Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-88402-429-3
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm

Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Volume 1, Part 2: Ecclesiastical History provides a chronologically ordered account of the involvement of the Ghassanids in ecclesiastical affairs in the eastern region of the Byzantine Empire. Tracing the role of Arab tribes both inside and outside the Roman limes, Irfan Shahîd documents how the Ghassanids, in particular, came to establish and develop a distinct non-Chalcedonian church hierarchy while remaining allies with the Chalcedonian emperors. Ghassanid phylarchs such as Mundir emerge not merely as loyal foederati but as devout Christians. Shahîd extensively and critically analyzes the Greek, Syriac, and Arabic sources, including many obscure or unfamiliar texts, to illuminate the religious landscape of the Arabs of the sixth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shahîd, Irfan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Shahîd, Irfan
Irfan Shahîd (1926–2016) was Associate Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks and Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and was Oman Professor of Arabic and Islamic Literature Emeritus at Georgetown University.