John Rufus - The Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus

by Horn, Cornelia B.; Phenix, Robert R., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9789004146860
• ISBN10: 9004146865
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This book makes available for the first time in English important works by the anti-Chalcedonian historian and biographer John Rufus on Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and Abba Romanus, three key figures of the Christian history of Palestine in the fifth and early sixth centuries C.E. The work offers a new critical edition of the Syriac text; the first-ever published English translation; a substantial introduction to Palestinian monasticism, the christological controversies of the time, and the life and writings of John Rufus; and ample annotations to a Syriac text whose Greek original is no longer available. By providing access to the Christian landscape (literally and metaphorically) in late antique and early Byzantine times, this volume offers a valuable counterbalance from a minority perspective to the biographical and historical writings of the Chalcedonian apologist Cyril of Scythopolis.Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. xix
The Context of the History of Georgia from the Fourth to the Sixth Centuries	p. xix
Christianity and Monasticism in Georgia in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries	p. xxv
Peter's Genealogy in the Life of Peter the Iberian: Hagiographic Ancestry	p. xxxiii
The History of the Christological Controversies and Their Context in Palestine from the Fourth to the Sixth Centuries	p. xxxiii
Monasticism in Fifth-Century Palestine	p. xiviii
On the Death of Theodosius	p. liii
The Anti-Chalcedonian Defeat in Palestine	p. liv
Authorship	p. lviii
John Rufus	p. lxii
Rhetoric and Genre in the Life of Peter the Iberian	p. lxiii
Text-Critical Overview	p. lxxi
Versions and Original Text	p. lxxiii
Synopsis of the Vita Petri Iberi and the De obitu Theodosii	p. lxxv
Outline of the Vita Petri Iberi	p. lxxv
Outline of the De obitu Theodosii	p. lxxxiv
Genealogical Tables of the Families of Peter the Iberian and Zuzo	p. lxxxv
Chronological Timeline	p. lxxxv
Texts and Translations Life of Peter the Iberian	p. 2
On the Death of Theodosius	p. 282
Bibliography	p. 303
Primary Sources: Editions and Translations	p. 303
Secondary Sources and Reference Works	p. 313
Indices	p. 337
Index of Biblical References	p. 337
Index of Names, Places, and Concepts	p. 345
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