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From Moscow to Baghdad
Studies on Middle Eastern Christianity in Memory of Nikolai Seleznyov
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From Moscow to Baghdad is a collection of studies on the history and culture of Middle Eastern Christian communities, Semitic linguistics, and related topics, dedicated to the memory of Prof. Dr. Nikolai Seleznyov (1971β2021), Leading Research Fellow at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National...
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From Moscow to Baghdad is a collection of studies on the history and culture of Middle Eastern Christian communities, Semitic linguistics, and related topics, dedicated to the memory of Prof. Dr. Nikolai Seleznyov (1971β2021), Leading Research Fellow at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and a prominent scholar of Syriac and Christian Arabic literature.
In this volume, Nikolaiβs friends and colleagues present their finest research, including editions and translations of previously unpublished texts. The subjects range from Second-Temple Jewish pseudepigrapha to late antique hagiography, Syriac and Arabic Christianity, Christian-Muslim relations, and Neo-Aramaic dialects.
Series: Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity
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From Moscow to Baghdad
From Moscow to Baghdad is a collection of studies on the history and culture of Middle Eastern Christian communities, Semitic linguistics, and related topics, dedicated to the memory of Prof. Dr. Nikolai Seleznyov (1971β2021), Leading Research Fellow at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and a prominent scholar of Syriac and...Hardback$71000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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ISBN: 9789004748620
Publisher: Brill
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 May 2026
Country: Netherlands
Imprint: Brill
Contributors:
- Volume editor Alexander Treiger
- Volume editor Sergey Minov
- Volume editor Sergey Loesov
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 47.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 1203g
Pages: 652
About the Author
Sergey Loesov is Professor at HSEβs Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies and coordinates the Moscow Circle for Aramaic Studies. His research covers Aramaic, Akkadian, and corpus linguistics. Publications include work on Amorite-Akkadian verb morphology and Old Assyrian ventive (2024β25).
Sergey Minov (Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013) is a research fellow at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies of HSE University (Moscow). His research encompasses traditions of exegetical and parabiblical literature, hagiography, and interreligious polemic among Syriac Christians.
Alexander Treiger (Ph.D., Yale University, 2008), is Professor of Religious Studies at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is editor of the series βArabic Christianity: Texts and Studiesβ (Brill). He has published on Graeco-Arabic translations, Arabic Christianity, and Islamic philosophy.
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