Asceticism and society in crisis: John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints
Syriac began as a dialect of Aramaic, spoken in the region of Edessa early in the first century of the Christian Era. It grew quickly as both the primary vernacular and literary language of the Syrian Orient: the Roman provinces of Mesopotamia, Syria, Osrhoene, and their neighboring Persian province...
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Harvey, Susan Ashbrook 1953-
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Language: | English |
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Berkeley London
University of Californiarnia Press
1990
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The transformation of the classical heritage (18)
Year: 1990
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Reviews: | [Rezension von: Harvey, Susan Ashbrook, Asceticism and Society in Crisis. John of Ephesus and "The Lives of the Eastern Saints"] (1991) (Brock, Sebastian P., 1938 -)
Asceticism and society in crisis. John of Ephesus and The lives of the eastern saints. By Susan Ashbrook Harvey. (Transformation of the Classical Heritage, xviii.) Pp. xviii + 226 incl. maps. Berkeley-Los Angeles-London: University of California Press, 1990. 35. 0 520 06523 9 (1994) (Horden, Peregrine)
Asceticism and Society in Crisis. John of Ephesus and The Lives of the Eastern Saints. By Susan Ashbrook Harvey. Pp. xvi+226. Map. (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 18.) Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, University of California Press, 1990. 35 (1991) (Gould, Graham)
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Series/Journal: | The transformation of the classical heritage
18
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John, Ephesius 507-586
/ Hagiography
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John, Ephesius 507-586
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John Bishop of Ephesus (approximately 507-586) Lives of the Eastern saints
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Syriac Christian saints
History
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Christianity and culture (Byzantine Empire)
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Asceticism
History Early church, ca. 30-600
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Christian hagiography
History To 1500
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