H

Habib (Edessan martyr), 9 , 10

Habib (holy man), 32 , 34 , 43 -44, 45 , 46 , 52 , 88

Hagiography, xiv , xvii , 3 , 15 , 34 , 37 -41, 50 , 115 , 119 , 134 - 35 , 145 , 162 n25, 198 n58

See also John of Ephesus, as hagiographer; John of Ephesus, Lives of the Eastern Saints

definition of, xiv , xvii , 146

models for, 13

standard formulae and themes of, xiv , 3 , 38 -39, 116 , 121 , 141 , 143 , 144 , 164 n60, 194 n101, 195 n4, 197 n50

style, 42 , 164 n60

women in, 115 , 116 , 121 , 130 -33, 139

Hala, 33 , 71 , 90

Harfat, 32 , 45

Harith bar Gabala, 105

Healings, 39 , 44 , 50 , 52 , 56

Hellenism, 2 -4, 16 , 34 , 112 , 152 n10, 162 n17

See also Greek language; Greek literature

Henoticon, 162 n17

Hephthalitae, 61 , 66 , 170 n24

Heresies, 2 , 16 , 22 , 29 , 36 , 55 , 90 , 99 , 112 , 137 -38, 167 n51, 191 n36

See also Arianism; Gnosticism; Manicheans; Marcionism; Montanism; Nestorianism

hnana 51

Holy fools, 34 , 39 , 65 , 91 -93, 162 n21, 183 n110, 183 n111, 183 n113

See also Simeon Salos

Holy Spirit, 110 , 112 , 187 n41

Hormisdas (palace), 87 , 90 , 118 , 181 n87

Hosea, 17

Huns, 61 , 65 -66, 170 n24