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200 14$aThe legend of Mar Qardagh $enarrative and Christian heroism in late antique Iraq /$fJoel Thomas Walker
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (xviii, 345 p.)
225 1 $aThe transformation of the classical heritage ;$v40
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 0 $a0-520-24578-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
327   $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tTransliteration And Terminology --$tIntroduction: Christianity In Late Antique Iraq And The Legend Of Mar Qardagh --$tIntroduction To The Text --$tThe History Of The Heroic Deeds Of Mar Qardagh The Victorious Martyr --$tIndex Of Scriptural Citations --$t1. The Church Of The East And The Hagiography Of The Persian Martyrs --$t2. "We Rejoice In Your Heroic Deeds!" Christian Heroism And Sasanian Epic Tradition --$t3. Refuting The Eternity Of The Stars: Philosophy Between Byzantium And Late Antique Iraq --$t4. Conversion And The Family In The Acts Of The Persian Martyrs --$t5. Remembering Mar Qardagh: The Origins And Evolution Of An East-Syrian Martyr Cult --$tEpilogue: The Festival Of Mar Qardagh At Melqi --$tAppendix. The Qardagh Legend And The Chronicle Of Arbela --$tSelect Bibliography --$tIndex
330   $aThis pioneering study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq. Translated from Syriac into English here for the first time, the legend of Mar Qardagh introduces a hero of epic proportions whose characteristics confound simple classification. During the several stages of his career, Mar Qaragh hunts like a Persian King, argues like a Greek philosopher, and renounces his Zoroastrian family to live with monks high in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. Drawing on both literary and artistic sources, Joel Walker explores the convergence of these diverse themes in the Christian culture of the Sasanian Empire (224-642). Taking the Qrdagh legend as its foundation, his study guides readers through the rich and complex world of late antique Iraq.
410  0$aTransformation of the classical heritage ;$v40.
606   $aNestorian Church$zIraq$xHistory
607   $aIraq$xChurch history
610   $aantiquity.
610   $aarabic.
610   $aarchaeology.
610   $abyzantium.
610   $achristian martyr.
610   $achristianity.
610   $acloister.
610   $aconversion.
610   $adevotion.
610   $aepics.
610   $afestival.
610   $afolk narrative.
610   $afolk tradition.
610   $afolklore.
610   $ahagiography.
610   $ahero.
610   $airaq.
610   $akurdistan.
610   $alegend.
610   $amar qardagh.
610   $amartyr cult.
610   $amartyr.
610   $amartyrdom.
610   $amission.
610   $amonasticism.
610   $amonks.
610   $amyth.
610   $anestorian church.
610   $anonfiction.
610   $apersia.
610   $apersian.
610   $aphilosophy.
610   $apiety.
610   $arelics.
610   $areligion.
610   $areligious persecution.
610   $asaint.
610   $asasanian empire.
610   $aspirituality.
610   $atheology.
610   $azoroastrianism.
615  0$aNestorian Church$xHistory.
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700   $aWalker$b Joel Thomas$f1968-$01004189
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