03297nam 2200565Ia 450 99620583400331620230803021207.00-19-991541-50-19-991540-7(CKB)2550000001105570(EBL)3055337(OCoLC)855787377(SSID)ssj0000887520(PQKBManifestationID)11465712(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887520(PQKBWorkID)10839690(PQKB)10639500(StDuBDS)EDZ0000124445(MiAaPQ)EBC3055337(EXLCZ)99255000000110557020120625d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHistory and identity in the late antique Near East, 500-1000[electronic resource] /edited by Philip WoodNew York Oxford University Press20131 online resource (262 p.)Oxford studies in late antiquityThis volume arose out of a seminar series organised at the Classics Centre of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 2009 and a subsequent workshop in 2010.0-19-933281-9 1-299-60052-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Sophronius of Jerusalem and the end of roman history / Phil Booth -- Identity, philosophy, and the problem of Armenian history in the sixth century / Tara Andrews -- The chronicle of Seert and Roman ecclesiastical history in the Sasanian world / Philip Wood -- Why were the Syrians interested in Greek philosophy? / Dan King -- You are what you read: Qenneshre and the Miaphysite church in the seventh century / Jack Tannous -- The prophet's city before the prophet: Ibn Zabala (d. after 199/814) on pre-Islamic Medina / Harry Munt -- Topoi and topography in the histories of al-?ira / Adam Talib -- "The crinkly haired people of the black earth"; examining Egyptian identities in Ibn 'abd al-?akam's futu? / Hussein Omar -- Forgetting Ctesiphon: Iran's pre-Islamic past, ca. 800-1100 / Sarah Savant -- Legal knowledge and local practices under the early Abbasids / Mathiew Tillier.This book examines the importance of the past, both real and imagined, in constructing contemporary culture in the period AD 500-1000. It goes beyond 'history-writing' in a narrow sense to examine philosophy, theology, liturgy and jurisprudence as vehicles for tradition and the imagination of a past 'golden age'. The papers straddle the Roman-Persian frontier and go well into the Islamic period: together, they push the boundaries of late antiquity' into the varied language traditions: not just Greek, but also Syriac, Armenian, Coptic and Arabic.Oxford studies in late antiquity.National characteristicsCongressesMiddle EastCivilizationCongressesMiddle EastAntiquitiesCongressesNational characteristics956/.013Wood Philip1982-916722MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996205834003316History and identity in the late antique Near East, 500-10002411847UNISA