History and identity in the late antique Near East / edited by Philip Wood.

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...

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Other Authors: Wood, Philip, 1982-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:Oxford studies in late antiquity.
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520 8 |a 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. 
505 0 |a 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. 
650 0 |a National characteristics  |v Congresses. 
651 0 |a Middle East  |x Civilization  |v Congresses. 
651 0 |a Middle East  |x Antiquities  |v Congresses. 
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650 7 |a Civilization  |2 fast 
650 7 |a National characteristics  |2 fast 
651 7 |a Middle East  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Politische Identität  |2 gnd 
651 7 |a Naher Osten  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Nationell identitet  |x historia.  |2 sao 
651 7 |a Mellanöstern  |x historia.  |2 sao 
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