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Studies on Hellenism Christianity and the Umayyads / Garth Fowden and Elizabeth Key Fowden.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Meletemata ; 37. | Meletemata (Kentron Hellēnikēs kai Rōmaikēs Archaiotētos) ; 37. Publication details: Athenes : Diffusion de Boccard, 2004.Description: 219 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9607905164
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR128.G8  F69 2004
Contents:
Part I. Hellenism and the Umayyads / by Garth Fowden -- 1. Quşayr 'Amra -- 2. Royal imagery -- 3. Bathing women and huntresses -- 4. Mythology and philosophy -- 5. Barbarians in the Bath -- Part 2. Christianity and the Umayyads / by Elizabeth Fey Fowden -- 6. Monks, monasteries and early Islam -- 7. Christian monasteries and Umayyad residences in late antique Syria.
Summary: The present volume offers a partial presentation of research that has been prosecuted, in one form or another, over the past decade and more. Some early, misguided ideas about the relationship between Hellenism and the Umayyads as manifest in the paintings of Qusayr Arma appeared in chapter 6 of Garth Fowden, "Empire to commonwealth : Consequences of monotheism in late antiquity (1993) ; while in chapter 6 of "The Barbarian Plain : Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran" (1999), Elisabeth Key Fowden looked at the relationship between Christianity and Islam in Umayyad al Rusafa. A three-year grant from the "Aristeia" programme of the Greek Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, within the European Union's 3rd Community Support Framework, has encouraged us to concentrate on specific aspects of these cultural interactions. A more rounded interpretation of the material, with due emphasis on the wider Islamic environment, will be published elsewhere.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library BR128.G8, F69 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 3600

At head of title " Kentron Hēllenikēs kai Rōmaīkēs Archaiotētos "

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-213) and index.

Part I. Hellenism and the Umayyads / by Garth Fowden -- 1. Quşayr 'Amra -- 2. Royal imagery -- 3. Bathing women and huntresses -- 4. Mythology and philosophy -- 5. Barbarians in the Bath -- Part 2. Christianity and the Umayyads / by Elizabeth Fey Fowden -- 6. Monks, monasteries and early Islam -- 7. Christian monasteries and Umayyad residences in late antique Syria.

The present volume offers a partial presentation of research that has been prosecuted, in one form or another, over the past decade and more. Some early, misguided ideas about the relationship between Hellenism and the Umayyads as manifest in the paintings of Qusayr Arma appeared in chapter 6 of Garth Fowden, "Empire to commonwealth : Consequences of monotheism in late antiquity (1993) ; while in chapter 6 of "The Barbarian Plain : Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran" (1999), Elisabeth Key Fowden looked at the relationship between Christianity and Islam in Umayyad al Rusafa. A three-year grant from the "Aristeia" programme of the Greek Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, within the European Union's 3rd Community Support Framework, has encouraged us to concentrate on specific aspects of these cultural interactions. A more rounded interpretation of the material, with due emphasis on the wider Islamic environment, will be published elsewhere.

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