The Life of Theodotus of Amida : Syriac Christianity under the Umayyad Caliphate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyland, Robert.

Contributor:

Palmer, Andrew.

Series:

Texts from Christian Late Antiquity Series

Texts from Christian Late Antiquity Series ; v.73

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theodotus, Bishop of Amida, -698.

Theodotus.

Umayyad dynasty--History--Sources.

Umayyad dynasty.

Syrian Orthodox Church--History.

Syrian Orthodox Church.

Byzantine Empire--History--527-1081--Sources.

Byzantine Empire.

Islamic Empire--History--661-750--Sources.

Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway : Gorgias Press, LLC, 2023.

Summary:

The Life of Theodotus of Amida is that rare thing: a securely dated eye-witness account of life under Arab Muslim rule in the first century of Islam, and one of the few extant texts from seventh-century North Mesopotamia. It is imbued with local color and contemporary detail, revealing an intimate knowlredge of the terrain, its inhabitants and officialdom, as well as the precariousness of the lives of those living in the borderlands between the Byzantine and Islamic empires.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

LIST OF MAPS, TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

PART ONE: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE LIFE OF THEODOTUS

PART TWO: INTRODUCTION TO THE SYRIAC EDITION

PART THREE: EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF THE LIFE OF THEODOTUS

Appendix 1: The late antique Syriac churches and monasteries of Amida and its diocese west of the Tigris

Appendix 2: Excerpts from the Life of Daniel of Aghlosh pertaining to Daniel's enclosure

Appendix 3: Searching for the Enclosure of Daniel

Bibliography

Index of Primary Sources

General Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Hoyland, Robert The Life of Theodotus of Amida

ISBN:

9781463244101

146324410X

OCLC:

1378393187