The Legend of Mar Qardagh : Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq /

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 cl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Joel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2006]
Colección:Transformation of the Classical Heritage ; 40
Temas:
Nestorian Church > History > Iraq.
Nestorian Church > Iraq > History.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
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.
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