The Martyrdom of St Phokas of Sinope The Syriac Version

The fame of the martyr St. Phokas, first bishop of Sinope (on the Black Sea) and patron of seafarers, had spread to many parts of the Christian world by the fifth and sixth centuries. Although the Acts of his martyrdom under Trajan were composed in Greek, the earliest witness to them is the Syriac t...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Brock, Sebastian P.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2013]
Zusammenfassung:
The fame of the martyr St. Phokas, first bishop of Sinope (on the Black Sea) and patron of seafarers, had spread to many parts of the Christian world by the fifth and sixth centuries. Although the Acts of his martyrdom under Trajan were composed in Greek, the earliest witness to them is the Syriac translation which is edited and translated here from two early manuscripts
Umfang:
1 online resource (74 p.)
Schriftenreihe:
Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
ISBN:
9781463235314
DOI:
10.31826/9781463235314
Schlagworte:
RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
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