Constantine and the captive Christians of Persia: martyrdom and religious identity in Late Antiquity
"This book demonstrates that the history of Christianity in the fourth century has been written mainly on the basis of Greek ecclesiastical histories and Syriac martyrdom narratives that date to decades, even centuries, after the fact. By closely analyzing these sources--which often exhibit con...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Smith, Kyle 1977-
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| Format: | Print
Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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| Published: |
Oakland, California
University of California Press
[2016]
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| In: |
The transformation of the classical heritage (57)
Year: 2016
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| Series/Journal: | The transformation of the classical heritage
57
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Syriac churches
/ Mesopotamia
/ Persecution
/ Religious identity
/ Shapur II Iran, King 309-379
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Konstantin, I., Römisches Reich, Kaiser ca. 280-337
/ War
/ Mesopotamia
/ Shapur II Iran, King 309-379
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Konstantin, I., Römisches Reich, Kaiser ca. 280-337
/ Christianity
/ Iran
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| Further subjects: | B
Syriac Christians (Iran)
History To 1500
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Constantine Emperor of Rome (-337)
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Syriac Christians
History To 1500 Sources
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Syriac Christians (Iraq)
History To 1500
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Iran
History To 640
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Iraq
History To 634
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Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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Thesis
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