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The wandering holy man : the life of Barsauma, Christian asceticism, and religious conflict in late antique Palestine /

"Barsauma was a fifth-century Syrian ascetic, archimandrite, and leader of monks, notorious for his extreme asceticism and violent anti-Jewish campaigns across the Holy Land. Although Barsauma was a powerful and revered figure in the Eastern church, modern scholarship has widely dismissed him a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hahn, Johannes, 1957- (Editor ), Menze, Volker-Lorenz, 1974- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Colección:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 60.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Barsauma and the Imperial Court / Simon Corcoran
  • Ascetic history and rhetoric in the life of Barsauma / Cornelia B. Horn
  • Barsauma's travels to the Holy Land and Jewish history / Günter Stemberger
  • Barsauma, Eudocia, Jerusalem and the Temple Mount / Jan Willem Drijvers
  • Cleansing the sacred space: the Holy Land and its inhabitants in the pilgrimage narrative of Barsauma / Reuven Kiperwasser and Serge Ruzer
  • "It is not lawful for Samaritans to have dealings with Christians!" Samaritans in the life of Barsauma / Johannes Hahn
  • Wandering monks remembered: hagiography in the lives of Alexander the Sleepless and Barsauma the Mourner / Daniel F. Caner
  • Barsauma between hagiography and history / Johannes Hahn
  • Appendix: The life of Barsauma / Andrew Palmer.