LEADER 00000cam a2200793Ii 4500 001 ocn911200767 003 OCoLC 005 20190705070240.3 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 150619s2015 caub ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780520961531|q(electronic book) 020 0520961536|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780520286191 020 |z0520286197 035 (OCoLC)911200767 037 22573/ctt19693z4|bJSTOR 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dOCLCO|dN$T|dIDEBK|dEBLCP|dP@U |dYDXCP|dCUS|dCDX|dVLB|dJSTOR|dOCLCO|dOCL|dMERUC|dLOA|dK6U |dOCLCQ|dMOR|dPIFAG|dFVL|dZCU|dOCLCA|dCOO|dOCLCQ|dIOG|dEZ9 |dU3W|dCOCUF|dUUM|dSTF|dOCLCQ|dKSU|dICG|dTXC|dINT|dVT2 |dOCLCQ|dWYU|dLVT|dTKN|dOCLCQ|dDKC|dOCLCQ|dDEGRU|dOCLCQ 043 a-ir--- 049 RIDW 050 4 BR128.Z6|bP39 2015eb 072 7 REL|x015000|2bisacsh 072 7 REL114000|2bisacsh 082 04 275.5/03|223 090 BR128.Z6|bP39 2015eb 100 1 Payne, Richard E.,|d1981-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/no2009201373|eauthor. 245 12 A state of mixture :|bChristians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian political culture in late Antiquity /|cRichard E. Payne. 264 1 Oakland, California :|bUniversity of California Press, |c[2015] 264 4 |c©2015 300 1 online resource :|bmaps. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 data file|2rda 490 1 Transformation of the classical heritage ;|vLVI 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 The myth of Zoroastrian intolerance : violence and the terms of Christian inclusion -- Belonging to a land : Christians and Zoroastrians in the Iranian highlands -- Christian lawmaking and Iranian social practice : the reforms of Mar Aba -- Creating a Christian aristocracy : hagiography and empire in northern Mesopotamia -- The Christian symbolics of power in a Zoroastrian empire. 520 "A State of Mixture seeks to resolve the paradox of how East Syrian Christian communities flourished in a Zoroastrian political system, the Iranian Empire. If previous studies have regarded Christians as marginal, insular, and often persecuted, the present book demonstrates their integration into elite networks, adoption of Iranian political practices and imaginaries, and participation in imperial institutions. The rise of Christianity in Iran depended on the Zoroastrian theory and practice of hierarchical, differentiated inclusion, according to which Christians, Jews, and others occupied legitimate places in Iranian political culture in positions subordinate to the imperial religion. Christians, for their part, positioned themselves in a political culture not of their own making with recourse to their own ideological and institutional resources, ranging from the writing of saints' lives to the judicial arbitration of bishops. In placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, A State of Mixture helps to explain the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries"--Provided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 To 1500|2fast 648 7 To 640|2fast 650 0 Christianity and other religions|xZoroastrianism.|0https:/ /id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025282 650 0 Christianity and politics|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85025283|zIran|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n79039880-781|xHistory|yTo 1500.|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/subjects/sh2002006121 650 0 Zoroastrianism|xRelations|xChristianity.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2022000751 650 0 Christians|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85025293|zIran|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n79039880-781|xSocial conditions|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2001008850|yTo 1500.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012483 650 7 Christianity and other religions.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/859685 650 7 Zoroastrianism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1184829 650 7 Christianity and politics.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/859736 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Relations.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1892706 650 7 Christianity.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/859599 650 7 Christians.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/859760 650 7 Social conditions.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1919811 650 7 Civilization.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/862898 651 0 Iran|xCivilization|yTo 640.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85067885 651 7 Iran.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204889 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aPayne, Richard E., 1981-|tState of mixture|z9780520286191|w(DLC) 2015003679 |w(OCoLC)902986913 830 0 Transformation of the classical heritage ;|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42025052|v56. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1006882|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. 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