The History of the 'Slave of Christ'
From Jewish Child to Christian Martyr
Published on 15. April 2019
269 pages
978-1-4632-3696-0 (ISBN)
Description
The first critical editions and English translations of the two Syriac recensions of a fascinating text which narrates the story of a young Jewish child, Asher. After converting to Christianity and taking the name ?A?d? da-M?i?? ('slave of Christ'), he is martyred by his father. In a detailed introduction, Butts and Gross challenge the use of this text by previous scholars as evidence for historical interactions between Jews and Christians, reevaluating its purpose and situating the story in its Late Antique Babylonian context.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Piscataway, NJ
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4632-3696-0 (9781463236960)
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Syriac Recension a
- Syriac Recension ß
- Bibliography
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Manuscripts (Syriac and Arabic)
