Al-makin girgis ibn al-'amid: Universal hisory /
"When the 13th-century Coptic official al-Makin Ibn al-'Amid was thrown into prison by Sultan Baybars, he set out to compile a summary of Biblical, Graeco-Roman, and Islamic history for his own consolation. His work, which drew from a vast array of sources, enjoyed enduring success among v...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2023]
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| Series: | Arabic Christianity: texts and studies,
vol. 6 |
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| Summary: | "When the 13th-century Coptic official al-Makin Ibn al-'Amid was thrown into prison by Sultan Baybars, he set out to compile a summary of Biblical, Graeco-Roman, and Islamic history for his own consolation. His work, which drew from a vast array of sources, enjoyed enduring success among various readerships: Oriental Christians, in Arabic-speaking communities but also in Ethiopia; Mamluk historians, including Ibn Haldun and al-Maqrizi; and early modern Europe. A major instance of Christian-Muslim interaction in the pre-modern era, Ibn al-'Amid's chronography is still unpublished in its pre-Islamic part. This volume edits, analyzes, and translates the section from Adam to the Achaemenids"-- |
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| Item Description: | [V. 1.] The Vulgate Recension, Part 1., Section 1: From Adam to the End of the Achaemenids |
| Physical Description: | volumes cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004549982 9004549986 |
| ISSN: | 2468-2454 ; |