Al-Makīn ibn al-ʿAmīd on Moses of Crete
In the first, still unpublished, volume of The Blessed Compendium (al-Majmūʿ al-mubārak) - the historical work of the 13th-century Arabic-speaking Christian writer al-Makīn ibn al-ʿAmīd, there is a chapter on the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II the Younger (r. 402-450). In this chapter, Ibn al-ʿAm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Scrinium
Year: 2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 321-327 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBL Near East and North Africa |
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al-Makin ibn al-ʿAmid
B Jews B Agapius of Manbij (Hierapolis) B Moses of Crete B Messiah B The Blessed Compendium B Arabic textual criticism |
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| Summary: | In the first, still unpublished, volume of The Blessed Compendium (al-Majmūʿ al-mubārak) - the historical work of the 13th-century Arabic-speaking Christian writer al-Makīn ibn al-ʿAmīd, there is a chapter on the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II the Younger (r. 402-450). In this chapter, Ibn al-ʿAmīd retells the famous story of Moses of Crete, "who appeared among the Jews" and declared himself to be the Messiah to subsequent tragic disappointment of those who believed in him. The present article discusses this story and suggests an explanation for the discrepancies between Ibn al-ʿAmīd's text and its Arabic source - the Book of the Heading (Kitāb al-ʿUnwān) of Agapius of Manbij (Hierapolis). |
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| ISSN: | 1817-7565 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scrinium
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00151P20 |