The Legend of Mar Qardagh: Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq - Transformation of the Classical Heritage - Joel Walker - Books - University of California Press - 9780520245785 - April 24, 2006
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The Legend of Mar Qardagh: Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq - Transformation of the Classical Heritage

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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  

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