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Crucifixion and death as spectacle : Umayyad crucifixion in its late antique context / by Sean W. Anthony.
Van Pelt Library HV8569 .A5793 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anthony, Sean W., author.
- Series:
- American oriental series ; v. 96.
- American Oriental series ; Volume 96
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crucifixion--History.
- Crucifixion.
- Umayyad dynasty.
- Capital punishment--Religious aspects.
- Capital punishment.
- Cruciffixion--Early works until 1800.
- Cruciffixion.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 99 pages ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut : American Oriental Society, 2014.
- Contents:
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- The umayyads, crucifixion, and the legacy of late antiquity
- Crucifixion in Roman late antiquity
- Crucifixion in Sasanid late antiquity
- Crucifixion in the early Islamic period
- Normative and exemplary paradigms of Umayyad crucifixion
- The topoi of pre-Islamic crucifixion : depicting crucifixion in the Sra-Maghz literature
- Contesting Umayyad-era crucifixion : martyrologies and anti-martyrologies
- The crucifixions of Abdallh ibn al-Zubayr and Zayd ibn Al
- Crucifying heretics and martyrs : the religious dimensions of Umayyad crucifixion
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- The martyrology of Mtham al-Tammr
- The martyrology of Rushayd al-Hajar
- The martyrology and anti-martyrology of Ghayln of Damascus
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-92) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780940490376
- 0940490374
- OCLC:
- 876802628
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