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1 online resource (649 p.). |
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Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 2
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SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser.
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Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 2.
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Summary |
An assessment of the nature and social continuity of Christian communities in Palestine from 602-813. By synthesizing literary and archeological evidence, it provides a detailed discussion of disparate historical and archeological data. In the first part, the Sasanian, Byzantine and early Muslim invasions of southern Syria and the changing of government policies towards Christians are discussed. Topical studies about church use, conversion and iconoclasm, are also included. The second part offers a useful alphabetical list of more than 500 sites that document Christian and Muslim presence and. |
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- List of Plates -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Background and the Eve of the Sasanian Invasion: 602 to 614 -- The Christian Population of Palestine -- The Reign of Phocas -- The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy -- Pilgrimage -- Other Evidence for Christians -- Conclusions -- II. The Sasanian Occupation: 614 to 628 -- The Sasanian Invasion -- The Jews and Their Military Involvement -- The Bedouin Tribes -- The Siege and Sack of Jerusalem -- The Years of the Sasanian Occupation -- The Impact of the Sasanian Interlude |
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III. The Byzantine Recovery: 628 to the 630s -- Heraclius' Visit to Jerusalem -- The Patriarch Modestus -- Byzantine Reorganization -- Relations between the Muslims and the Arab Tribes -- The Monothelite Controversy -- Anastasius the Persian -- Pilgrimage -- Church Construction -- Conclusions -- IV. The Islamic Conquest: the Mid-630s to 640 -- The Events of the Conquest -- The Nature of the Conquest: the Literary Evidence -- The Nature of the Conquest: Archaeological Evidence -- The Jews and Bedouins -- The Reaction of the Conquered Population -- Other Aspects of the Conquest -- Conclusion |
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V. The Early Islamic Period: 640 to 813 -- The Umayyad Period -- The 'Abbāsid Revolution -- The Early 'Abbāsid Period -- The Civil War (809-13) -- Later Events -- Monasticism -- Relations with the Byzantine Empire -- Relations with the Carolingians -- The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy -- Pilgrimage -- The Jews and Samaritans -- Conclusion -- VI. Churches in the Early Islamic Period: 640 to 813 -- Patterns in Church Use -- Construction and Repair of Churches -- The End of Churches -- Deliberate Destruction -- Abandonment -- Later Use of Churches -- Conversion to Mosques -- Domestic Occupation |
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Stone Robbing -- Reasons for Abandonment -- VII. Muslims and Conversion to Islam -- The Problem of Identifying Muslims -- Further Material Evidence for Muslim Presence -- The Administrative Organization of Palestine -- Other Literary Evidence for Muslim Presence -- Overview -- VIII. Muslim Policies towards Christians -- The Qur'ān and Muḥammad -- The Capitulation Treaties -- Construction and Repair of Churches -- The Display of Crosses -- Other Legal Restrictions -- Taxation -- Other Aspects -- Martyrdom and Apostasy -- Government Involvement in Christian Affairs |
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Chalcedonian and Non-Chalcedonian Christians -- IX. Iconoclasm -- The Archaeological Evidence -- Geometric Mosaics in Churches -- Church Mosaics with Images -- Figurative Mosaics Suffering Iconoclastic Damage -- Analysis of the Archaeological Evidence -- Other Types of Iconoclastic Damage -- Iconoclastic Damage in Synagogues -- Mosaics in Secular Buildings -- Images in Muslim Buildings -- Damage to Images Outside of Palestine -- The Date of the Damage -- The Identity of the Iconoclasts -- The Literary Sources for Christian Use of Images -- The Literary Sources for Muslim Views about Images |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Palestine -- Church history.
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Jordan -- Church history.
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Palestine -- History -- 70-638.
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Palestine -- History -- 638-1917.
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Jordan -- History.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jordan.
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Christian antiquities -- Palestine.
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Christian antiquities -- Jordan.
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Christian antiquities |
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Jordan https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgMCMwpB3Qrd9t7MBYHG3 |
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Middle East -- Palestine https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbGRpdjCJGRyrXqt8rTHC |
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70-1917 |
| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schick, Robert The Christian Communities of Palestine_x000B_from Byzantine to Islamic Rule Berlin : Gerlach Press,c2020 9783959940924 |
| ISBN |
3959940939 |
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9783959940931 (electronic bk.) |
