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345 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520245785
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 24 April 2006
Description
This pioneering study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq. Translated from Syriac into English here for the first time, the legend of Mar Qardagh introduces a hero of epic...
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345 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520245785
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 24 April 2006
Description
This pioneering study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq. Translated from Syriac into English here for the first time, the legend of Mar Qardagh introduces a hero of epic...