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Envisioning Islam : Syriac Christians and the early Muslim world
Title
Envisioning Islam : Syriac Christians and the early Muslim world / Michael Philip Penn.
ISBN
9780812247220
0812247221
0812224027
9780812224023
Publication
Philadelphia : Penn/University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
294 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
Uses writings of Mesopotamian Christians to challenge modern scholarly narratives of early Muslim conquests, rulers, and religious practices.
Variant and related titles
Syriac Christians and the early Muslim world
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 21, 2018
Series
Divinations : rereading late ancient religion
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index.
Contents
When good things happened to other people : Syriac memories of the Islamic conquests
A different type of difference-making : Syriac narratives of religious identity
Using Muslims to think with : narratives of Islamic rulers
Blurring boundaries : the continuum between early Christianity and early Islam
Conclusion.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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