The legend of Mar Qardagh : narrative and Christian heroism in late antique Iraq / Joel Thomas Walker.
Material type: TextSeries: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 40.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, [(c)2006.]Description: 1 online resource (1 volume)Content type:- text
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- online resource
- 9780520932197
- 0520932196
- 1423755537
- 9781423755531
- 9786612358821
- 6612358823
- BX159.37
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Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
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