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The Life of the Syrian Saint Barsauma

Eulogy of a Hero of the Resistance to the Council of Chalcedon

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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Religion/Theologie

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Andrew N. Palmer’s vivid translation of the Syriac Life of Barsauma opens a fascinating window onto the ancient Middle East, seen through the life and actions of one of its most dramatic and ambiguous characters: the monk Barsauma, ascetic hero to some, religious terrorist to others. The Life takes us into the eye of the storm that raged around Christian attempts to define the nature of Christ in the great Council of Chalcedon, the effect of which was to split the growing Church irrevocably, with the Oriental Orthodox on one side and Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic on the other. Previously known only in extracts, this ancient text is now finally brought to readers in its entirety, casting dramatic new light on the relations among pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Holy Land and on the role of religious violence, real or imagined, in the mental world of a Middle East as shot through with conflict as it is today.

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nonfiction, nestorius, religion, religious martyr, cloister, nature of christ, barsauma, syria, early church, religious terrorism, profile, saint flavian, middle east, ancient middle east, places of worship, religious men, religious violence, roman catholicism, religious conflict, holy places, christianity, life of barsauma, churches, biography, monk, church sects, asceticism, greek orthodox, holy land, terrorism, religious leaders, acts of chalcedon, bible, council of chalcedon, oriental orthodox