Constantine and the captive Christians of Persia : martyrdom and religious identity in Late Antiquity

1. Verfasser: Smith, Kyle, 1977- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016].
Umfang/Format: xxi, 231 pages : map.
Schriftenreihe: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 57.
Schlagworte:
Constantinus > I, > Imperator Augustus, > ca. 273/280-337 > Flavius Valerius Aurelius
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Irak > History > To 634.
Persien > History > To 640.
Syriac Christians > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Syriac Christians > Iran > History > To 1500.
Syriac Christians > Iraq > History > To 1500.
Online Zugang: Online available soon
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Constantine and the writing of fourth-century history
  • Patronizing Persians: Constantine's Letter to Shapur II
  • Constantine's crusade: the emperor's last days and the Persian campaign
  • Rereading Nisibis: narrating the battle for Roman Mesopotamia
  • On war and persecution: Aphrahat the Persian sage and the martyrdom and history of Blessed Simeon bar Sabbae
  • The church of the East and the territorialization of Christianity
  • Memories of Constantine in the Acts of the Persian Martyrs
  • Appendix 1: Constantine's Letter to Shapur II (Euseb. VC IV.8-14)
  • Appendix 2: Martydom of the captives of Beth Zabdai
  • Appendix 3: Martyrdom of Abbot Barshebya, ten fellow brothers, and one magus.

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