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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 (1971–2021), Leading Research Fellow at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National... Read More
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From Moscow to Baghdad is a collection of studies on the history and culture of Middle Eastern Christian communities and Semitic linguistics.

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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 (1971–2021), 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 Nikolai’s friends and colleagues present their finest research, including editions and translations of previously unpublished texts.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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Book Details

INFORMATION

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 HSE’s 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 (2024–25).

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 β€œArabic Christianity: Texts and Studies” (Brill). He has published on Graeco-Arabic translations, Arabic Christianity, and Islamic philosophy.

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