Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches /

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"This book analyzes the hagiographic traditions of six missionary saints in the Syriac heritage: Thomas, Addai, Mari, Simeon of Beth Arsham, Jacob Baradaeus, and Ahoudemmeh. Saint-Laurent studies a body of legends about missionaries' voyages in the Syrian Orient and illustrates their share...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saint-Laurent, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Missionaries > Biography.
Christian hagiography.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > Orthodox.
Saints chretiens syriaques > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
Missionaries > Middle East > Biography > History and criticism.
Syriac Christian saints > Biography > History and criticism.
Middle East.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Portraying a missionary narrative in the Syriac tradition
  • St. Thomas : missionary apostle to India
  • The teaching of Addai : founding a Christian city
  • Mari as apostle to the church of Persia
  • John of Ephesus as hagiographer and missionary
  • Legends of Simeon of Beth Arsham, missionary to Persia
  • Hagiographical portraits of Jacob Baradaeus
  • Ahoudemmeh among the Arabs.

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