Dura-Europos: The Parchments and the Papyri

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Main Author: George D. Kilpatrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2002-07-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/11891
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description <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">The papyri and inscriptions of Dura show the linguistic diversity of the inhabitants, notably Aramaic inscriptions and a Hebrew liturgical text from the synagogue, while the <em>Diatessaron</em> fragment, in the original Greek, supports the Greek origin of the Christian community.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->
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