ISBN:
9780520972957
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (324 p)
Edition:
[Online-Ausgabe]
Year of publication:
2020
Series Statement:
Transformation of the Classical Heritage 60
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
270.2092
Keywords:
Christianity and antisemitism History
;
Syriac Christian saints Biography
;
RELIGION / Christianity / History
;
5th century
;
alexander the sleepless
;
antiquity
;
antisemitism
;
archimandrite
;
ascetic
;
barsauma
;
bishops
;
christianity
;
church history
;
cloister
;
discrimination
;
eastern church
;
eudocia
;
hagiography
;
hate
;
history
;
holy land
;
holy men
;
jerusalem
;
life of barsauma
;
middle east
;
miracles
;
monk
;
near east
;
nonfiction
;
palestine
;
pilgrimage
;
prejudice
;
religion
;
religious figures
;
religious groups
;
religious persecution
;
samaritans
;
spirituality
;
syria
;
temple mount
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Barsauma and the Emperors -- 2. Ascetic History and Rhetoric in the Life of Barsauma -- 3. Barsauma’s Travels to the Holy Land and Jewish history -- 4. Barsauma, Eudocia, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount -- 5. Cleansing the Sacred Space: The Holy Land and Its Inhabitants in the Pilgrimage Narrative of Barsauma -- 6. “It is not lawful for Samaritans to have dealings with Christians!” Samaritans in the Life of Barsauma -- 7. Wandering Monks Remembered: Hagiography in the Lives of Alexander the Sleepless and Barsauma The Mourner -- Conclusion: Barsauma between hagiography and history -- Appendix: The Life of Barsauma -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index
Abstract:
Barsauma was a fifth-century Syrian ascetic, archimandrite, and leader of monks, notorious for his extreme asceticism and violent anti-Jewish campaigns across the Holy Land. Although Barsauma was a powerful and revered figure in the Eastern church, modern scholarship has widely dismissed him as a thug of peripheral interest. Until now, only the most salacious bits of the Life of Barsauma—a fascinating collection of miracles that Barsauma undertook across the Near East—had been translated. This pioneering study includes the first full translation of the Life and a series of studies by scholars employing a range of methods to illuminate the text from different angles and contexts. This is the authoritative source on this influential figure in the history of the church and his life, travels, and relations with other religious groups
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520972957
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