The legend of Mar Qardagh [[electronic resource] ] : narrative and Christian heroism in late antique Iraq / / Joel Thomas Walker |
Autore | Walker Joel Thomas <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 345 p.) |
Disciplina |
275.67/02/092
B |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
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 |
ISBN |
1-282-35882-0
9786612358821 0-520-93219-6 1-59875-937-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783670203321 |
Walker Joel Thomas <1968->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
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The legend of Mar Qardagh : narrative and Christian heroism in late antique Iraq / / Joel Thomas Walker |
Autore | Walker Joel Thomas <1968-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 345 p.) |
Disciplina |
275.67/02/092
B |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
Soggetto topico | Nestorian Church - Iraq - 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 |
ISBN |
1-282-35882-0
9786612358821 0-520-93219-6 1-59875-937-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248211303316 |
Walker Joel Thomas <1968->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
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The Persianate World : The Frontiers of a Eurasian Lingua Franca / / Nile Green |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366) |
Disciplina | 491/.5509 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature & literary studies
History |
Soggetto non controllato |
beijing
bengali chinese eurasian language geographical imperial islamic world language literary london persian persographia pre modern cosmopolitanism punjabi shared language siberia social frontiers southeast asia turkic under explored language vernacular competitors world historical inquiry world history written persian |
ISBN | 0-520-30092-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- A Note on Transliteration -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction The Frontiers of the Persianate World (ca. 800-1900) -- 1. Imperial Ambitions, Mystical Aspirations: Persian Learning in the Ottoman World -- 2. Persian at the Court or in the Village? The Elusive Presence of Persian in Bengal -- 3. The Uses of Persian in Imperial China: Translating Practices at the Ming Court -- 4. Persian and Turkic from Kazan to Tobolsk: Literary Frontiers in Muslim Inner Asia -- 5. Marking Boundaries and Building Bridges: Persian Scholarly Networks in Mughal Punjab -- 6. A Lingua Franca in Decline? The Place of Persian in Qing China -- 7. Speaking "Bukharan": The Circulation of Persian Texts in Imperial Russia -- 8. Lingua Franca or Lingua Magica? Talismanic Scrolls from Eastern Turkistan -- 9. Conflicting Meanings of Persianate Culture: An Intimate Example from Colonial India and Britain -- 10. De-Persifying Court Culture: The Khanate of Khiva's Translation Program -- 11. Dissidence from a Distance: Iranian Politics as Viewed from Colonial Daghestan -- 12. From Peshawar to Tehran: An Anti-imperialist Poet of the Late Persianate Milieu -- Epilogue: The Persianate Millennium -- Glossary -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910321956603321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] | ||
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The Persianate World : The Frontiers of a Eurasian Lingua Franca / / Nile Green |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366) |
Disciplina | 491/.5509 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature & literary studies
History |
Soggetto non controllato |
beijing
bengali chinese eurasian language geographical imperial islamic world language literary london persian persographia pre modern cosmopolitanism punjabi shared language siberia social frontiers southeast asia turkic under explored language vernacular competitors world historical inquiry world history written persian |
ISBN | 0-520-30092-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- A Note on Transliteration -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction The Frontiers of the Persianate World (ca. 800-1900) -- 1. Imperial Ambitions, Mystical Aspirations: Persian Learning in the Ottoman World -- 2. Persian at the Court or in the Village? The Elusive Presence of Persian in Bengal -- 3. The Uses of Persian in Imperial China: Translating Practices at the Ming Court -- 4. Persian and Turkic from Kazan to Tobolsk: Literary Frontiers in Muslim Inner Asia -- 5. Marking Boundaries and Building Bridges: Persian Scholarly Networks in Mughal Punjab -- 6. A Lingua Franca in Decline? The Place of Persian in Qing China -- 7. Speaking "Bukharan": The Circulation of Persian Texts in Imperial Russia -- 8. Lingua Franca or Lingua Magica? Talismanic Scrolls from Eastern Turkistan -- 9. Conflicting Meanings of Persianate Culture: An Intimate Example from Colonial India and Britain -- 10. De-Persifying Court Culture: The Khanate of Khiva's Translation Program -- 11. Dissidence from a Distance: Iranian Politics as Viewed from Colonial Daghestan -- 12. From Peshawar to Tehran: An Anti-imperialist Poet of the Late Persianate Milieu -- Epilogue: The Persianate Millennium -- Glossary -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996328038003316 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] | ||
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Translating Wisdom : Hindu-Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia / / Shankar Nair |
Autore | Nair Shankar |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina | 294.5/1570954 |
Soggetto topico |
Hinduism - Relations - Islam
Hinduism - Sacred books - Translating - History Islam - Relations - Hinduism HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient india
early modern india hindu sanskrit texts hinduism history indian history intellectual history islam islamic intellectuals jug basisht laghu yoga vasistha metaphysics mughal south asia mughal nonfiction persian religion religious diversity religious history religious studies sanskrit south asia spirituality sufi translation movement translations yoga vasistha |
ISBN | 0-520-97575-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Laghu-Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha and Its Persian Translation -- Chapter 2: Madhusūdana Sarasvatī and the Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha -- Chapter 3: Muḥibb Allāh Ilāhābādī and an Islamic Framework for Religious Diversity -- Chapter 4: Mīr Findiriskī and the Jūg Bāsisht -- Chapter 5: A Confluence of Traditions: The Jūg Bāsisht Revisited -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996347747303316 |
Nair Shankar
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2020] | ||
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