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The legend of Mar Qardagh : narrative and Christian heroism in late antique Iraq / / Joel Thomas Walker



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Autore: Walker Joel Thomas <1968-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The legend of Mar Qardagh : narrative and Christian heroism in late antique Iraq / / Joel Thomas Walker Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 345 p.)
Disciplina: 275.67/02/092
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Soggetto topico: Nestorian Church - Iraq - History
Soggetto geografico: Iraq Church history
Soggetto non controllato: antiquity
arabic
archaeology
byzantium
christian martyr
christianity
cloister
conversion
devotion
epics
festival
folk narrative
folk tradition
folklore
hagiography
hero
iraq
kurdistan
legend
mar qardagh
martyr cult
martyr
martyrdom
mission
monasticism
monks
myth
nestorian church
nonfiction
persia
persian
philosophy
piety
relics
religion
religious persecution
saint
sasanian empire
spirituality
theology
zoroastrianism
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Transliteration And Terminology -- Introduction: Christianity In Late Antique Iraq And The Legend Of Mar Qardagh -- Introduction To The Text -- The History Of The Heroic Deeds Of Mar Qardagh The Victorious Martyr -- Index Of Scriptural Citations -- 1. The Church Of The East And The Hagiography Of The Persian Martyrs -- 2. "We Rejoice In Your Heroic Deeds!" Christian Heroism And 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 Cult -- Epilogue: The Festival Of Mar Qardagh At Melqi -- Appendix. The Qardagh Legend And The Chronicle Of Arbela -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The legend of Mar Qardagh  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35882-0
9786612358821
0-520-93219-6
1-59875-937-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996248211303316
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Serie: Transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 40.