The legend of Mar Qardagh : narrative and Christian heroism in late antique Iraq /
Explores the history of Christianity in Iraq. This study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq. It introduces a hero of epic proportions whose characteristics confound simple classification.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
2006.
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| Serier: | Transformation of the classical heritage ;
40. |
| Online adgang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnvh5 |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Transliteration and Terminology; Introduction; Introduction to the Text; The History of the Heroic Deeds of Mar Qardaghthe Victorious Martyr; Index of Scriptural Citations; 1. The Church of the East and the Hagiographyof the Persian Martyrs; 2. "We Rejoice in Your Heroic Deeds!" Christian Heroismand Sasanian Epic Tradition; 3. Refuting the Eternity of the Stars: Philosophy between Byzantium and Late Antique Iraq; 4. Conversion and the Family in the Acts of the Persian Martyrs.
- 5. Remembering Mar Qardagh: The Origins and Evolution of an East-Syrian Martyr CultEpilogue: The Festival of Mar Qardagh at Melqi; Appendix; Select Bibliography; Index.