The Life of the Syrian Saint Barsauma

Eulogy of a Hero of the Resistance to the Council of Chalcedon

Buch | Hardcover

156 Seiten

2020
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-30416-1 (ISBN)

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Andrew N. Palmer’s vivid translation of the Syriac Life of Barsauma opens a fascinating window onto the ancient Middle East, seen through the life and actions of one of its most dramatic and ambiguous characters: the monk Barsauma, ascetic hero to some, religious terrorist to others. The Life takes us into the eye of the storm that raged around Christian attempts to define the nature of Christ in the great Council of Chalcedon, the effect of which was to split the growing Church irrevocably, with the Oriental Orthodox on one side and Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic on the other. Previously known only in extracts, this ancient text is now finally brought to readers in its entirety, casting dramatic new light on the relations among pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Holy Land and on the role of religious violence, real or imagined, in the mental world of a Middle East as shot through with conflict as it is today.

Andrew N. Palmer studied Syriac at Mor Gabriel in Tur Abdin before writing his doctoral thesis on that monastery. He is the author of Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin.

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Overview of the Life of Barsauma
The Life of Barsauma

Erscheinungsdatum	02.07.2020
Reihe/Serie	Transformation of the Classical Heritage ; 61
Übersetzer	Andrew N. Palmer
Zusatzinfo	2 maps
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 197 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	0-520-30416-0 / 0520304160
ISBN-13	978-0-520-30416-1 / 9780520304161
Zustand	Neuware