The Coptic Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit : : assimilation and conversion to Islam in thirteenth-century Egypt / / by Jason R. Zaborowski.

• Superior document: The history of Christian-Muslim relations, v. 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Zaborowski, Jason R.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Coptic
• Series: History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This study applies sociological and philological analysis to the extraordinary thirteenth-century Coptic Martyrdom of John of Phanijōit. Zaborowski's research explains the identity-shaping function behind this text's portrayal of an Egyptian Christian's conversion to Islam and subsequent struggle to publicly reconvert to Christianity. The heart of this book is its edition and facing English translation of the only extant manuscript of the martyrdom. Interpretive chapters include: 1) a sociological inquiry into the narrative's depiction of Muslims; 2) a philological analysis of the Coptic language of the manuscript; and 3) an historical contextualization of the manuscript within the wider conflict between the Ayyū bids and Western Crusaders. This book makes John of Phanijōit accessible to all scholars interested in the sociology of conversion, offering new evidence for understanding Christian-Muslim relations in Medieval Egypt.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations and Symbols; Arabic Transliteration; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Ideological Inversion in the Re-Conversion of an Apostate Christian 'Deceived by Lust of a Saracen Woman'; Chapter Two. Edition and Translation of Vaticanus Copticus 69; Chapter Three. Comments on the Coptic Language of the Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit; Chapter Four. Assimilation and Restoration: The Coptic Community of John of Phanijoit from the Accession of Salah al-Din to the Writing of the Martyrdom, 1169-1211 (565-607 A.H.); Bibliography; Biblical Index; Coptic Index; General Index