The Christian Communities of Palestine from Byzantine to Islamic Rule : An Historical and Archaeological Study.
An assessment of the nature and social continuity of Christian communities in Palestine from 602-813. By synthesizing literary and archeological evidence, it provides a detailed discussion of disparate historical and archeological data. In the first part, the Sasanian, Byzantine and early Muslim inv...
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Berlin :
Gerlach Press,
2020.
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| Series: | SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser.
Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 2. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- List of Tables
- List of Maps
- List of Plates
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. Background and the Eve of the Sasanian Invasion: 602 to 614
- The Christian Population of Palestine
- The Reign of Phocas
- The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
- Pilgrimage
- Other Evidence for Christians
- Conclusions
- II. The Sasanian Occupation: 614 to 628
- The Sasanian Invasion
- The Jews and Their Military Involvement
- The Bedouin Tribes
- The Siege and Sack of Jerusalem
- The Years of the Sasanian Occupation
- The Impact of the Sasanian Interlude
- III. The Byzantine Recovery: 628 to the 630s
- Heraclius' Visit to Jerusalem
- The Patriarch Modestus
- Byzantine Reorganization
- Relations between the Muslims and the Arab Tribes
- The Monothelite Controversy
- Anastasius the Persian
- Pilgrimage
- Church Construction
- Conclusions
- IV. The Islamic Conquest: the Mid-630s to 640
- The Events of the Conquest
- The Nature of the Conquest: the Literary Evidence
- The Nature of the Conquest: Archaeological Evidence
- The Jews and Bedouins
- The Reaction of the Conquered Population
- Other Aspects of the Conquest
- Conclusion
- V. The Early Islamic Period: 640 to 813
- The Umayyad Period
- The 'Abbāsid Revolution
- The Early 'Abbāsid Period
- The Civil War (809-13)
- Later Events
- Monasticism
- Relations with the Byzantine Empire
- Relations with the Carolingians
- The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
- Pilgrimage
- The Jews and Samaritans
- Conclusion
- VI. Churches in the Early Islamic Period: 640 to 813
- Patterns in Church Use
- Construction and Repair of Churches
- The End of Churches
- Deliberate Destruction
- Abandonment
- Later Use of Churches
- Conversion to Mosques
- Domestic Occupation
- Stone Robbing
- Reasons for Abandonment
- VII. Muslims and Conversion to Islam
- The Problem of Identifying Muslims
- Further Material Evidence for Muslim Presence
- The Administrative Organization of Palestine
- Other Literary Evidence for Muslim Presence
- Overview
- VIII. Muslim Policies towards Christians
- The Qur'ān and Muḥammad
- The Capitulation Treaties
- Construction and Repair of Churches
- The Display of Crosses
- Other Legal Restrictions
- Taxation
- Other Aspects
- Martyrdom and Apostasy
- Government Involvement in Christian Affairs
- Chalcedonian and Non-Chalcedonian Christians
- IX. Iconoclasm
- The Archaeological Evidence
- Geometric Mosaics in Churches
- Church Mosaics with Images
- Figurative Mosaics Suffering Iconoclastic Damage
- Analysis of the Archaeological Evidence
- Other Types of Iconoclastic Damage
- Iconoclastic Damage in Synagogues
- Mosaics in Secular Buildings
- Images in Muslim Buildings
- Damage to Images Outside of Palestine
- The Date of the Damage
- The Identity of the Iconoclasts
- The Literary Sources for Christian Use of Images
- The Literary Sources for Muslim Views about Images
