Three Christian martyrdoms from early Islamic Palestine: parallel Georgian-English and Greek-English texts
All three of the martyrdoms presented in this volume were composed at the Mar Saba monastery in the Judean Desert. They share a common high literary style, although each is very different in the manner that it portrays Christian martyrdom at the hands of the Muslims. All three are attributed to famo...
| Subtitles: | Passion of Peter of Capitolias Passion of Romanos the Neomartyr Passion of the Twenty Martyrs of Mar Saba |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek Georgian Greek |
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| Published: |
Provo, Utah
Brigham Young University Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Eastern Christian texts
6 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Palestine
/ Martyrdom
/ Islamization
/ History 715-780
B Palestine / Islam / Christian / Martyrdom / History 700-800 |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian martyrs (Palestine)
B Islam Relations Christianity B Peter of Capitolias (-715) B Romanos Neomartyr (died 780) |
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| Summary: | All three of the martyrdoms presented in this volume were composed at the Mar Saba monastery in the Judean Desert. They share a common high literary style, although each is very different in the manner that it portrays Christian martyrdom at the hands of the Muslims. All three are attributed to famous members of this renowned monastic community. The editions of each text have been corrected and compared with the manuscript evidence when available. The English translations are the first for each into any modern language other than Russian |
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| Item Description: | In English, Georgian, and Greek; Georgian and Greek texts translated into English |
| ISBN: | 9004542892 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004542891 |