The Life of Stephen of Mar Sabas

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By (author) J.C. Lamoreaux

Book cover: The Life of Stephen of Mar Sabas

Extent: 153 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Language & Linguistics, Religious Studies

Series: Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium

Series volume number: 578, 50

Language: Arabic

Paperback (Published)

(January 1999)

ISBN: 9789042906907

Price: $69.00

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The present work offers an edition and English translation of the Arabic version of the Life of Stephen of Mar Sabas. When Stephen died in 794 A.D., a vivid account of his life was drawn up within a few years of his death by one of his disciples, Leontius of Damascus. In part autobiographical, Leontius’ account offers a unique glimpse into the life of the Palestinian monasteries in the early Islamic period. It also sheds important light on a host of other issues. Among these: the social history of early Islamic Syria and Palestine, the history of the Jerusalem patriarchate, and early Muslim-Christian relations. The present work should be of interest both to scholars of church history and to historians of early Islam.

  • By (author) J.C. Lamoreaux