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The Legend of Mar Qardagh: Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq - Transformation of the Classical Heritage Joel Walker
The Legend of Mar Qardagh: Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq - Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Joel Walker
During the several stages of his career, Mar Qardagh hunts like a Persian King, argues like a Greek philosopher, and renounces his Zoroastrian family to live with monks high in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. This study that uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq.
368 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 2 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 24, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520245785 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 366 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 163 × 32 mm · 722 g |
| Language | English |