The Seventh Century in the West-Syrian Chronicles

By: Andrew Palmer (Commentaries by, Translator)

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Paperback | 1 April 1993

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The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles makes accessible to a wide public sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which botn modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. The general introduction enables a newcomer to the field to establish his bearings before tackling the texts. Part One presents 12 texts written between 636 and 847, including date-lists, king-lists, anecdotal chronicles, inscriptions and a contemporary memorandum of the Arab conquest. Part Two contains a long extract from the Chronicle of AD 1234 with supplementary material from Michael the Syrian, these two sources being the only surviving witnesses to the work of the greatest of Syrian historians, Dionysius of Tel-Mahr-e. Part Three contains the last part of the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius 3nd a related text from Edessa, The epilogue draws together the genres of chronography and apocalyptic.

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays Non-Fiction Prose Literary Essays History Earliest Times to Present Day Early History from 500 to 1500 Regional & National History Asian History Middle Eastern History Religion & Beliefs Islam

Introduction
The confessional background
The historical context (by R. H.)
The texts
Chronology and Chronological tables
Select bibliography of West-Syrian chronicles
Abbreviations, brackets, signs
Minor West-Syrian Chronography	p. 1
A record of the Arab conquest of Syria, AD 637	p. 1
Extract from a chronicle composed about AD 640	p. 5
Extract from the Melkite Chronicle (AD 642+)	p. 25
Extract from the Maronite Chronicle (AD 664+)	p. 29
Fragment of James of Edessa, AD 691/2	p. 36
A list of caliphs, composed after AD 705	p. 43
A chronicle of disasters dated AD 716 (tr. S. P. B.)	p. 45
A list of caliphs from the Arabic (AD 724+)	p. 49
Extract from an 'Account', written in AD 775	p. 51
Extract from the Chronicle of Zuqnin, AD 775	p. 53
Inscriptions of Ehnesh, late eighth century	p. 71
Extracts from two chronicles up to AD 819/846	p. 75
Dionysius of Tel-Mahre Secular History, introduction	p. 85
Concordance of the contents	p. 105
Extract from the Chronicle of AD 1234	p. 111
Two Apocalyptic Texts of AD 691+ (by S. P. B.)	p. 222
Extract from the Apocalypse of Ps.-Methodius	p. 222
The Edessene Apocalyptic Fragment	p. 243
Epilogue	p. 251
Appendices, Index and Maps
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