Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Text and Translation – serie
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Story of Mar Pinhas
Av Adam McCollum, Adam McCollum
Häftad, 2013
690 kr
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This volume contains the Syriac Life of Mar Pinhas, a purported martyr under the Sasanian Empire. This edition contains the Syriac text (first published in 1894 by Paul Bedjan), an English translation, explanatory annotations, and Addai Scher's Arabic version of the story.
Martyrdom and History of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba'e
Av Kyle Smith
Häftad, 2014
699 kr
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The Martyrdom, and the later History, of Simeon bar Sabba’e narrate the death of the bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon who was killed around the year 340 C.E. at the beginning of King Shapur II’s “Great Persecution” of Christians in Sasanian Persia.
Martyrs of Mount Ber'ain
Av Paul Dilley, Sebastian P Brock
Häftad, 2014
563 kr
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The Martyrs of Mount Ber’ain is the poignant tale of three noble Iranian siblings who are martyred under Shapur II. Composed in the seventh century, it demonstrates enduring concerns of Christian self-definition in Iran, especially with respect to the Zoroastrian priesthood.
History of the ‘Slave of Christ’
From Jewish Child to Christian Martyr
Häftad, 2017
865 kr
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The first critical editions and English translations of the two Syriac recensions of a fascinating text which narrates the story of a young Jewish child, Asher. After converting to Christianity and taking the name ʿAḇdā da-Mšiḥā (‘slave of Christ’), he is martyred by his father. In a detailed …
History of Mar Behnam and Sarah
Martyrdom and Monasticism in Medieval Iraq
Av Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1091 kr
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The History of Mar Behnam and Sarah tells the story of two siblings who convert to Christianity under the tutelage of Mar Mattai, a monastic leader and wonderworker from the Roman Empire. In this volume, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and Kyle Smith provide the first critical edition and …
Martyrdom of Mar Grigor Piran-Gušnasp and The Martyrdom of Mar Yazd-panah
Av Florence Jullien, Florence Jullien
Häftad, 2023
1039 kr
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In the mid-6th century, Grigor, the general of the Sasanian king’s armies and a converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity, was put to death. This event brings about the conversion of several Zoroastrian notables such as Yazd-panāh, a judge who also died as a martyr three years later, and the …
Three Persian Martyr Acts
The Acts of Miles, Bishop of Susa, the Priest Abursam, and Deacon Sinai, The Martyrdom of Zebina and his Companions, and The Martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of Beth Kashkraye
Av Susan Harvey, Ryhan Durmaz m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
1138 kr
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This volume brings together the texts and translations for three Syriac martyr acts, set in Sasanian Persia during the reign of Shapur II (309-379 CE). These texts offer compelling witness to the challenges of a community’s need to honor memory and experience, and evidence towards the formation and …
History of the Holy Mar Ma‘in
With a Guide to the Persian Martyr Acts
Häftad, 2009
747 kr
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The History of Holy Mar Ma‘in of Sinjar tells the story of a Sasanian general during the time of Shapur II (309-79) who suffered persecution after his conversion to Christianity. In this volume, the first in this new series from Gorgias Press, Sebastian P. Brock provides the first edition ever of …
