The Roots of Nubian Christianity Uncovered: The Triumph of the Last Pharaoh
by Salim Faraji
Publication Date: Oct 11, 2012
List Price: $34.95
Format: Paperback, 296 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781592218721
Imprint: Africa World Press
Publisher: Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press
Parent Company: Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press
This title answers the questions of how and why ancient Nubia converted to Christianity between the 4th and 6th centuries CE, demonstrating that a little-known 5th century ruler Silko inaugurated the beginnings of Christianity in his country, rather than it arriving as a result of Byzantine Missions in the 6th century CE.
The history of Late Antique Africa and the origins of Nubian Christianity have received little attention by Africanists and have been virtually ignored by Africana historians. For Nubiologists, church historians and scholars of late…
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