The Coptic Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit : assimilation and conversion to Islam in thirteenth-century Egypt /
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Format: Book
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English
Coptic
Arabic
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2005.
Series:
History of Christian-Muslim relations ;
3.
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Call Number: BX139 .J64 M4313 2005
Table of Contents:
- •Abbreviations and Symbols •Arabic Transliteration •Acknowledgments •Introduction •A Late Coptic Text •Assimilation and Restoration •A New Study •Chapter 1. Ideological Inversion in the Re-Conversion of an Apostate Christian 'Deceived by Lust of a Saracen Woman' •The Conversion of a Flax Merchant •The Seduction Motif in Narratives of Conversion to Islam •Countering the Trend of Apostasy in the History of the Patriarchs •The Depiction of Islam as ethnos or Ummah •Some Conclusions •Chapter 2. Edition and Translation of Vaticanus Copticus 69 •Key •Edition and Translation •Chapter 3. Comments on the Coptic Language of the Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit •The Panegyric (ff. 40r-43r, l.18. [section]1-30) •The Conversion to Islam (ff. 43r, l.19 - 44r, l.7. [section]31-34) •The Liminal Period and Re-Conversion to Christianity (ff. 44r, l.8 - 47r, l.8. [section]35-59) •The Quest for Martyrdom (ff. 47r, l.9 - 50v, l.1. [section]60-89) •The Martyrdom (ff. 50v-52v, l.26. [section]90-110) •The Aftermath of the Martyrdom, and Epilogue (ff. 52v, l.27-55v, l.30. [section]111-138) •Conclusion •Chapter 4. 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.) •Ayyubid Cairo: An International City •Salah al-Din: The Making of a Wide-Ranging Political Identification •The Legacy of Saladin: The Immediate Context of John of Phanijoit •J.Phan. in the Thirteenth-Century Multi-Ethnic Milieu •Conclusions: Distinguishing Identities •Bibliography •Biblical Index •Coptic Index •General Index