The Life of Theodotus of Amida : : Syriac Christianity under the Umayyad Caliphate / / Robert Hoyland, Andrew Palmer.

The Life of Theodotus of Amida is that rare thing: a securely dated eye-witness account of life under Arab Muslim rule in the first century of Islam, and one of the few extant texts from seventh-century North Mesopotamia. It is imbued with local color and contemporary detail, revealing an intimate k...

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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Texts from Christian Late Antiquity ; 73
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Physical Description:1 online resource (425 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF MAPS, TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • PART ONE: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE LIFE OF THEODOTUS
  • PART TWO: INTRODUCTION TO THE SYRIAC EDITION
  • PART THREE: EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF THE LIFE OF THEODOTUS
  • Appendix 1: The late antique Syriac churches and monasteries of Amida and its diocese west of the Tigris
  • Appendix 2: Excerpts from the Life of Daniel of Aghlosh pertaining to Daniel’s enclosure
  • Appendix 3: Searching for the Enclosure of Daniel
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Primary Sources
  • General Index