Syriac Hagiography: Texts and Beyond

by Sergey Minov

Chapters gathered in Syriac Hagiography: Texts and Beyond explore a wide range of Syriac hagiographical works, while following two complementary methodological approaches, i.e. literary and cultic, or formal and functional. Grouped into three main sections, these contributions reflect three interrelated ways in which we can read Syriac hagiography and further grasp its characteristics: "Texts as Literature" seeks to unfold the mechanisms of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004445285
• ISBN13: 9789004445284
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 382 Pages