The seventh century in the West-Syrian chronicles

"Part One presents 12 texts written between 636 and 847, including date-lists, king-lists, anecdotal chronicles, inscriptions and a contemporary memorandum of the Arab conquest. Part Two contains a long extract from the Chronicle of AD 1234 with supplementary material from Michael the Syrian .....

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Contributors: Palmer, Andrew (Other) ; Hoyland, Robert G. 1966- (Other) ; Brock, Sebastian P. 1938- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Liverpool Liverpool University Press 2011
In:Year: 1993
Further subjects:B Islamic Empire History Sources
B Syria History Sources
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:"Part One presents 12 texts written between 636 and 847, including date-lists, king-lists, anecdotal chronicles, inscriptions and a contemporary memorandum of the Arab conquest. Part Two contains a long extract from the Chronicle of AD 1234 with supplementary material from Michael the Syrian ... Part Three contains the last part of the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius and a related text from Edessa"-- Back cover
Item Description:Also includes two seventh-century Syriac apocalyptic texts,...translated and annotated by Sebastian Brock, with added annotation...by Robert Hoyland - Includes bibliographical references (p. lix-lxiii) and index
ISBN:1789628326