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Book SynopsisDocuments open up another an approach complementary to the overwhelming richness of literary tradition as preserved in manuscripts. This volume combines studies on Greek, Sogdian and Arabic documents (letters, legal agreements, and amulets) with studies on Arabic and Judeo-Arabic manuscripts (poetry, science and divination).
Table of ContentsAbbreviations List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki 1 Who Did What in Eighth-Century Aphrodito? P.Würzb. Inv. 122–127, Greek Tax Documents, and Some Observations on Prosopography Janneke de Jong 2 Thinking in Arabic, Writing in Sogdian: Arabic-Sogdian Diplomatic Relations in the Early Eighth Century Said Reza Huseini 3 Reconstructing Dhū l-Rumma’s Poetry with the Help of Muqātil b. Sulaymān’s Tafsīr (P.Cair.Arab. Inv. 1235 Verso and Recto) Hazem Hussein Abbas Ali 4 A Prisoner’s Fate in Fatimid Egypt: The Late Coptic Paitos Dossier Vincent Walter 5 The Book of Twitches of Shem, Son of Noah, and Other Manuals of Palmomancy from the Cairo Genizah and al-Quṣayr Gideon Bohak 6 Scientific Textbooks and Their Application in Practice: Interdependencies of Literary and Documentary Evidence of Scientific Activities Johannes Thomann 7 Writing in Arabic after the Christian Conquest of Toledo: Christian and Islamic Documents and the Concept of Sunna (Appendix: Two Documents on the Sale of a Mosque) Rocio Daga Portillo Documents Quoted Index
