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Monferrer-Sala, Juan Pedro. Redefining History on Pre-Islamic Accounts
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| Title: | Redefining History on Pre-Islamic Accounts | | Subtitle: | The Arabic Recension of the Martyrs of Najrân | | Series: | Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 26 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
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| By Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala | | ISBN: | 978-1-61719-158-9 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publication Date: | 5/2010 | | Language: | English | | Format: | Hardback, Black, 6 x 9 in | | Pages: | 130 |
As the account of the Martyrs of Najran has hitherto been known till the moment through the Greek and the Syriac textual tradition, an original analysis with a comparative scope is offered in this book to provide information about the most important details narrated in the Arabic version, and for identifying the original text from which the Arabic version was done. Thus, the aim of the present book is to make available to the researchers a comparative study of the contents and structure of the tragic events which took place in the South Arabian city of Najran as they were narrated in the Arabic recension contained in the MS Sinaitic Arabic 535, the most important of the Arabic witnesses in which the account of the martyrs of Najran is included. Table of Contents
- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Preface and Acknowledgements (page 7)
- Abbreviations (page 11)
- 1. Historical Framework of the Events (page 15)
- 2. Text Setting (page 23)
- 3. Contents and Structure (page 33)
- At the start of the account: the need for a context (page 37)
- The persecution of the Nagranites: martyrdoms and burning of the city (page 47)
- The punitive Axumite attack against the Jewish ruler in the South Arabian land (page 71)
- A story within the story (page 75)
- Back to the fray (page 77)
- The re-Christianization of Saba and Nagran (page 81)
- A new stylite (page 83)
- Map (page 85)
- Plate (page 87)
- Bibliography (page 89)
- Biblical and qur'anic references (page 111)
- General Index (page 113)
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| | Monferrer-Sala, Juan Pedro. Redefining History on Pre-Islamic Accounts | | ISBN: | 978-1-61719-158-9 | | Weight: | 1 LBS. | | Price: | $119.50 | |
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