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The 15 hagiographies of holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs' passions and saints' lives, pious romances and personal reminiscences. Dating from the 4th to 7th centuries AD, they are translated from Syriac into accessible prose.

Table of Contents
Note on the Translation and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Map
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Updated Bibliography on Women in Syriac Christianity
Introduction
1 • Mary, the Niece of Abraham of Qidun
Introduction
Mary
2 • Pelagia of Antioch
Introduction
Pelagia
3 • Persian Martyrs
Introduction
A. Martha
B. Tarbo
C. Martyrs ofKarka d-Beth Slokh (Kirkuk)
D. History of Karka d-Beth Slokh
E. Thekla and Companions
F. Anahid
4 ·Women Martyrs of Najran
Introduction
A. From Simeon of Beth Arsham's Second Letter
B. From the Book of the Himyarites
5 ·From the Lives of the Eastern Saints, by John of Ephesus
Introduction
A. Mary and Euphemia
B. Susan
6 • Anastasia
Introduction
Anastasia
7 • Febronia
Introduction
Febronia
8 • Shirin
Introduction
Shirin
Bibliography and Sources
Index of Names

Holy Women of the Syrian Orient

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    A Paperback / softback by Sebastian P. Brock, Susan Ashbrook Harvey

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 28/08/1998
      ISBN13: 9780520213661, 978-0520213661
      ISBN10: 0520213661
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The 15 hagiographies of holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs' passions and saints' lives, pious romances and personal reminiscences. Dating from the 4th to 7th centuries AD, they are translated from Syriac into accessible prose.

      Table of Contents
      Note on the Translation and Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations
      Map
      Preface to the Paperback Edition
      Updated Bibliography on Women in Syriac Christianity
      Introduction
      1 • Mary, the Niece of Abraham of Qidun
      Introduction
      Mary
      2 • Pelagia of Antioch
      Introduction
      Pelagia
      3 • Persian Martyrs
      Introduction
      A. Martha
      B. Tarbo
      C. Martyrs ofKarka d-Beth Slokh (Kirkuk)
      D. History of Karka d-Beth Slokh
      E. Thekla and Companions
      F. Anahid
      4 ·Women Martyrs of Najran
      Introduction
      A. From Simeon of Beth Arsham's Second Letter
      B. From the Book of the Himyarites
      5 ·From the Lives of the Eastern Saints, by John of Ephesus
      Introduction
      A. Mary and Euphemia
      B. Susan
      6 • Anastasia
      Introduction
      Anastasia
      7 • Febronia
      Introduction
      Febronia
      8 • Shirin
      Introduction
      Shirin
      Bibliography and Sources
      Index of Names

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