Examines and reconstructs the anti-Chalcedonian movement in Palestine on the basis of one of its most important witnesses, the fifth-century "Life of Peter, the Iberian" by John Rufus. This book uses textual, as well as archaeological data to reconstruct the history of Peter, the Iberian and his significant role in the anti-Chalcedonian Church.

The Life of Peter the Iberian by John Rufus records the ascetic struggle of a fifth-century anti-Chalcedonian bishop of Mayyuma, Palestine. Cornelia Horn presents a historical-critical study of the only substantial anti-Chalcedonian witness to the history of the conflict in Palestine and analyses the formative period of fifth-century anti-Chalcedonian hierarchy, theology, and its ascetic expression. Important themes are pilgrimage as an ascetic ideal and asceticism as source of theological authority. Archaeological data on many places in the Levant and textual sources in Syriac, Coptic, Greek, Armenian, and Georgian are examined. This book contributes to our understanding of the origins of anti-Chalcedonian theology and the influence of asceticism on its development, the Christian topography of the Levant, and the history of the anti-Chalcedonian movement in Palestine.

Introduction
1. The main sources and their authors: the relevant works of John Rufus and Zachariah Rhetor
2. The life and career of Peter the Iberian
3. Asceticism as locus of authority: the case of Peter the Iberian
4. Weaving the crown of pilgrimage: the spiritual and polemical dimensions of pilgrimage and the holy places from an anti-Chalcedonian perspective
5. The sign of perfection: the anti-Chalcedonian ascetic as bearer of the Cross
Conclusions