Jesus, King of Edessa
(2012)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
232.908/ELLIS,R

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 232.908/ELLIS,R Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Cheshire : Edfu Books ; Kempton, Ill. : Adventures Unlimited, 2012
EDITION
Second U.S. edition, V2.2, second edition
DESCRIPTION

xxiii, 535 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
1905815662 (pbk.), 9781905815661 (pbk.), 9781905815661
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"First published in 2012 by Edfu Books"--T.p. verso

Emmanuel -- Antioch, Edessa, Amida, Arbela and Palmyra -- Adiabene and Palmyra -- The Babylonian Jews -- King Monobazus-Izates and Adiabene -- Abgarus the Locust -- The Parthian sun-spot -- The Doctrine of Addai -- Silk diadema and tassels -- Jesus and Mary in the Talmud -- Emmanuel -- Manu the fish -- Sarcophagus of Helena -- The fall of Edessa -- Genealogy -- The Mardin Arch

"In reality, Jesus was a son of King Abgarus of Edessa, a princeling with a small realm, a large treasury, and even bigger ambitions. but the wise prince of northern Syria cam up against an intractable Rome and his many plans crumbled to dust"--P. [4] of cover

Sequel to the author's "King Jesus."

"Jesus was a king of northern Syria. The discovery of an original statue of Jesus."