The Martyrdom and the History of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba'e

• Autores: Joel Walker (res.)
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 157-158
• Idioma: inglés

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  • The Martyrdom and the History of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba'e

    Kyle Smith

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• Resumen

  • The field of Syriac studies has grown in leaps and bounds in recent decades with a host of invaluable new studies, editions, translations, and electronic resources. The author of the Martyrdom, for instance, likens God's response to the persecution to the hot sun, which "melted the ice of paganism, dammed the trickling streams of infidelity, dried up the swamp of idolatry, desiccated the sogginess of defilement, cleansed the rotting stench, and tempered the putrid miasma" (12). Future studies might consider, among many other topics, the texts' robust angelology, their pervasive sun and light imagery, and the History's valorization of pious eunuchs.