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The mirage of the Saracen : Christians and nomads in the Sinai Peninsula in late antiquity /
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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 Sinai sites while assigning uncivilized, negative, and oppositional traits to the indigenous nomadic population, whom the Christians pejoratively called "Saracens." By writing edifying tales of hostile nomads and the ensuing martyrdom of the monks, Christians not only reinforced their claims to the spiritual benefits of asceticism but also also provoked the Roman authorities to enhance defense of pilgrimage routes to the Sinai. When Muslim armies later began conquering the Middle East, Christians also labeled these new conquerors as Saracens, connecting Muslims to these pre-Islamic representations. This timely and relevant work builds a historical account of interreligious encounters in the ancient world, showing the Sinai as a crucible for forging long-lasting images of both Christians and Muslims, some of which endure today.'--Provided by publisher.
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xxvii, 193 pages : illustraitons, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-187) and index. :
9780520283770 :
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Noura
La zone minière pharaonique du Sud-Sinaï.
: Intended to follow and complement the material covered in The inscriptions of Sinai by A. H. Gardiner, T. E. Peet, and J. Černy, published 1952-1955 (2 volumes). : 2 volumes (xix, 346 pages ; 176 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans (some color) ; 33 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages ix-xix) and index. : 9782724706291 : 0257-411X ; : Nabil
Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the peninsula of Sinai /
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Appendix: Observations on the discovery, by Professor Lepsius, of sculptured marks on rocks in the Nile valley in Nubia; indicating that, within the historical period, the river had flowed at a higher level than has been known in modern times. By Leonard Horner.
Translation of : Briefe aus Aegypten, Aethiopien und der halbinsel des Sinai. :
1 preliminary leaf, [5]-578 pages : front., illustrations (incl. music) 2 folded maps ; 19 cm.