Religion, language and community in the Roman Near East : Constantine to Muhammad
Millar, FergusAuthor
British Academy,issuing body.
Fergus Millar explores the way in which different ethnic, religious and linguistic communities co-existed and conflicted in the Roman Near East in the three centuries between the conversion of the Emperor Constantine to Christianity in 312 and the beginning of Muhammad's preaching in about 610. The major puzzle which the book poses is what is the relation between the process of conversion and the rise of Islam.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fergus Millar explores the way in which different ethnic, religious and linguistic communities co-existed and conflicted in the Roman Near East in the three centuries between the conversion of the Emperor Constantine to Christianity in 312 and the beginning of Muhammad's preaching in about 610. The major puzzle which the book poses is what is the relation between the process of conversion and the rise of Islam.
Description based on print version record.
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Hinduism