Symbols of Church and Kingdom: A Study in Early Syriac Tradition

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A new edition of the study of Syriac Christianity up to the early fifth century CE: its beliefs and worship; its life and art. In this classic work, Robert Murray offers the fullest and most vivid picture yet available of the development and characte

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'A superb work' Wayne A Meeks, Yale University * Blurb from reviewer *
'After more than a quarter of a century Robert Murray's Symbols of Church and Kingdom still remains by far the best introduction to early Syriac Christianity. It has justly become something of a classic.' Sebastian Brock, University of Oxford * Blurb from reviewer *
'This scrupulous book with an unfailing historical sense is alive to the language of the Late Romans, laying bare with sympathy the way in which Syriac-speaking Christians spoke of the Church.' The New York Review of Books * Blurb from reviewer *

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Robert Murray, a Jesuit priest and former lecturer in Heythrop College (University of London), is also the author of 'The Cosmic Covenant: Biblical Themes of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation.'