Holy women of the Syrian Orient
By: introduced and translated by Sebastian P. Brock and Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Contributors: Brock, Sebastian P; Harvey, Susan Ashbrook
Edition: Updated ed., with a new preface
Series: The Transformation of the classical heritage -- 13
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng; syr
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Christian saints -- Middle East -- Biography -- Early works to 1800; Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800; Syriac Christians -- Middle East -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index
Table of contents: title: Mary, the niece of Abraham of Qidun; title: Pelagia, of Antioch; title: Persian martyrs : Martha, Tarbo, Martyrs of Karak d-Beth Slokh (Kirkuk), History of Karka d-Beth Slokh, Thekla and companions, Anahid; title: Women martyrs of Najran : From Simeon of Beth Arsham's second letter, From the Book of the Himyarits; title: From the Lives of the eastern saints / by John of Ephesus : Mary and Euphemia, Susan; title: Anastasia; title: Febronia; title: Shirin