The lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus / John Rufus ; edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Cornelia B. Horn and Robert R. Phenix Jr.

• Superior document: Society of Biblical Literature. Writings from the Greco-Roman world. ; no. 24
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); John Rufus, Bishop of Maiuma, fl. 476-518.
• TeilnehmendeR: Horn, Cornelia B.; Phenix, Robert R.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English; Syriac
• Series: Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 24.
• Physical Description: xcii, 370 p.
• Notes: Also published in hardback: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Table of Contents

The context of the history of Georgia from the fourth to the sixth centuries -- Christianity and monasticism in Georgia in the fourth and fifth centuries -- Peter's genealogy in the Life of Peter the Iberian : hagiographic ancestry -- The history of the christological controversies and their context in Palestine from the fourth to the sixth centuries -- Monasticism in fifth-century Palestine -- On the death of Theodosius -- The anti-chalcedonian defeat in Palestine -- Authorship -- John Rufus -- Rhetoric and genre in the Life of Peter the Iberian -- Text-critical overview -- Versions and original text -- Synopsis of the Vita Petri Iberi and the De obitu Theodosii -- Outline of the Vita Petri Iberi -- Outline of the De obitu Theodosii -- Genealogical tables of the families of Peter the Iberian and Zuzo -- Chronological timeline -- Texts and translations -- Life of Peter the Iberian -- On the death of Theodosius.