The life of Simeon of the olives: an entrepreneurial Saint of early Islamic North Mesopotamia
Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Introduction / Robert G. Hoyland -- 2. The life of Simeon of the Olives: a Christian puzzle from Islamic Syria / Jack Tannous -- 3. Simeon of the Olives and his world: life on the Khabur Basin during the early Islamic period / Kyle Brunner -- 4. Edition and translation / editi...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Piscataway, NJ, USA
Gorgias Press
2021
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Texts from Christian late antiquity (66)
Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Texts from Christian late antiquity
66 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Syrisch-Orthodoxe Kirche von Antiochien
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Monophysites (Turkey) (Ṭur ʻAbdin) Biography
B Simeon of the Olives (-734) B Christian saints (Turkey) (Ṭur ʻAbdin) Biography B Syrian Orthodox Church Biography |
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| Summary: | Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Introduction / Robert G. Hoyland -- 2. The life of Simeon of the Olives: a Christian puzzle from Islamic Syria / Jack Tannous -- 3. Simeon of the Olives and his world: life on the Khabur Basin during the early Islamic period / Kyle Brunner -- 4. Edition and translation / edition by Robert G. Hoyland and Kyle Brunner ; translation by Sebastian Brock -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index of persons and places. This book presents the first ever critical edition and complete translation of the Syriac Life of Saint Simeon of the Olives, who was an abbot of Qartmin Monastery in Tur Abdin and a bishop of the city of Harran in the late seventh and early eighth century AD. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1463243464 |