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Book SynopsisThe Syriac Bible is a fascinating field to which too little research has been devoted. In the present volume, Jan Joosten gathers a number of pilot studies, published in various journals and collective volumes, shedding light on the Syriac Old Testament, New Testament, and the relation between them. A number of studies advance the claim that the Old Syriac and Peshitta gospels preserve echoes of an Aramaic gospel tradition that gives independent access to the earliest, oral traditions on the life and teaching of Jesus.

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Book SynopsisThe conquest of Egypt by Islamic armies under the command of Amr ibn al-As in the seventh century transformed medieval Egyptian society. Seeking to uncover the broader cultural changes of the period by drawing on a wide array of literary and documentary sources, Maged Mikhail stresses the cultural and institutional developments that punctuated the histories of Christians and Muslims in the province under early Islamic rule. From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt traces how the largely agrarian Egyptian society responded to the influx of Arabic and Islam, the means by which the Coptic Church constructed its sectarian identity, the Islamisation of the administrative classes and how these factors converged to create a new medieval society. The result is a fascinating and essential study for scholars of Byzantine and early Islamic Egypt.Trade Review'This is a tour de force of historical analysis...The data is meticulously analyzed and the conclusions drawn from it impressively documented. It is a rich and layered work that challenges some widespread and long-held views on the relationship between Christian and Muslim identity and community in Egypt.' Jamal J. Elias, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of PennyslvaniaTable of Contents(Detailed and Annotated) ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii CHAPTER ONE Charting the Course Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 0 Sources and their Limitations……………………………………………………… 0 The Epistemological Problem……………………………………………………… 00 The Doctrinal Labyrinth…………………………………………………………… 00 Terms, Definitions, Transliterations, and Dates…………………………………… 00 CHAPTER TWO Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion Origins to the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)…………………………………….. 00 From the Conquest to the ?Abb?sids………………………………………………. 00 First Egyptian Converts to Islam…… …………………………………………... 00 Post-Conquest Conversions……………………………………………................ 00 From the ?Abb?sids to the Tenth Century CE. …………………………………….. 00 A Prelude to Conversion………………………………………………………… 00 Socio-Religious Catalysts……………………………………………………….. 00 Concluding Observations….………………………………………………………. 00 CHAPTER THREE The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory The Dominant Paradigm………………………………..…………………........ ….00 Depictions of Patriarch Benjamin…………………………………………………..00 Conquest through Elites……………………………………………………………. 00 Table of Contents* ????? (Detailed and Annotated) ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii CHAPTER ONE Charting the Course Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 0 Sources and their Limitations……………………………………………………… 0 The Epistemological Problem……………………………………………………… 00 The Doctrinal Labyrinth…………………………………………………………… 00 Terms, Definitions, Transliterations, and Dates…………………………………… 00 CHAPTER TWO Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion Origins to the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)…………………………………….. 00 From the Conquest to the ?Abb?sids………………………………………………. 00 First Egyptian Converts to Islam…… …………………………………………... 00 Post-Conquest Conversions……………………………………………................ 00 From the ?Abb?sids to the Tenth Century CE. …………………………………….. 00 A Prelude to Conversion………………………………………………………… 00 Socio-Religious Catalysts……………………………………………………….. 00 Concluding Observations….………………………………………………………. 00 CHAPTER THREE The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory The Dominant Paradigm………………………………..…………………........ ….00 Depictions of Patriarch Benjamin…………………………………………………..00 Conquest through Elites……………………………………………………………. 00 False Memories and Suppressed Narratives……………………………………….. 00 Conquest and Memory…………………………………………………………… 00 Political Ideology and Memory………………………………………………...... 00 Between Texts and Memories……………………………………………………… 00 CHAPTER FOUR Christian Elites: And Dialectic between Confessional Bias and Government Control Shenoute the Duke of Antinoe……………………………………………………….00 Early Post-Conquest Decades……………………………………………………... 000 From ?Abd al-?Az?z to the ?Abb?sids……………………………………………… 000 Provincial Notables………………………………………………………………… 000 Eighth to Ninth Centuries CE………………………………………………………. 000 Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………000 CHAPTER FIVE Language, Identity, and Assimilation The Greek Language Among Muslims ....................………………..…………………………………... 000 Among Melkites ………………………………………………….……................ 000 Among Copts ………………………………….………………………………… 000 Bilingualism in Post-Conquest Egypt……………………………………………. 000 From Coptic and Greek to Arabic………………………………………………….. 000 The Delta…………………………………………………………………………. 000 Teshlot Papyri……………………………………………………………………. 000 Upper Egypt……………………………………………………………………… 000 CHAPTER SIX The Eighth Century: The Cultural Gateway from Late Antiquity to Early Islam Islamization………………………………………………………………………… 000 Popular Revolts…………………………………………………………………….. 000 The Shape and Meaning of

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