Table of Contents (v)
Preface (vii)
List of Maps, Tables and Illustrations (ix)
Abbreviations (xi)
Part One: The Historical Context of the Life of Theodotus (1)
Introduction (1)
The end of the Byzantine-Persian war and beginning of the Arab conquests (3)
Between conquest and civil war (640–80) (4)
The civil war years (680–92) (5)
The rise of a new order and the death of Theodotus (7)
Borderlands (9)
Administration and Taxes (12)
The Muslim presence in North Mesopotamia (16)
Amida and its mosque (16)
Converts to Islam in Amida? (20)
Conclusion (22)
Part Two: Introduction to the Syriac Edition (25)
“Migraine Monastery”: A Saint with a Story (25)
How they Preserved the Life of Theodotus (34)
How to Navigate this Edition (45)
Editorial Decisions (ED) (46)
The Sermon Appended to the Life (59)
The Annotated Translation (60)
Conclusion (61)
Part Three: Edition and Translation of the Life of Theodotus (77)
Chapter One. Origins and Monastic Education (78)
Chapter Two. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Egypt (102)
Chapter Three. Homecoming to the Diocese of Amida (124)
Chapter Four. Sojourn in the Diocese of Samosata (144)
Chapter Five. From the Taurus Frontier to the Diocese of Dara (170)
Chapter Six. Ordination as Metropolitan Bishop of Amida (202)
Chapter Seven. Episcopal Exertions and Early Exhaustion (222)
Chapter Eight. From Qenneshre to Qelleth (244)
Chapter Nine. Dying with Dignity (278)
Chapter 10. Simeon of Samosata, His Signature and his Sermon (304)
The Copyist’s Conclusion (316)
Appendix 1: The late antique Syriac churches and monasteries of Amida and its diocese west of the Tigris (319)
Appendix 2: Excerpts from the Life of Daniel of Aghlosh pertaining to Daniel’s enclosure (323)
Introduction (323)
Translated excerpts (324)
Appendix 3: Searching for the Enclosure of Daniel (331)
Introduction (331)
Literary Sources (332)
Observations in the field (337)
Evolution of the church of Gümüşyuva (339)
The tower (343)
The enclosure of Daniel (343)
A new light on the rural background of the church? (344)
Conclusion (345)
Select bibliography (345)
Bibliography (355)
Primary Sources (355)
Secondary Literature (including Syriac lexica) (364)
Index of Primary Sources (375)
General Index (383)