On Abgar V's correspondence with Jesus

NEW TESTAMENT APOCRYPHA WATCH: Did Jesus Write Letters? The Legend of King Abgar V. The New Testament never says that Jesus wrote anything. But a Christian legend claimed that he once penned a letter to an Anatolian king named Abgar (Eljoh Hartzer, The Collector).

A nice overview of Abgar V and his apocryphal correspondence with Jesus. Eusebius preserves the letters in a Greek translation, but they also survive in the original Syriac, notably in the Doctrine of Addai.

For PaleoJudaica posts on the Agbarid dynasty and the Abgar letters, as well as on ancient Edessa, start here and follow the links. Cross-file under Syriac Watch.

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