Grant The Nestorians or The Lost Tribe

With a New Introduction by H.L. Murre-van den Berg
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0958-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Grant gives an account of his interactions with the "Nestorians", arguing that they “are indeed the representatives and lineal descendants of the Ten Tribes.” His vivid descriptions of their lives and traditions are a valuable resource on the "Nestorian" Christians in the early 1800s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grant, Asahel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Nestorian Mission
- Practicability of visiting the Mountain Nestorians
- Departure from Mardin
- Battle-ground of Alexander
- Arrival at Duree
- Nestorians (Churches, Worship,.)
- Mountain Bridges
- Departure from the Patriarch's
- Hospitality of the People
- The Revolt of the Ten Tribes
- Tradition of the Nestorian Christians that they are Descendants of Israel
- The Places to which the Ten Tribes were Deported
- The Ten Tribes Have Not Been Removed From Assyria
- Their Langauge
- Names Applied to the Nestorian Christians
- Observance of the Mosaic Ritual
- Physiognomy
- Social and Domestic Customs
- The Conversion of the Ten Tribes to Christianity
- Scriptual Proof of their Conversion
- Prophecies Relating to the Conversion of the Ten Tribes, and Their Future Prospects
- The Sealed Remnant of Israel
- The Two Witnesses
- The Prophesying of the Witnesses
- The Church in the Wildreness
- The Kings of the East