The Passion of the Sixty Martyrs of Jerusalem (d. ca. 724) [BHG 1217]: Study and Translation

The Passion of the Sixty Martyrs of Jerusalem (d. ca. 724) [BHG 1217]: Study and TranslationTravaux et mémoires 26Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/EHGV83SH/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Christian C.SahnerThe Passion of the Sixty Martyrs of Jerusalem (d. ca. 724) [BHG 1217]: Study and Translationhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/EHGV83SHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/EHGV83SHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/EHGV83SHPhilipBoothMaryWhitbyMélanges James Howard-JohnstonParisAssociation des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance2022385-406Travaux et mémoires 26This article studies and provides the first English translation of the Passion of the Sixty martyrs of Jerusalem (BHG 1217), a short Greek text describing the death of a group of Byzantine nobles during an ill-fated pilgrimage to the Holy Land in ca. 724. Written in Palestine during the eighth century, possibly based on a now-lost Syriac Vorlage, it provides a neglected window into the history of Umayyad–Byzantine warfare and the response of Melkite Christians during this era of heightened tension between the empires. The article considers the manuscript tradition of the Passion; the date and author of the work; the possible translation of the text from Syriac to Greek; the historical context (especially the Arab siege of Constantinople in 717–18); and the purpose and audience of the work. The Passion belongs to a larger corpus of Christian martyrdom narratives from the early Islamic period. Both in terms of historical setting and likely date of composition, it is among the earliest of these, and therefore of great potential interest to Byzantinists and Islamicists alike. Sahner, Christian C. “The Passion of the Sixty Martyrs of Jerusalem (d. ca. 724) [BHG 1217]: Study and Translation.” In Mélanges James Howard-Johnston, edited by Philip Booth and Mary Whitby, 385–406. Travaux et Mémoires 26. Paris: Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 2022. Christian C. Sahner, The Passion of the Sixty Martyrs of Jerusalem (d. ca. 724) [BHG 1217]: Study and Translation,” in Mélanges James Howard-Johnston, ed. Philip Booth and Mary Whitby, Travaux et Mémoires 26 (Paris: Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 2022), 385–406.JerusalemMuslim-Christian relationsPalestineVII-XVIII CEVIII CEhagiographymartyrdompersecutionprimary sources [Greek] - English translationsaintstranslations from Syriactranslations into Greek