Violence and belief in late antiquity : militant devotion in Christianity and Islam / / Thomas Sizgorich [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452379603321
• Autore: Sizgorich Thomas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 398 p. )
• Collana: Divinations
• Disciplina: 201/.7633209
• Soggetti: Violence - Religious aspects - Christianity; Violence - Religious aspects - Islam; Martyrdom - Christianity; Martyrdom - Islam; Identity (Psychology) - Religious aspects - Christianity; Identity (Psychology) - Religious aspects - Islam; Electronic books
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-382) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "The devil spoke from Scripture" : boundary maintenance and communal integrity in late antiquity -- "The living voice of kindred blood" : narrative, identity, and the primordial past -- "What has the pious in common with the impious?" : Ambrose, Libanius, and the problem of late antique religious violence -- "Are you Christians?" : violence, ascetics, and knowing one's own -- "Horsemen by day and monks by night" : narrative and community in Islamic late antiquity -- "The sword scrapes away transgressions" : ascetic praxis and communal boundaries in late antique Islam -- "Do you not fear God?" : the Khawarij in early Islamic society -- "This is a very filthy question and no one should discuss it" : the messy world of Ibn Ḥanbal.

Literature and historiography in the Spanish Golden Age : the poetics of history / / Sofie Kluge

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910774793403321
• Autore: Kluge Sofie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 1-00-320357-4; 1-000-45084-8; 1-003-20357-4; 1-000-45086-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 pages)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
• Disciplina: 860.9/358
• Soggetti: Spanish literature - Classical period, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; Literature and history - Spain; History in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I: Writing History -- 1 Theory of History -- Calling for Plot -- Platonic History -- Ut pictura historia -- Verisimilitude -- True Falseness -- 2 Historical Prose -- A General History -- The Historian's Toolbox -- Alternative Histories -- The True History -- PART II: Poeticising History -- 3 Theory of Poetry -- Weaving a Story -- Benefits of History -- Writing Christian Deeds -- 4 Historical Poetry -- A Historical Master -- Popular Historiography? -- Poetry as Counterhistory -- The Voice of History -- Destabilising Dream -- PART III: Staging History -- 5 Theory of Drama -- Cathartic History -- Tragicomedy Takes the Stage -- Theatrum Historiae -- 6 Historical Drama -- Dramaturge of History -- History-Errant -- History as Divine Pageant -- The Historian's Hand -- Doublespeak -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Making of a Syrian Identity : Intellectuals and Merchants in Nineteenth-Century Beirut / / Fruma Zachs

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784182803321
• Autore: Zachs Fruma
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-86736-1; 9786610867363; 90-474-0667-2; 1-4337-0669-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Collana: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; ; 98
• Disciplina: 305.892/75691056925/09034
• Soggetti: Intellectual life; National characteristics, Syrian; Syrians - Lebanon - Beirut; Beirut (Lebanon) History 19th century; Beirut (Lebanon) Intellectual life 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of Illustrations; Preface; Note on Transliteration; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One. First Notions of a ""Syrian Vision"": The Period of Amir Bashir II; Chapter Two. Beirut and the Emergence of a ""Syrian Identity"": Christian Arabs as Agents of Change; Chapter Three. Re-enforcing an Identity: The Tan*imat Reforms; Chapter Four. Revisiting the American Presbyterian Missionaries in Nineteenth Century Syria; Chapter Five. Narrating an Identity: New Genres, New Identity (1858-1881); Epilogue; Appendix I: Biographies of Leading Families and Individuals from the Syrian Middle StratumAppendix II: The Various Meanings and Definitions of the Name ""Syria""; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Exploring the origins and development of the Syrian identity, during the 18th and 19th centuries, through the role of Christian Arab intellectuals and merchants, Ottomans and American missionaries, this volume examines its background, stages of evolution, and components. It shows that the contribution of these Christian Arabs, ; despite their relatively small number, lies in the processes they set in motion, being the first to promote territorial concepts along with a secular interpretation of Arab culture. This Syrian identity constitutes an innovative case study in the broader discipline of proto-national identity and the study of the development of local identities in Middle Eastern countries. It is also a vital basis for research of 20th century Syrian nationalism.