Strategius of Mar Saba, On the Captivity of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 CE: The First Full English Translation of the Georgian Witness with ... (Eastern Mediterranean Texts and Contexts)

A monk in the Judaean Desert, Strategius of Mar Saba and his informants witnessed the Persians' attack on Jerusalem in 614 CE, one stage in the Roman-Persian War of 610-628. Strategius or a later editor worked the material into a theodicy explaining the destruction of Jerusalem, the exile of its inhabitants, and the plundering of its churches, including the removal of a relic of the True Cross. Strategius of Mar Saba's On the Captivity of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 CE includes homilies ascribed to Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem, a detailed account of the dead found in the city, and an epilogue summarizing the Roman victory and the return of the cross to Jerusalem under Emperor Heraclius. This work is significant due to the paucity of contemporary accounts of the events of this period. 
This volume provides the first complete English translation of the best-preserved version of On the Captivity of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 CE in Classical Georgian, along with translations of parallel materials in Greek, Armenian, and Arabic, including excerpts from the longer Arabic recensions. The translation is accompanied with notes to the Latin translation that was published together with the critical edition by Gérard Garitte and to the older Russian translation of Nikolai Marr, explanations of terms and data, and an introduction to the historical background, the text, and its reception and critical editions. 
This book addresses interested readers from among the general public as well as students and scholars with specific interests in Middle Eastern history, Jerusalem, Byzantine Studies, the Sasanian Empire, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Jewish history, religion, eschatology, apocalyptic ideas and literature, and the Near Eastern context of Islam. 
This volume continues the publication of the Eastern Mediterranean Texts and Contexts (EMTC) series. It also inaugurates EMTC's new subseries Georgian Texts and Studies (GeorgTS). Through the publishing initiative of this new branch of EMTC, readers gain access to editions of Georgian sources, translations of such texts and materials, and monograph-length studies or edited volumes on relevant topics. The first volume of the GeorgTS subseries highlights the depth, antiquity, and complex and diverse nature of historical, political, linguistic, and cultural connections. Thus, it provides insights into the web of intriguing relationships of the Caucasus with Byzantine Palestine, and with the Middle East more broadly.

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