 527-1081 - Sources. KW - Middle East - Church history - Sources. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15904738 AB - The Chronicle of Zuqnin is a universal history beginning with the Creation according to the biblical account and ending with the time of the Chronicler, the years 775-776 AD. The author is most probably Joshua the Stylite, a contemporary of the Caliphs al-Mansur and al-Mahdi, who lived in the monastery of Zuqnin that was located near Amid, the Diar-Bakr of modern Turkey. Parts I and II contain compiled sources some of which survived only in this Chronicle. Sources include the Bible, Cave of Treasures, the Sleepers of Ephesus, Eusebius of Caesarea, Socrates, and the short Chronicle called Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite that deals with Sassanian-Byzantine warfare at the begging of the 6th century. Parts III and IV cover the years 488 and 775 AD. In this volume, Parts I and II, including the author?s dedicatory letter, are now published in an updated edition of the Syriac text and the first English translation. ER -