Persian Martyr Acts under King Yazdgird I

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Gorgias Press

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491_9781463206239

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This 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 Beth Raziqaye who damages a fire temple that had formerly been a church. Tataq is a high ranking courtier from Beth ?adyab who abandons his position to become an ascetic. Mar ‘Abda is a compliant bishop from ?uzestan 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.

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