The seventh century in the west-Syrian chronicles / introduced, translated and annotated by Andrew Palmer ; including two seventh-century Syriac apocalyptic texts, introduced, translated and annotated by Sebastian Brock ; with added annotation and an historical introduction by Robert Hoyland

Published:: Liverpool, [Eng.] : Liverpool University Press, 1993.
Physical Description:: lxvi, 305 pages ; 21 cm.
Additional Creators:: Palmer, Andrew (Andrew Nicholas), Brock, Sebastian P., and Hoyland, Robert

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Series:

Translated texts for historians ; v. 15.

Subject(s):

Syria—History—Sources
Islamic Empire—History—Sources

ISBN:

0853232385

Note:

"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 ... Part Three contains the last part of the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius and a related text from Edessa"--Back cover.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages lix-lxiii) and index.

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