#  The End of Prophecy and the Seal of the Prophets 

 



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 **October 14, 2026** 

 05:00PM - 06:30PM EDT 

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 **Barker Center 133 (Plimpton Room)**  

 [12 Quincy St  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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**The Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar** presents

**Jack Tannous**  
Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies, Department of History, Princeton University

**Bio:** I am interested in the cultural history of the eastern Mediterranean, especially the Middle East, in the Late Antique and early medieval period. My research focuses on the Syriac-speaking Christian communities of the Near East in this period, but I am interested in a number of other, related areas, including Eastern Christian Studies more broadly, Patristics/early Christian studies, Greco-Syriac and Greco-Arabic translation, Christian-Muslim interactions, sectarianism and identity, early Islamic history, the history of the Arabic Bible, and the Quran. I am also interested in manuscripts and the editing of Syriac and Arabic (especially Christian Arabic) texts.

I am working on a book about the history of Syriac in the late antique and early medieval period. I have edited and translated the Syriac letters of George, Bishop of the Arab Tribes (d. 724) as well as the Karshuni *life* of Theodota of Amid (d. 698) and hope to eventually publish these.

**Co-sponsor:** Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of World Religions

**Contact:** [Sean Gilsdorf](mailto:gilsdorf@fas.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

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