Bazaar of Heracleides
| Bazaar of Heracleides | |
|---|---|
| Cambridge University Library | |
| Type | Codex |
| Date | 451 |
| Place of origin | White Monastery |
| Scribe | Nestorian bishops of the Church of the East |
| Author | Nestorius of Constantinople |
| Condition | Slightly damaged; missing pages |
| Contents | Nestorius’s defense of his two-nature Christology and claim of vindication at Chalcedon |
The Bazaar of Heracleides (Syriac: ܬܰܓܘܼܪܬܳܐ ܕܗܰܪܰܩܠܝܼܕܶܣ) is a theological and historical apologetic work attributed to Nestorius, the 5th-century Patriarch of Constantinople. Composed in 451 or 452, the work survives only in a Syriac translation and constitutes one of the most significant surviving texts authored by Nestorius, whose writings were largely destroyed following his condemnation at the Council of Ephesus of 431.
The work was preserved for centuries in a Church of the East monastery in Qudshanis, Hakkari, and despite suffering significant damage during the massacre of Assyrian Christians by Bedir Khan Beg, it was later rediscovered in the 19th century. Its publication and study renewed scholarly interest in the Christological controversies of late antiquity and provided fresh evidence for reassessing Nestorius's life, thought, and the historical circumstances surrounding his condemnation.