TY - BOOK ID - 3547171 TI - Constantine and the captive Christians of Persia PY - 2016 VL - 57 SN - 9780520289604 9780520964204 0520289609 0520964209 0520308395 PB - Oakland, California DB - UniCat KW - Syriac Christians KW - Church history KW - Chrétiens syriaques KW - Eglise KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Constantine KW - Iraq KW - Iran KW - Irak KW - 27 <394> KW - Apostolic Church KW - Christianity KW - Church, Apostolic KW - Early Christianity KW - Early church KW - Primitive and early church KW - Primitive Christianity KW - Fathers of the church KW - Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) KW - Syrian Christians KW - Christians KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--Syrië KW - Constantijn, KW - Constantin, KW - Constantin KW - Constantine, KW - Constantino KW - Constantinus Flavius Valerius Aurelius, KW - Constantinus KW - Constantinus, KW - Costantino KW - Costantino, KW - Flaviĭ Valeriĭ Avreliĭ Konstantin, KW - Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, KW - Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, KW - Flavius Valerius Constantinus, KW - Konstantin, KW - Konstantin KW - Kōnstantinos, KW - Kōnstantinos KW - Konstantyn, KW - Kostandianos KW - Κωνσταντίνος, KW - Флавий Валерий Аврелий Константин, KW - Константин KW - Константин, KW - Syriac Christians. KW - Primitive and early church. KW - To 1500. KW - Iran. KW - Iraq. KW - Chrétiens syriaques KW - Flavije Valerije Konstantin KW - Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Syriac Christians - History - To 1500 - Sources KW - Syriac Christians - Iran - History - To 1500 KW - Syriac Christians - Iraq - History - To 1500 KW - Christianisme KW - Symeon Bar-Sabba'e, m. KW - Martyres Persae KW - Sapor II, roi de Perse KW - Sassanides KW - Constantin empereur KW - Iran - History - To 640 KW - Iraq - History - To 634 KW - 4th century mesopotamia. KW - byzantine. KW - christian converts. KW - christian roman empire. KW - constantine. KW - conversion to christianity. KW - eastern christians. KW - ecclesiastical histories. KW - first christian emperor. KW - hagiography. KW - history of constantine. KW - history of persia. KW - middle eastern christianity. KW - persecution of christians in persia. KW - persia. KW - roman empire. KW - sasanian empire. KW - syriac christianity. KW - syriac christians. KW - zoroastrian sasanian empire. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3547171 AB - It is widely believed that the Emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, dividing the Christian Roman Empire from the Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire and leading to the persecution of Christians in Persia. This account, however, is based on Greek ecclesiastical histories and Syriac martyrdom narratives that date to centuries after the fact. In this groundbreaking study, Kyle Smith analyzes diverse Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources to show that there was not a single history of fourth-century Mesopotamia. By examining the conflicting hagiographical and historical evidence, Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia presents an evocative and evolving portrait of the first Christian emperor, uncovering how Syriac Christians manipulated the image of their western Christian counterparts to fashion their own political and religious identities during this century of radical change. ER -