{"product_id":"the-wandering-holy-man-the-life-of-barsauma-christian-asceticism-and-religious-conflict-in-late-antique-palestine-60-transformation-of-the-classical-heritage-9780520304147","title":"The Wandering Holy Man The Life of Barsauma","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarsauma 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 Barsaumaa fascinating collection of miracles that Barsauma undertook across the Near Easthad 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.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illlustrations \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Volker Menze\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Barsauma and the Emperors \u003cbr\u003e Simon Corcoran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ascetic History and Rhetoric in the Life of Barsauma \u003cbr\u003e Cornelia B. Horn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Barsauma’s Travels to the Holy Land and Jewish History \u003cbr\u003e Günter Stemberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Barsauma, Eudocia, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount \u003cbr\u003e Jan Willem Drijvers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Cleansing the Sacred Space: The Holy Land and Its Inhabitants in the Pilgrimage \u003cbr\u003e Narrative of Barsauma \u003cbr\u003e Reuven Kiperwasser and Serge Ruzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. “It is not lawful for Samaritans to have dealings with Christians!”\u003cbr\u003e Samaritans in the Life of Barsauma\u003cbr\u003e Johannes Hahn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Wandering Monks Remembered: Hagiography in the Lives of Alexander the \u003cbr\u003e Sleepless and Barsauma the Mourner \u003cbr\u003e Daniel F. Caner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Barsauma between Hagiography and History \u003cbr\u003e Johannes Hahn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: The Life of Barsauma \u003cbr\u003e Andrew Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864912703831,"sku":"9780520304147","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520304147.jpg?v=1722273286","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-wandering-holy-man-the-life-of-barsauma-christian-asceticism-and-religious-conflict-in-late-antique-palestine-60-transformation-of-the-classical-heritage-9780520304147","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}