Ancient Christianity in the Caucasus

'Fourteen essays provide a most welcome introduction to the Christian culture of Georgia in the early medieval period.' - Medium Aevum

• foreword Foreword; Introduction, Tamila Mgaloblishvili; Chapter 1 Die Ausbreitung des Christentums in Georgien*, Ernst Bammel; Chapter 2 St Andrew in Samtskhe — Archaeological Proof?, Vakhtang Licheli; Chapter 3 The Jewish Diaspora and Early Christianity in Georgia, Tamila Mgaloblishvili, Iulon Gagoshidze; Chapter 4 La Place de Jerusalem Dans la ‘Conversion de la Georgie’, Michel van Esbroeck; Chapter 5 A New Manuscript of Rufinus' Account of the Conversion of Georgia and the Legacy of Rufinus in East and West, Caroline P. Bammel; Chapter 6 Early Medieval Stelae in Georgia in the Context of East Christian Art, Kitty Machabeli; Chapter 7 Jewish Elements in the Origin of North African Christianity, Johannes van Oort; Chapter 8 Das Tempelneubauprojekt Julians, Harriet Brändie; Chapter 9 Les Debuts du Monachisme en Palestine; Chapter 10 John Chrysostom and the Jews — A Reconsideration, Adolf M. Ritter; Chapter 11 Armazian Script, Konstantin Tsereteli; Part 1 Classis Papers; Chapter 12 ::, Ekvthimé Takaïshvili; Chapter 13 La Reproduction de la Legende du Bœuf D'Ilori sur L'Icone de St Georges de L'Eglise de Zugdidi, Ekvthimé Takaïshvili; Chapter 14 ::, Giorgi N. Chubinashvili;