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Behnam, Gregorius Bulus. Theodora
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| Title: | Theodora | | Subtitle: | With Translation and Introduction by Matti Moosa | | Series: | Publications of the Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church 1 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press & Beth Antioch Press |
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| By Gregorius Bulus Behnam | | ISBN: | 1-59333-314-5 | | Publication Date: | 7/2007 | | Language: | English | | Format: | Paperback, Black, 6 x 9 in | | Pages: | 120 |
Theodora (d. 548), Byzantine Empress and wife of the Emperor Justinian (500-548), has been and still is a subject of great controversy among writers. Her life and activities are based on two diametrically opposed Greek and Syriac sources. According to her contemporary Greek writer, Procopius of Caesarea, she was a daughter of Accasius, a bear keeper in Constantinople; the Syriac sources make her the daughter of a Syrian priest from Callinicus or from Manbij in Syria. Procopius portrayed her as a courtesan and immoral woman who offered her body to suitors; the Syriac sources make her a lady of high moral standards. She is portrayed as a devout Christian who did her utmost to spread Christianity among the heathens as well as to protect the Syrian Orthodox Church from the persecution of the Byzantine church and state. Denouncing Procopius’s salacious and pornographic portrayal of Theodora, Bishop Gregorius Boulos Behnam wrote this play based on Syriac sources to show that Theodora was a virtuous daughter of a Syrian priest and a devout Christian. For her many righteous and extraordinary qualities Emperor Justinian married her and made her his Augusta and partner in the administration of his empire. | |
| | Behnam, Gregorius Bulus. Theodora | | ISBN: | 978-1-59333-314-0 | | Weight: | 1 LBS. | | Price: | $38.00 | | To get the 5% Gorgias BiblioPerks™ discount, simply login. | |
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