The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Problems in the Literary Source Material

doi:10.1017/9783959940856

The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East

Problems in the Literary Source Material

- Get access
  
  Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
  
  Log in Register

Edited by Averil Cameron, Lawrence I. Conrad

Publisher:: Gerlach Books
Online publication date:: October 2025
Print publication year:: 2021
Online ISBN:: 9783959940856
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783959940856

Subjects:: Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Middle East History
Series:: Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

Export citation

Information

Contents

Metrics

Accessibility

This volume focuses on the problems researchers face when using (Byzantine) Greek, Syriac and Arabic sources together for the reconstruction of Near Eastern history from 400-c.800. Contributions to the volume set the stage for a critical re-reading and revisionist interpretations of selected sources in the various cultural and literary traditions. The volume thus brings together neighbouring disciplines in ways that shed new light on this vitally important time in history.

- Aa Reduce text
- Aa Enlarge text

View selected items
Save to my bookmarks
Export citations
Download PDF (zip)
Save to Kindle
Save to Dropbox
Save to Google Drive
Save content to
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge-org.demo.remotlog.com is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save
Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

Metrics

Total number of HTML views: 0

Total number of PDF views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

Total views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East

Problems in the Literary Source Material

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Abbreviations
pp vii-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-24

1 - Greek Historical Writing after Procopius: Variety and Vitality
pp 25-80

2 - New Themes and Styles in Greek Literature: Seventh-Eighth Centuries
pp 81-106

3 - The Works of Anastasius of Sinai: A Key Source for the History of Seventh-Century East Mediterranean Society and Belief
pp 107-148

4 - Ps.-Methodius: A Concept of History in Response to the Rise of Islam
pp 149-188

5 - The Gospel of the Twelve Apostles: A Syriac Apocalypse from the Early Islamic Period
pp 189-214

6 - Early Islamic State Letters: The Question of Authenticity
pp 215-276

7 - The Literary Use of the Khabar: A Basic Form of Historical Writing
pp 277-316

8 - The Conquest of Arwad: A Source- Critical Study in the Historiography of the Early Medieval Near East
pp 317-404

Index
pp 403-430

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East

Problems in the Literary Source Material

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

Contents

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown