Stories from Syria

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Editorial| March 01 2018 Stories from Syria: A Crossroads and Its Legacy Elizabeth DePalma Digeser Elizabeth DePalma Digeser Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Studies in Late Antiquity (2018) 2 (1): 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1525/sla.2018.2.1.1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Elizabeth DePalma Digeser; Stories from Syria: A Crossroads and Its Legacy. Studies in Late Antiquity 1 March 2018; 2 (1): 1–3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/sla.2018.2.1.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentStudies in Late Antiquity Search Launching Studies in Late Antiquity one year ago, we wanted to publish methodologically sophisticated and multidisciplinary scholarship that would de-center the study of Late Antiquity, engaging the Mediterranean with the wider late ancient world. This month's issue fulfuls that goal by presenting four articles from four disciplinary perspectives on the culture of Syria Palaestina. While each article makes an original and important contribution in its own right, the issue as a whole conveys an appreciation not just for the kaleidoscope of cultures that contributed to the region's heritage, but also for the centrality of its legacy—for Christianity and Judaism, for the Roman legal tradition, and for the wider world. The topography of Syria Palaestina opened the region to diverse cultural expressions from all directions. Local artisans, receptive to new styles, rendered them in local materials using native techniques. When artists transform local stone, mixing their labor with imported styles, they... You do not currently have access to this content.