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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.GeoffreyHermanPersian Martyr Acts under King Yazdgird Ihttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PCFUUVU5https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/PCFUUVU5https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/PCFUUVU5Piscataway, New JerseyGorgias Press2016Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Text and Translation 5This volume presents five vivid tales of Persian Christian martyrs from the fifth century. They provide important historical information on Christian society at this time, revealing its geographical and social divisions. Narseh is an itinerant monk from Bēth Raziqāyē who damages a fire temple that had formerly been a church. Tātāq is a high ranking courtier from Bēth Ḥadyab who abandons his position to become an ascetic. Mār ‘Abdā is a compliant bishop from Ḥuzestān drawn into conflict with the king by his confrontational and defiant priest, Hasho. Set in the Sasanian Empire in the reign of Yazdgird I (399-420 CE), these texts thematize the struggle between the martyrs' identity as Persian subjects loyal to the king, often in the face of hostility by the Zoroastrian priesthood, and their devotion to their Christian faith.
Herman, Geoffrey. Persian Martyr Acts under King Yazdgird I. Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Text and Translation 5. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2016.
Geoffrey Herman, Persian Martyr Acts under King Yazdgird I, Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Text and Translation 5 (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2016).IV-VII CEIranMar AbdaMar Narsai the AsceticMar TataqPersian martyrsV CEYazdgard Ihagiographymartyrdomprimary sources [Syriac] + English translation