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The Caucasian Archaeology of the Holy Land
Armenian, Georgian and Albanian communities between the fourth and eleventh centuries CE
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The Caucasian Archaeology of the Holy Land investigates the complete corpus of available literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence of the Armenian, Georgian and Caucasian Albanian Christian communitiesâ activity in the Holy Land during the Byzantine and the Early Islamic periods. This book presents the first integrated approach to a wide variety of literary sources and archaeological evidence, previously unpublished or revised. The study explores the place of each of these Caucasian communities in ancient Palestine through a synthesis of literary and material evidence and seeks to understand the interrelations between them and the influence they had on the national churches of the Caucasus.
Yana Tchekhanovets, Ph.D. (2016), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, works as an archaeologist in Israel Antiquities Authority. Her research interests include the archaeology of the Caucasian Christian communities in Byzantine Palestine, the archaeology of the Late Antiquity and pilgrimage.
Preface
List of Figures
List of MapsXi
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 The Literary Sources
âChronicles
âEcclesiastical Documents
âHoly Land Descriptions
âHagiographies
3 The Archaeological Evidence
âThe Armenian Community
âThe Georgian Community
4 Manuscripts and Colophons
âArmenian Manuscripts
âGeorgian Manuscripts
âAlbanian Manuscripts
5 Finds vs. Texts
Archaeology and Literary Sources
âTypes of Institutions
âIdentification of the Sites
6 Caucasian Communities and the Holy Land
The Patterns of Interaction
âInteraction with the Church of Jerusalem: The Archaeological Evidence
âInteraction with the Church of Jerusalem: The Epigraphic Evidence
âCompatriots or Heretics? The Impact of Christological Controversies on the Relations Between the Communities
âThe Communities in the Holy Land and Their Relations with the Homeland
ââOn the Mapâ: Geographic Patterns of the Caucasian Communities
Summary
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures
List of MapsXi
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 The Literary Sources
âChronicles
âEcclesiastical Documents
âHoly Land Descriptions
âHagiographies
3 The Archaeological Evidence
âThe Armenian Community
âThe Georgian Community
4 Manuscripts and Colophons
âArmenian Manuscripts
âGeorgian Manuscripts
âAlbanian Manuscripts
5 Finds vs. Texts
Archaeology and Literary Sources
âTypes of Institutions
âIdentification of the Sites
6 Caucasian Communities and the Holy Land
The Patterns of Interaction
âInteraction with the Church of Jerusalem: The Archaeological Evidence
âInteraction with the Church of Jerusalem: The Epigraphic Evidence
âCompatriots or Heretics? The Impact of Christological Controversies on the Relations Between the Communities
âThe Communities in the Holy Land and Their Relations with the Homeland
ââOn the Mapâ: Geographic Patterns of the Caucasian Communities
Summary
Bibliography
Index
All interested in history and archaeology of Early Christianity in Palestine and Caucasian studies, and anyone interested in the approaches to the study of defined ethnic groups in archaeological record.