The life of Simeon of the Olives : an entrepreneurial Saint of early Islamic North Mesopotamia / by Robert G. Hoyland, Sebastian P. Brock, Kyle B. Brunner, Jack Tannous.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoyland, Robert G., 1966- editor, author.

Brock, Sebastian P., translator.

Brunner, Kyle B., editor, author.

Tannous, Jack Boulos Victor, 1980- editor, author.

Series:

Texts from Christian late antiquity ; v. 66.

Texts from Christian late antiquity, 1935-6846 ; 66

Language:

English

Syriac

Subjects (All):

Syrian Orthodox Church.

Christian saints--Turkey--Ṭur ʻAbdin--Biography.

Christian saints.

Monophysites--Turkey--Ṭur ʻAbdin--Biography.

Monophysites.

Simeon, of the Olives, -734.

Simeon.

Syrian Orthodox Church--Biography.

Turkey--Ṭur ʻAbdin.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ, USA : Gorgias Press LLC, 2021.

Language Note:

Text in English and Syriac.

Summary:

"The first ever critical edition and complete translation of the Syriac Life of Saint Simeon of the Olives, who was an abbot of Qartmin Monastery in Tur Abdin and a bishop of the city of Harran in the late seventh and early eighth century AD"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction / Robert G. Hoyland

2. The life of Simeon of the Olives: a Christian puzzle from Islamic Syria / Jack Tannous

3. Simeon of the Olives and his world: life on the Khabur Basin during the early Islamic period / Kyle Brunner

4. Edition and translation / edition by Robert G. Hoyland and Kyle Brunner ; translation by Sebastian Brock

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index of persons and places.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Job, active 8th century. Life of Simeon of the Olives.

Job, active 8th century. Life of Simeon of the Olives. English.

Other Format:

Online version: Hoyland, Robert. Life of Simeon of the Olives

ISBN:

9781463243463

1463243464

OCLC:

1261770433

Publisher Number:

99988448142