The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity: Networks and the Movement of Culture

Nathanael J. Andrade

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The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity

Networks and the Movement of Culture

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Online publication date:: May 2018
Print publication year:: 2018
Online ISBN:: 9781108296953
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108296953

Subjects:: Ancient History, Classical Studies, Religion, Church History

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How did Christianity make its remarkable voyage from the Roman Mediterranean to the Indian subcontinent? By examining the social networks that connected the ancient and late antique Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, central Asia, and Iran, this book contemplates the social relations that made such movement possible. It also analyzes how the narrative tradition regarding the apostle Judas Thomas, which originated in Upper Mesopotamia and accredited him with evangelizing India, traveled among the social networks of an interconnected late antique world. In this way, the book probes how the Thomas narrative shaped Mediterranean Christian beliefs regarding co-religionists in central Asia and India, impacted local Christian cultures, took shape in a variety of languages, and experienced transformation as it traveled from the Mediterranean to India, and back again.

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The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity

Networks and the Movement of Culture

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The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity
pp i-ii

The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Maps
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xi

Acknowledgments
pp xii-xiv

Abbreviations
pp xv-xviii

Introduction
pp 1-24

Part I - The Acts of Thomas
pp 25-66

Chapter 1 - The Acts of Thomas and Its Impact
pp 27-66

Part II - Christianity, Networks, and the Red Sea
pp 67-136

Chapter 2 - Early Christianity and Its Many Indias
pp 69-93

Chapter 3 - The Roman Egyptian Network, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean
pp 94-136

Part III - Christianity, Networks, and the Middle East
pp 137-232

Chapter 4 - The Movement of Christianity into Sasanian Persia: Perspectives and Sources
pp 139-163

Chapter 5 - Social Connectivity between the Roman Levant, Persian Gulf, and Central Asia
pp 164-206

Chapter 6 - The Late Antique Impact of the Acts of Thomas and Christian Communities in India
pp 207-232

Conclusion
pp 233-237

Appendices
pp 238-241

Appendix 1 - Beginning of Syriac Acts of Thomas (Wright’s Text)
pp 238-239

Appendix 2 - Beginning of Greek Acts of Thomas (Bonnet’s text)
pp 240-241

Bibliography
pp 242-291

Index
pp 292-296

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