The date of the Martyrdom of Simeon bar Sabba’e and the persecution of Christians in Persia under ShapurII
The article is a contribution to the more than one-hundred-year-long discussion on the date of death of Simeon bar Sabba’e, metropolitan bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, and the beginning of the persecution of Christians in Persia during the reign of ShapurII. The author stresses the point that the mai...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2017
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2017, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 496-519 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Shapur II Iran, King 309-379
/ Iran
/ Christian
/ Persecution
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Persecutions of Persian Christians
Simeon bar Sabba’e
Shapur II
Church in Sasanian Persia
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| Summary: | The article is a contribution to the more than one-hundred-year-long discussion on the date of death of Simeon bar Sabba’e, metropolitan bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, and the beginning of the persecution of Christians in Persia during the reign of ShapurII. The author stresses the point that the main source on Simeon’s martyrdom is a hagiographical work and, as such, it should be interpreted strictly on the basis of the principles relevant to the genre. Taking some of the hypotheses formulated to date into consideration, the author holds the view that it is not possible to determine the precise date of Simeon’s death. It could only be assumed that it must have occurred somewhere between February344 and July345, most likely in late344. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2017-0032 |