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The legend of Mar Qardagh: narrative and Christian heroism in late antique Iraq

Joel Thomas Walker
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  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xi)
  • ABBREVIATIONS (page xiii)
  • TRANSLITERATION AND TERMINOLOGY (page xvii)
  • Introduction: Christianity in Late Antique Iraq and the Legend of Mar Qardagh (page 1)
  • PART I. The History of Mar Qardagh in English Translation, with Commentary
    • Introduction to the Text (page 17)
    • The History of the Heroic Deeds of Mar Qardagh the Victorious Martyr (page 19)
    • Index of Scriptural Citations (page 71)
  • PART II. Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq
    • 1. The Church of the East and the Hagiography of the Persian Martyrs (page 87)
    • 2. "We Rejoice in Your Heroic Deeds!" Christian Heroism and Sasanian Epic Tradition (page 121)
    • 3. Refuting the Eternity of the Stars: Philosophy between Byzantium and Late Antique Iraq (page 164)
    • 4. Conversion and the Family in the Acts of the Persian Martyrs (page 206)
    • 5. Remembering Mar Qardagh: The Origins and Evolution of an East-Syrian Martyr Cult (page 246)
    • Epilogue: The Festival of Mar Qardagh at Melqi (page 281)
  • APPENDIX. THE QARDAGH LEGEND AND THE CHRONICLE OF ARBELA (page 287)
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 291)
  • INDEX (page 335)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JLA 1.2 (Fall 2008): 388-390 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_late_antiquity/v001/1.2.watts.html
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Published: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Copyright Holder: University of California Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520932197 (ebook)
  • 9780520245785 (hardcover)
Series
  • Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Subject
  • European: 400-1400
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