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The Martyrdom and History of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba'e

[Paperback]

by Kyle Smith

    • Author

      Kyle Smith

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Gorgias Press LLC

    • Published

      November 2014

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      The Martyrdom and History of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba'e

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      Around the year 339 CE, Simeon bar Sabbae (the bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon on the Tigris) was killed by the Persian king Shapur II. Simeon was arrested for refusing to collect taxes from his flock, and he was beheaded for disobeying the king's order to worship the sun. The bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was no minor figure. In fact, Simeon's martyr acts proclaim that he was the leader of the Christians of Persia and the protomartyr of Shapur's forty-year persecution. Curiously, however, two very different versions of Simeon's death exist. Each is presented here with an accompanying translation and notes. The shorter and earlier version of Simeon's death, the Martyrdom, compares the Christians of Persia to the Maccabees and equates Simeon with the great Jewish warrior Judah the Maccabee. The much longer and later version, the History, takes a different approach. Omitting all references to the Maccabees, the History compares the Christians of the East (Persia) to the persecuted Christians of the West (the Roman Empire) prior to Constantine. Simeon's Martyrdom and History are fundamental sources for chronicling the history of Christianity in Sasanian Persia. Together, these texts testify to the centrality of martyrdom literature in late ancient Syriac Christianity, and they show how Persian Christians forged their own political and religious identities amidst the ongoing Christianization of the Roman Empire.

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      • Author

        Kyle Smith

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Gorgias Press LLC

      • Published

        November 2014

      • Weight

        427g

      • Page Count

        290

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 17 mm

      • ISBN

        9781463202453

      • ISBN-10

        1463202458

      • Eden Code

        4432973

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      • Author/Creator: Kyle Smith

      • ISBN: 9781463202453

      • Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC

      • Release Date: November 2014

      • Weight: 427g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 17 mm

      • Eden Code: 4432973

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