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This pioneering study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the culture and society of late antique Iraq. Translated from Syriac into English here for the first time, the legend of Mar Qardagh introduces a hero of epic proportions whose characteristics confound simple classification. During the several stages of his career, Mar Qaragh 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. Drawing on both literary and artistic sources, Joel Walker explores the convergence of these diverse themes in the Christian culture of the Sasanian Empire (224-642). Taking the Qrdagh legend as its foundation, his study guides readers through the rich and complex world of late antique Iraq.

HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Qardagh, --- Church of the East --- Nestorian Church --- Old East Syrian Church --- Assyrian Church of the East --- Chaldean Catholic Church --- History. --- History --- Iraq. --- Tašʻítā d-Mārí Qardag sāhdā. --- Tashʻita de-Mar Ḳardagh sahda --- Iraq --- Irak --- Rāfidayn, Bilād --- Bilād al-Rāfidayn --- Republic of Iraq --- Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah --- Church history. --- Tashʻita de-Mar Ḳardagh sahda. --- Qardagh, -- Mar.. --- Tash?ita de-Mar ?ardagh sahda.. --- Nestorian Church -- Iraq -- History.. --- Iraq -- Church history. --- antiquity. --- arabic. --- archaeology. --- byzantium. --- christian martyr. --- christianity. --- cloister. --- conversion. --- devotion. --- epics. --- festival. --- folk narrative. --- folk tradition. --- folklore. --- hagiography. --- hero. --- iraq. --- kurdistan. --- legend. --- mar qardagh. --- martyr cult. --- martyr. --- martyrdom. --- mission. --- monasticism. --- monks. --- myth. --- nestorian church. --- nonfiction. --- persia. --- persian. --- philosophy. --- piety. --- relics. --- religion. --- religious persecution. --- saint. --- sasanian empire. --- spirituality. --- theology. --- zoroastrianism. --- Tashita de-Mar Kardagh sahda.