The Arabs and Islam in Late Antiquity - Aziz Al-Azmeh

The Arabs and Islam in Late Antiquity - Aziz Al-Azmeh

A comprehensive and innovative reconstruction of the emergence of early Muslim religion and polity in their historical, religious and ethnological ...

Examining a single broad tribal identity al-Azd from the immediate pre-Islamic period into the early Abbasid era, this book notes the ways it was c...

DescriptionThis volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origi...

Reducere. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER KAI BIRD'S fascinating memoir of his early years spent in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon provides an origin...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this volume, Hugh Elton offers a detailed and up to date history of the last centuries of the Roman Empire. Beginning with the crisis...

Reducere. The ancient philosophy, in its original Orphico-Pythagorean and Platonic form, is not simply a way of life in accordance with the divine or human i...

Daily Life in Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive study of lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250-600 CE. Each of the six topi...

This book is essential reading for understanding what happened to Rome at the end of antiquity. By focusing on the actions of senatorial aristocrat...

An innovative approach to the study of an under-appreciated topic of the place of art in ancient religion and will be essential reading for researc...

This book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Mu...

A reissue of James T. Monroe's classic study on the cultural history of al-Andalus that establishes Spanish scholars on the forefront of European s...

Explores power relations in the households, schools, and monasteries of late antiquity in light of social theory, in a way that will be of interest...

Explores how literary form changes when Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape. By reading little-known but hugely influential texts, this bo...

Explores how ancient and late antique Christianity traveled through Asia by examining the social networks that connected the ancient and late antiq...

Zeini challenges the view that considers the Zand's study an auxiliary science to Avestan studies, framing the text instead within the exegetical c...

The transition from roll to codex as the standard format of the book is one of the most culturally significant innovations of Late Antiquity. The C...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

This is the first general book on Greek and Latin letter-writing in Late Antiquity (400300-600 CE). Allen and Neil examine early Christian Greek an...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jean-Luc FournetIllustration(s): 37 b/w illus. 3 tables. 1 map.Number of pages: 224Collection: The ...

This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates th...

This volume presents the first multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis to reconstruct life conditions in ancient Tuscany between Late Antiquit...

Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

Rabbinic stories portraying heretics (minim) typically involve a conflict over biblical interpretation. Using previously untapped Christian materia...

The first assessment of religious violence throughout the whole of Antiquity, with a particular focus on Late Antiquity where a much more nuanced p...

The Political Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal: Islam and Nationalism in Late Colonial India - Iqbal Singh Sevea

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Reducere. How does a culture become Christian, especially one that is heir to such ancient traditions and spectacular monuments as Egypt? This book offers a ...

Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both mer...

Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300-600 AD) throughout the western and east...

Reducere. DescriptionFifty Early Medieval Things introduces readers to the material culture of late antique and early medieval Europe, north Africa, and west...

Reducere. Only a small fraction of ancient literature survives--less than one percent, estimates reveal. While the reasons vary, it is an irony that Christia...

Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introduc...

A timely reconsideration of the life and times of one of the West's most prominent Muslim converts.Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdNumber of ...

An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy...

With trademark versatility and brilliance, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill explores how Christianity transformed humanity's relationship w...

What does it mean to be young, modern, and Muslim? Documenting everyday life in Lamu (Kenya), this book explores the mundane practices of behavior ...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Peter BrownIllustration(s): 113 Illustrations, black and white; 17 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 21...

Reducere. In The Other Judaisms of Late Antiquity the late Alan F. Segal is at his very best. This reissued and expanded edition--now containing his celebrat...

This book reviews and analyses the modern history of Kuwait by telling the story of Abd al-Aziz Sa'ud al-Babtain (b. 1936), a businessman, philanth...

Publisher: Hirmer VerlagAuthor(s): Jessica RichardsonIllustration(s): 240 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 380Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

This book examines the legal conundrum of reconciling international human rights law in a Muslim majority country and identifies a trajectory for n...