Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Syriac Seminar at Baylor

SYRIAC WATCH: Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion Hosts Syriac Seminar.
WACO, Texas (April 18, 2016) – Baylor ISR will host a one-day seminar on the Syriac Christian Churches that will bring together leading scholars of Syriac history, literature, theology and culture.

"The Syriac Christian Churches: Rediscovering the Church’s Eastern Roots" will help Western Christians understand an often-overlooked part of their common heritage. The seminar will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Cox Lecture Hall of Armstrong Browning Library.

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Professor Philip Jenkins, regular contributor to The Anxious Bench and often cited by PaleoJudaica, is involved.