State of Mixture Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity

Name: State of Mixture Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity
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ISBN: 9780520292451

ISBN-10: 0520292456

ISBN-13: 9780520292451

Edition: 2015

Authors: Richard E. Payne

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Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire, that integrated culturally and geographically disparate territories from Arabia to Afghanistan into its institutions and networks. Whereas previous studies have regarded Christians as marginal, insular, and often persecuted participants in this empire, Richard Payne 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,…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/1/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English