The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran (Volume 28) (Transformation of the Classical Heritage) by Fowden, Elizabeth Key - 1999-11-30

University of California Press, 1999-11-30. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Hardcover. Text block is very mildly damp-rippled; scholarly pencil marks and small notes throughout; else overall very good thus in near fine jacket. Minor bumping to upper board edge./near fine. Small quaerto in color illus pale green and yellow jacket; xix, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 193-217) and index. Contents: 1. Portraits of a Martyr -- The Passio of SS. Sergius and Bacchus -- History in the Passio: The Emperor -- The Hagiographic Milieu -- Alexander of Hierapolis and the Early Cult of S. Sergius -- Images of S. Sergius -- 2. Martyr Cult on the Frontier: The Case of Mayperqat -- Relics and Defense -- At the World's Center -- The Ecumenical City of Martyrs -- The Iranian Viewpoint -- 3. Rusafa -- The Frontier Zone -- A Place of Convergence -- The Fortress-Shrine -- Pilgrimage to Rusafa -- 4. The Spread of the Sergius Cult in Syria and Mesopotamia -- The Hawran -- West of the Steppe -- Northern Syria… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. Focusing on the socio-cultural as well as the political dimensions of the Sergius cult, this study sheds light on the lives of the ordinary faithful, as well as on religion's place in the strategic calculations of hostile empires. It discusses Arab Christianity in the context of late Roman culture in the East.

Univ of California Pr, 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 227 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.

University of California Press, 1999-11-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

University of California Press, 1999-11-29. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing