The Seventh Century in the West Syrian Chronicles
by Palmer, Andrew; Kennedy, Duncan F.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-01-05
Publisher(s): Liverpool University Press
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Summary
The Seventh Century in the 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 both 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.
Table of Contents
| 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 | |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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