The Architecture and Liturgy of the Bema in Fourth- to-Sixth-Century Syrian Churches

Abstract

This thesis explores the architectural and liturgical implications o f the nave-platform known as the bema. Whilst bemata have been discovered in Iraq and the Tur 'Abdin region o f Turkey, the largest concentration of these platforms occurs on the limestone massif o f north-western Syria. Bemata have been documented in archaeological explorations o f the region, notably by Tchalenko when he surveyed the massif in the 1950s, and liturgiologists have also addressed questions arising from the structure but this is the first interdisciplinary study o f the bema.

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