TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoyland,Robert
AU  - Brock,Sebastian
AU  - Brunner,Kyle
AU  - Hoyland,Robert
AU  - Tannous,Jack
TI  - The Life of Simeon of the Olives: An entrepreneurial saint of early Islamic North Mesopotamia 
T2  - Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
SN  - 9781463243463
AV  - BX179.S56 J63 2021
U1  - 235/.2092 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - Christian saints
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Ṭur ʻAbdin
KW  - Biography
KW  - Ṭur ʿAbdin
KW  - Monophysites
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Literature
KW  - Religion
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgments --; List of Maps and Figures --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. The Life of Simeon of the Olives: A Christian Puzzle from Islamic Syria --; Chapter 3. Simeon of the Olives and his World: Life on the Khabur Basin during the early Islamic period --; Chapter 4. Edition and Translation --; Appendix 1. Simeon at the funeral of Mar Gabriel (RH) --; Appendix 2. Simeon at the court of al-Ma’mun (RH) --; Bibliography --; Index of Persons and Places; restricted access
N2  - This book presents 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. His career coincided with the beginnings of the incorporation of North Mesopotamia into the expanding Muslim Empire, and offers fascinating insights into this process and the role that SImeon himself played in it, particularly his interaction with Muslim authorities in the cities of Nisibis and Harran. The Life is analyzed from historical and literary perspectives, and its material context is explored by recourse to the latest archaeological surveys and excavations in the region where Simeon lived and worked. The book also follows Simeon as he was transformed into a champion of West Syrian Christianity by later members of that community, who portrayed him as engaging in amicable debates with the intellectually curious caliph al-Ma'mun (813-33) and leading Muslim theologians at his court
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463243470
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463243470
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463243470/original
ER  -