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

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 subsequ...

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Superior document:The history of Christian-Muslim relations, v. 3
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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.
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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