Syrian Christianity: From Jesus to Refugees

The University of Oklahoma Department of Classics and Letters Lecture Series

Monday, September 19
"The Apostle Thomas and the Origins of Syrian Christianity"
Charles Stang, Harvard

Charles Stang's research and teaching focus on the history and theology of Christianity in late antiquity. His most recent book, Our Divine Double (Harvard University Press) traces the rise of the ancient idea that each person has a divine counterpart, twin, or alter-ego, and the eventual eclipse of this idea with the rise of Christian conciliar orthodoxy.

For More information contact Dr. Scott Johnson, OU


Full semester program below...

Major update on Syriaca.org

Introduction from the website: The Syriac Reference Portal is a digital project for the study of Syriac literature, culture, and history.

Today, a number of heritage communities around the world have linguistic, religious or cultural identities with roots in Syriac language and culture.

Syriaca.org exists to document and preserve these Syriac cultural heritages.



The online tools published by Syriaca.org are intended for use by a wide audience including researchers and students, members of Syriac heritage communities and the interested general public. In order to meet the diverse needs of users, the design of Syriaca.org is inherently collaborative and fluid.

Taste and See: Syriaca.Org

The primary function of Syriaca.org is to be a reference hub for digitally linking research findings. Syriaca.org's publications compile and classify core data for the study of Syriac sources, offer the scholarly community digital tools for freely disseminating that data, and facilitate further research through the creation of shared digital tools and infrastructure.