Envisioning Islam : : Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World / / Michael Philip Penn.
The first Christians to encounter Islam were not Latin-speakers from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speakers from Constantinople but Mesopotamian Christians who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Under Muslim rule from the seventh century onward, Syriac Christians wrote the most extensive desc...
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Penn, Michael Philip, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Envisioning Islam : Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World / Michael Philip Penn. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (304 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. When Good Things Happened to Other People: Syriac Memories of the Islamic Conquests -- Chapter 2. A Different Type of Difference- Making: Syriac Narratives of Religious Identity -- Chapter 3. Using Muslims to Think With: Narratives of Islamic Rulers -- Chapter 4. Blurring Boundaries: The Continuum Between Early Christianity and Early Islam -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The first Christians to encounter Islam were not Latin-speakers from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speakers from Constantinople but Mesopotamian Christians who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Under Muslim rule from the seventh century onward, Syriac Christians wrote the most extensive descriptions extant of early Islam. Seldom translated and often omitted from modern historical reconstructions, this vast body of texts reveals a complicated and evolving range of religious and cultural exchanges that took place from the seventh to the ninth century.The first book-length analysis of these earliest encounters, Envisioning Islam highlights the ways these neglected texts challenge the modern scholarly narrative of early Muslim conquests, rulers, and religious practice. Examining Syriac sources including letters, theological tracts, scientific treatises, and histories, Michael Philip Penn reveals a culture of substantial interreligious interaction in which the categorical boundaries between Christianity and Islam were more ambiguous than distinct. The diversity of ancient Syriac images of Islam, he demonstrates, revolutionizes our understanding of the early Islamic world and challenges widespread cultural assumptions about the history of exclusively hostile Christian-Muslim relations. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Christianity and other religions Islam History To 1500. Islam Relations Christianity History To 1500. Syriac Christians History To 1500. Syriac Christians History To 1500 To 1500. Religious Studies. RELIGION / Christian Church / History. bisacsh Ancient Studies. History. Religion. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015 9783110439687 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Relig. Studies, Jewish Studies 2015 9783110438727 ZDB-23-DGF Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 9783110665932 print 9780812247220 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291445 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812291445 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812291445.jpg |
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Penn, Michael Philip, Penn, Michael Philip, Envisioning Islam : Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World / Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. When Good Things Happened to Other People: Syriac Memories of the Islamic Conquests -- Chapter 2. A Different Type of Difference- Making: Syriac Narratives of Religious Identity -- Chapter 3. Using Muslims to Think With: Narratives of Islamic Rulers -- Chapter 4. Blurring Boundaries: The Continuum Between Early Christianity and Early Islam -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. When Good Things Happened to Other People: Syriac Memories of the Islamic Conquests -- Chapter 2. A Different Type of Difference- Making: Syriac Narratives of Religious Identity -- Chapter 3. Using Muslims to Think With: Narratives of Islamic Rulers -- Chapter 4. Blurring Boundaries: The Continuum Between Early Christianity and Early Islam -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. When Good Things Happened to Other People: Syriac Memories of the Islamic Conquests -- Chapter 2. A Different Type of Difference- Making: Syriac Narratives of Religious Identity -- Chapter 3. Using Muslims to Think With: Narratives of Islamic Rulers -- Chapter 4. Blurring Boundaries: The Continuum Between Early Christianity and Early Islam -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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