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The Barbarian Plain Saint segius between Ro,me and Iran
Fowden, Elizabeth Key
The Barbarian Plain Saint segius between Ro,me and Iran Elizzabeth Key Fowden - Berkeley University of California Press 1999 - 227 p.
Beginning with a detailed analysis of the surviving accounts of the martyrdom of Sergius, Fowden provides a discussion of Syrian Rusafa-Sergiopolis, traces the spread of the Sergius cult in Syria and Mesopotamia, and provides a provocative interpretation of the relation between the saint's presence at Rusafa and his role in frontier defense. She also discusses Arab Christianity in the context of late Roman culture in the East, as well as the continuation of the Sergius tradition after the Muslim conquest, emphasizing the changes and continuities brought by the rise of Islam.
9780520216853
Religion
Geographical Treatment of Christianity
270.2092 / FOW
The Barbarian Plain Saint segius between Ro,me and Iran Elizzabeth Key Fowden - Berkeley University of California Press 1999 - 227 p.
Beginning with a detailed analysis of the surviving accounts of the martyrdom of Sergius, Fowden provides a discussion of Syrian Rusafa-Sergiopolis, traces the spread of the Sergius cult in Syria and Mesopotamia, and provides a provocative interpretation of the relation between the saint's presence at Rusafa and his role in frontier defense. She also discusses Arab Christianity in the context of late Roman culture in the East, as well as the continuation of the Sergius tradition after the Muslim conquest, emphasizing the changes and continuities brought by the rise of Islam.
9780520216853
Religion
Geographical Treatment of Christianity
270.2092 / FOW