The Syro-Palestinian Melkite tradition: from getting to losing its cultural identity
The cultural tradition of Syro-Palestinian Melkites displayed its identity in the history of Eastern Christianity by forming its own specific script and creating a number of texts in Christian Palestinian - the language of Palestinian Arameans who were partisans of Byzantium in the Middle East. The corpus of the texts now attracts the attention of many scholars in the world. The tradition has not however survived, but disappeared in Arabic Christianity. The article suggests an analysis of these historical changes.