[edited by] Geoffrey Greatrex ; translated from Syriac and Arabic sources by Robert R. Phenix and Cornelia B. Horn ; with introductory material by Sebastian Brock and Witold Witakowski.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Liverpool :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Liverpool University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 562 pages :
Other Physical Details
maps ;
Dimensions
21 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Translated texts for historians ;
Volume Designation
v. 55
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
The Chronicle was written in Syriac in the second half of the 6th century by an author designated here as Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor. It draws heavily on the Historia ecclesiastica of Zacharias, Bishop of Mytilene, with whom the Chronicle's author became conflated.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-523) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction. General overview -- Zachariah of Mytilene -- Pseudo-Zachariah of Mytilene -- Historical introduction -- Text and translation -- Analysis and partial translation of books i-ii (S.B., with some additions by G.G.) -- The chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor. Book iii -- Book iv -- Book v -- Book vi -- Book vii -- Book viii -- Book ix -- Book x -- Book xii -- Appendices. Works circulating in the early sixth century about the council of Chalcedon -- Emperors and patriarchs, 440-565.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The Chronicle was written in Syriac in the second half of the 6th century by an author designated here as Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor. It draws heavily on the Historia ecclesiastica of Zacharias, Bishop of Mytilene, with whom the Chronicle's author became conflated.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor.
PIECE
Title
Translated texts for historians.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Chronicle.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Church and war in late antiquity
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor,active 6th century.
Zacharias
Zacharias
Zacharias
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Early works to 1800.