History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai (Translated Texts for Historians, Volume 53) - Softcover

Daniel F. Caner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846312167 ISBN 13: 9781846312168

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The Sinai peninsula emerged in late antiquity as a distinct region of the Christian holy land, identified from the fourth century onward as the Old Testament place where the Hebrews had wandered, and God's Majesty descended'. This book explores the particular ideals and dangers associated with this remote political and religious frontier.

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Review:

"This book is an important contribution to the synchronic study of the whole literary tradition concerning Sinai in late antiquity and summarizes the current state of research, though without suggesting definitive solutions to problems posed in the philological scholarship on the texts."--Speculum, A Journal of Medieval Studies

About the Author:

Daniel F. Caner is Associate Professor of History and Classics at the University of Connecticut. Kevin Van Bladel is Assistant Professor of Classics at University of Southern California. Richard Price is Senior Lecturer in the History of Christianity at Heythrop College, University of London. His previous publications include translations and commentaries of the Acts of Chalcedon (with Michael Gaddis) and Theodoret, History of the Monks of Syria.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1846312167
• ISBN 13: 9781846312168
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256