Christians and Muslims in early Islamic Egypt
By: edited by Lajos Berkes
Contributors: American Society of Papyrologists; Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)
Series: American studies in papyrology -- 56; American studies in papyrology -- 56.
Publisher: American Society of Papyrologists
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780979975899
Subjects: Christianity and other religions; Islam; History; Relations; Christianity; Christians; Social conditions; Muslims; Manuscripts (Papyri); Sources; Chrétiens; Conditions sociales; Musulmans; Histoire; Interfaith relations
Description: This volume collects studies exploring the relationship of Christians and Muslims in everyday life in Early Islamic Egypt (642-10th c.) focusing mainly, but not exclusively on administrative and social history. The contributions concentrate on the papyrological documentation preserved in Greek, Coptic, and Arabic. By doing so, this book transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries and offers results based on a holistic view of the documentary material. The articles of this volume discuss various aspects of change and continuity from Byzantine to Islamic Egypt and offer also the (re)edition of 23 papyrus documents in Greek, Coptic, and Arabic. The authors provide a showcase of recent papyrological research on this under-studied, but dynamically evolving field.After an introduction by the editor of the volume that outlines the most important trends and developments of the period, the first two essays shed light on Egypt as part of the Caliphate. The following six articles, the bulk of the volume, deal with the interaction and involvement of the Egyptian population with the new Muslim administrative apparatus. The last three studies of the volume focus on naming practices and language change.--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : A Papyrological Perspective on Christians and Muslems in Early Islamic Egypt; title: Imperial Arabic : Some Notes on Visual Symbolism; title: Imperial Policies and the Organization of the War Fleet in Early Islamic Egypt; title: Babylone-Fusṭāṭ dans les sources papyrolgiques coptes; title: The Overseers of the Barns of Babylon : Two Arabic-Greek Receipts; title: À propos de Ḥayyān b. Surrayǧ : Un surintendant des finances égyptien de l'époque omeyyade; title: Nouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au VIII[superscript italic e] siècle; title: Rāshid b. Khālid : An Amīr in Middle Egypt under the Umayyads; title: Western Thebes and the Arab Administration of Pre-Abbasid Egypt; title: Remarques textuelles et méthodologiques sur les surnoms et sobreiquets dans les papyrus tardifs (autour des P.Apoll.); title: Draft of a Late Coptic Letter; title: Bilingualism and Mono-/Bigraphia at the Nexus of Magical Traditions : From Egyptian-Greek to Coptic-Arabic Magical Texts.