Abgar V - Wikipedia
Abgar V (c. 1st century BC – c. AD 50), called Ukkāmā (meaning "the Black" in Syriac and other dialects of Aramaic), [a] was the King of Osroene with his capital at Edessa. [1]
Edessa - Wikipedia
Edessa (/ ə ˈ d ɛ s ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It was founded during the Hellenistic …
Image of Edessa - Wikipedia
According to Christian tradition, the Image of Edessa was a holy relic consisting of a square or rectangle of cloth upon which a miraculous image of the face of Jesus Christ had been …
Edessa - World History Encyclopedia
Sep 25, 2018 · Edessa (modern Urfa), located today in south-east Turkey but once part of upper Mesopotamia on the frontier of the Syrian desert, was an important city throughout antiquity …
King of Edessa, Miraculous Image, Jesus Christ - Britannica
Abgar legend, in early Christian times, a popular myth that Jesus had an exchange of letters with King Abgar V Ukkama of Osroene, whose capital was Edessa, a Mesopotamian city on the …
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Legend of Abgar - NEW ADVENT
The legend, according to these two works, runs as follows: Abgar, king of Edessa, afflicted with an incurable sickness, has heard the fame of the power and miracles of Jesus and writes to Him, …
Is the Legend True? Did Jesus Write a Letter to King Abgar?
Jan 19, 2016 · Abgar V was the king of Edessa, from perhaps 13 to 50 AD. Already in these dates we see an important part of Abgar’s role in the evolution of the legend: he ruled during the …
A Man for the Times: Jesus and the Abgar Correspondence in …
It runs as follows: Towards the end of his life, Jesus's reputation has spread out from Palestine and reached the terminally ill Abgar V (also known as Abgar the Black), toparch of Edessa, the …
(also known as Abgar the Black), toparch of Edessa, the capital city of the kingdom of Osroëne. Abgar writes to Jesus requesting that he visit Edessa and heal him. In return he offers …
Encyclopedia of The Bible – Epistles of Christ and Abgarus
Abgar, king of Edessa, afflicted with a terrible disease, writes to Jesus to ask for healing, in terms suspiciously reminiscent of the gospels. Having heard of the hostility of the Jews, he offers …
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