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Sebastian P. Brock
Syriac literature scholar who distinguishes the Syriac Alexander Romance, Christian Legend and poem.
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Sebastian P. Brock is an Oxford-associated scholar of SyriacSyriacA literary form of Aramaic, with an extensive Christian heritage and earlier non-Christian attestations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation language and literature, including Eastern Christian texts and manuscripts. [1]
His short entry on the Syriac Alexander Cycle distinguishes the long Romance from the Christian Legend and poem. Their shared transmission does not make them one composition. That short entry was read in full, not all of Brock's work.
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- Specified source portion only; no claim to reading an entire book. Oxford biography and Syriac research interests read; his short Alexander Cycle entry read in full separately. Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Sebastian P. Brock», Edition 3, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/sebastian-brock