The mirage of the Saracen : Christians and nomads in the Sinai Peninsula in late antiquity /
The Mirage of the Saracen analyzes the growth of monasticism and Christian settlements in the Sinai Peninsula through the early seventh century CE. Walter D. Ward examines the ways in which Christian monks justified occupying the Sinai through creating associations between Biblical narratives and Si...
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التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2015].
سلاسل:
Transformation of the classical heritage ;
54.
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
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رقم الطلب: BX387 .W373 2015
جدول المحتويات:
- •List of Illustrations •Preface •Note on Sources •Abbreviations •Introduction •1. Saracens •2. Monasticism and Pilgrimage in the Sinai •3. The Sinai as Christian Space •4. Martyrdom in the Sinai •5. Imperial Response to the Saracen Threat •6. The Murderous Sword of the Saracen •Bibliography •Primary Sources •Secondary Sources •Index