The Struggle over Arabisation in Medieval Arabic Christian Hagiography
2003; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 15; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/0950311032000057112
ISSN1473-348X
Autores Tópico(s)Islamic Studies and History
ResumoThe process of Arabisation and Islamisation that began shortly after the Muslim conquests in greater Syro-Palestine was still in full swing well after the ‘Abbāsid revolution. One of the neglected sources for unravelling the nuances of the cultural transformations that were taking place is the Christian hagiography of the period. This article argues that the contrast between Byzantine and Arab Christian hagiography from the late eighth through the ninth century provides an important window in the process of Arabisation and Islamisation in the Early Islamic period. In particular when the Byzantine account of the Twenty Martyrs of Mar Saba is compared to the Arabic account of the Martydom of Raw[hdot] al-Qurayshī, an Arab Christian, many of the significant features of the process of cultural change come to the fore.
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