Antioch on the Orontes: A History and a Guide - Hardcover

by Jørgen Christensen-Ernst (Author)

Two thousand years ago, Antioch on the Orontes River was the third most important city in the Roman Empire. Today, it is a small Turkish town of 200,000. J rgen Christensen-Ernst provides an in-depth biography of Antioch's historic past and present.

Author Biography

Jørgen Christensen-Ernst studied Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and ancient Hebrew at Ankara University in Turkey and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He was previously an associate research fellow at Bosporus University in Istanbul, Turkey.