Holy women of the Syrian Orient

P. Brock, Sebastian; Harvey, Susan Ashbrook

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Holy women of the Syrian Orient

Sebastian P. Brock and Susan Ashbrook Harvey

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
Dedication
NOTE ON THE TRANSLATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
- NOTES
UPDATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON WOMEN IN SYRIAC CHRISTIANITY
INTRODUCTION
- I
- II
- III
- IV
1 Mary, the Niece of Abraham of Qidun
- INTRODUCTION
  - Mary, the Niece of Abraham of Qidun
  - Lament of Mary, the Niece of Abraham of Qidun
2 Pelagia
- INTRODUCTION
  - Pelagia
3 Persian Martyrs
- INTRODUCTION
  - A. The Martyrdom of Martha, Daughter of Posi who was a Daughter of the Covenant
  - B. The Martyrdom of Tarbo, her Sister, and her Servant
  - C. From the Martyrs of Karka d-Beth Slokh
  - D. From the History of Karka d-Beth Slokh
  - E. The Martyrdom of Thekla, a Daughter of the Covenant, and of Four Other Daughters of the Covenant with Her
  - F. Anahid
4 Women Martyrs of Najran
- INTRODUCTION
  - A. From Simeon of Beth Arsham's Second Letter
    - The Burning of the Church
    - Elizabeth
    - Tahna, Ummah, and Ḥudayyah
    - The Freeborn Women
    - The Maid Servants
    - Maḥya
    - Ruhm
  - B. From the Book of theḤimyarites (Chapter 21)
    - Ḥabsa, Ḥayya, and Ḥayya
5 From the Lives of the Eastern Saints, by John of Ephesus Mary, Euphemia and Susan
- INTRODUCTION
  - A. John of Ephesus, Lives, 12: Mary and Euphemia
  - B. John of Ephesus, Lives, 27: Susan
6 Anastasia
- INTRODUCTION
  - The Story of Anastasia
7 Febronia
- INTRODUCTION
  - Febronia
8 Shirin
- INTRODUCTION
  - Shirin
Notes
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 Mary, the Niece of Abraham of Qidun
- 2 Pelagia
- 3 Persian Martyrs
- 4 Women Martyrs of Najran
- 5 From the Lives of the Eastern Saints, by John of Ephesus Mary, Euphemia and Susan
- 6 Anastasia
- 7 Febronia
- 8 Shirin
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES
- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY (in chronological order)
  - (a) General Introductions to Hagiography
  - (b) On Women and Sanctity in Late Antiquity
- SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES: SOURCES USED AND SECONDARY LITERATURE
  - 1. Mary, Niece of Abraham of Qidun
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 2.Pelagia
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 3. Persian Martyrs
    - General Background
  - 3A. Martha
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 3B. Tarbo
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 3C–D.Martyrs of Karka d-Beth Slokh (Kerkuk)
    - Sources (C)
    - Sources (D)
    - Secondary Literature
  - 3E.Thekla and Companions
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 3F. Anahid
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 4. The Women Martyrs of Najran
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 5. From John of Ephesus, Lives of the Eastern Saints
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 6. Anastasia
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 7. Febronia
    - Sources
    - Secondary Literature
  - 8. Shirin
    - Sources
INDEX of names occurring in the texts translated

Reviews
Journal Abbreviation	Label	URL
JNES	60.3 (Jul. 2001): 204-205	http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2968%28200107%2960%3A3%3C204%3AHWOTSO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A
CR	50.1 (2000): 325	http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0009-840X%282000%292%3A50%3A1%3C325%3AHWOTSO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O