Description
Book SynopsisThe Caucasian Archaeology of the Holy Land investigates the complete corpus of available literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence of the Armenian, Georgian and Caucasian Albanian Christian communities’ activity in the Holy Land during the Byzantine and the Early Islamic periods. This book presents the first integrated approach to a wide variety of literary sources and archaeological evidence, previously unpublished or revised. The study explores the place of each of these Caucasian communities in ancient Palestine through a synthesis of literary and material evidence and seeks to understand the interrelations between them and the influence they had on the national churches of the Caucasus.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures List of MapsXi List of Tables List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 The Literary Sources Chronicles Ecclesiastical Documents Holy Land Descriptions Hagiographies 3 The Archaeological Evidence The Armenian Community The Georgian Community 4 Manuscripts and Colophons Armenian Manuscripts Georgian Manuscripts Albanian Manuscripts 5 Finds vs. Texts Archaeology and Literary Sources Types of Institutions Identification of the Sites 6 Caucasian Communities and the Holy Land The Patterns of Interaction Interaction with the Church of Jerusalem: The Archaeological Evidence Interaction with the Church of Jerusalem: The Epigraphic Evidence Compatriots or Heretics? The Impact of Christological Controversies on the Relations Between the Communities The Communities in the Holy Land and Their Relations with the Homeland ‘On the Map”: Geographic Patterns of the Caucasian Communities Summary Bibliography Index
