The History of the 'Slave of Christ' : : From Jewish Child to Christian Martyr / / Aaron Michael Butts, Simcha Gross.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Butts, Aaron Michael,; Gross, Simcha,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Text and Translation
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Syriac Recension α --; Syriac Recension β --; Bibliography --; Index of Modern Scholars --; Index of Biblical References --; Index of Subjects --; Index of Manuscripts (Syriac and Arabic)
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236960; 9783110663013
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236960
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Aaron Michael Butts, Simcha Gross.

The first critical editions and English translations of the two Syriac recensions of a fascinating text which narrates the story of a young Jewish child, Asher. After converting to Christianity and taking the name ʿAḇdā da-Mšiḥā ('slave of Christ'), he is martyred by his father. In a detailed introduction, Butts and Gross challenge the use of this text by previous scholars as evidence for historical interactions between Jews and Christians, reevaluating its purpose and situating the story in its Late Antique Babylonian context.