Stephen J. Davis
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199258628
- eISBN:
- 9780191718052
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199258628.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
This chapter traces key developments in Copto-Arabic Christology and Christopraxis from the 10th to the 13th century. The Christology of Būlus Al-Bushī, and Christology of Awlād Al-AssālBulus ...
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This chapter traces key developments in Copto-Arabic Christology and Christopraxis from the 10th to the 13th century. The Christology of Būlus Al-Bushī, and Christology of Awlād Al-AssālBulus Al-Bushi Awlad Al-Assal are discussed.Less
This chapter traces key developments in Copto-Arabic Christology and Christopraxis from the 10th to the 13th century. The Christology of Būlus Al-Bushī, and Christology of Awlād Al-AssālBulus Al-Bushi Awlad Al-Assal are discussed.
Noah Haiduc-Dale
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780748676033
- eISBN:
- 9780748684304
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748676033.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
The introduction highlights the tension between nationalism and religious identification and explains how earlier scholarship takes an all-or-nothing approach to the meaning of religious identity. ...
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The introduction highlights the tension between nationalism and religious identification and explains how earlier scholarship takes an all-or-nothing approach to the meaning of religious identity. Others have ignored religion by privileging secular nationalism or have attributed all meaningful history to religious distinctions and communities. Instead, the introduction lays the basis for seeking to understand the relationship between Christians and nationalism by exploring the formation of their religious and national identities. This approach is similar to recent work on communalism and sectarianism in other parts of the colonial world. In addition, this chapter introduces the reader to some of the most pertinent historical details and variations between Arab Christian denominations in Palestine.Less
The introduction highlights the tension between nationalism and religious identification and explains how earlier scholarship takes an all-or-nothing approach to the meaning of religious identity. Others have ignored religion by privileging secular nationalism or have attributed all meaningful history to religious distinctions and communities. Instead, the introduction lays the basis for seeking to understand the relationship between Christians and nationalism by exploring the formation of their religious and national identities. This approach is similar to recent work on communalism and sectarianism in other parts of the colonial world. In addition, this chapter introduces the reader to some of the most pertinent historical details and variations between Arab Christian denominations in Palestine.
Nadine Naber
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199975419
- eISBN:
- 9780199346158
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199975419.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Nadine Naber, Matthew Stiffler, and their research team focus on Sunni Muslims in California and Maronite Catholics and Antiochian Orthodox Christians in Michigan, specifically those belonging to ...
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Nadine Naber, Matthew Stiffler, and their research team focus on Sunni Muslims in California and Maronite Catholics and Antiochian Orthodox Christians in Michigan, specifically those belonging to diaspora communities from the Arab region. Their research illustrates the way in which religious and scriptural concepts and practices are entangled in historical and material realities that are transnational in scope. Naber and Stiffler found that these diasporic individuals conceptualize their relationship to religion and scriptures with and through varied relationships to the concept of “Arab cultural identity” in ways that are very much entangled in the historical realities of anti-Arab racism, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11. Some Christians overemphasize their Christian identity and de-emphasize their relationship to Arab histories and cultures. While some Muslims tend to disaggregate the categories “Arab” from “Muslims,” arguing that cultural norms taint true Islam.Less
Nadine Naber, Matthew Stiffler, and their research team focus on Sunni Muslims in California and Maronite Catholics and Antiochian Orthodox Christians in Michigan, specifically those belonging to diaspora communities from the Arab region. Their research illustrates the way in which religious and scriptural concepts and practices are entangled in historical and material realities that are transnational in scope. Naber and Stiffler found that these diasporic individuals conceptualize their relationship to religion and scriptures with and through varied relationships to the concept of “Arab cultural identity” in ways that are very much entangled in the historical realities of anti-Arab racism, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11. Some Christians overemphasize their Christian identity and de-emphasize their relationship to Arab histories and cultures. While some Muslims tend to disaggregate the categories “Arab” from “Muslims,” arguing that cultural norms taint true Islam.
Noah Haiduc-Dale
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780748676033
- eISBN:
- 9780748684304
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748676033.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
Christians in British Mandate Palestine (1917-1948) comprised a significant minority of the Arab population, but it is commonly assumed that they were junior partners in the Palestinian nationalist ...
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Christians in British Mandate Palestine (1917-1948) comprised a significant minority of the Arab population, but it is commonly assumed that they were junior partners in the Palestinian nationalist movement, or perhaps even wary of the movement altogether. The period was tense, and Arab Christians did struggle to define their community in the face of Zionist immigration, British colonial policies, and the rise of both regional pan-Islamic ideologies and Palestinian nationalism. This book focuses on the relationship between Arab Christians and the nationalist movement as the British Mandate unfolded throughout the first half of the twentieth century. It also looks at the nature of interreligious religious relations between Christians and Muslims. The book uses major events of the period as a lens through which to examine Christian efforts to define their place in Palestinian society while being conscious of variations (denominational, socioeconomic and geographical, for instance) and debates within the diverse Arab Christian community. Despite such variations, trends among individual Christian behaviours and beliefs, as well as those of Christian organizations (both religious and social in nature), challenge the prevailing assumption that Arabs were prone to communalism or sectarianism. Instead, they were as likely as their Muslim compatriots to support nationalism. When social pressure led Christians to identify along communal lines, they did so in conjunction with a stronger dedication to nationalism.Less
Christians in British Mandate Palestine (1917-1948) comprised a significant minority of the Arab population, but it is commonly assumed that they were junior partners in the Palestinian nationalist movement, or perhaps even wary of the movement altogether. The period was tense, and Arab Christians did struggle to define their community in the face of Zionist immigration, British colonial policies, and the rise of both regional pan-Islamic ideologies and Palestinian nationalism. This book focuses on the relationship between Arab Christians and the nationalist movement as the British Mandate unfolded throughout the first half of the twentieth century. It also looks at the nature of interreligious religious relations between Christians and Muslims. The book uses major events of the period as a lens through which to examine Christian efforts to define their place in Palestinian society while being conscious of variations (denominational, socioeconomic and geographical, for instance) and debates within the diverse Arab Christian community. Despite such variations, trends among individual Christian behaviours and beliefs, as well as those of Christian organizations (both religious and social in nature), challenge the prevailing assumption that Arabs were prone to communalism or sectarianism. Instead, they were as likely as their Muslim compatriots to support nationalism. When social pressure led Christians to identify along communal lines, they did so in conjunction with a stronger dedication to nationalism.
Orit Bashkin
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780748670123
- eISBN:
- 9781474405973
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748670123.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
The chapter looks into the writings about Jews in 1890s Egypt, especially in the works of novelist and intellectual Farah Antun (1874-1922). It argues that the Egyptian print media, in its post-1882 ...
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The chapter looks into the writings about Jews in 1890s Egypt, especially in the works of novelist and intellectual Farah Antun (1874-1922). It argues that the Egyptian print media, in its post-1882 stage, encouraged important conversations about citizenship rights and democracy, in which the writing about ‘the Jew’ served as a key metaphor. Most of the important writers in the public sphere condemned European anti-Semitism and saw it as a reflection of European fanaticism. Antun’s writings, both in his journal al-Jami‘a and his 1904 novel, The New Jerusalem (Urshalim al-Jadida), reflect this interest in Jewish life and in the historical oppression of the Jewish people. Writing about the persecution of Jews under the Byzantine Empire, Antun used this historical setting to call for Ottoman brotherhood and unity, equality before the law to all subjects of the Ottoman Empire regardless of their religion, and social justice.Less
The chapter looks into the writings about Jews in 1890s Egypt, especially in the works of novelist and intellectual Farah Antun (1874-1922). It argues that the Egyptian print media, in its post-1882 stage, encouraged important conversations about citizenship rights and democracy, in which the writing about ‘the Jew’ served as a key metaphor. Most of the important writers in the public sphere condemned European anti-Semitism and saw it as a reflection of European fanaticism. Antun’s writings, both in his journal al-Jami‘a and his 1904 novel, The New Jerusalem (Urshalim al-Jadida), reflect this interest in Jewish life and in the historical oppression of the Jewish people. Writing about the persecution of Jews under the Byzantine Empire, Antun used this historical setting to call for Ottoman brotherhood and unity, equality before the law to all subjects of the Ottoman Empire regardless of their religion, and social justice.
David Wilmsen
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198718123
- eISBN:
- 9780191787485
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198718123.003.0006
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Syntax and Morphology
Similarities between southern peninsular Arabic dialects and the Modern South Arabian languages support a southern pre-diaspora origin for the Arabic dialects negating and interrogating with reflexes ...
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Similarities between southern peninsular Arabic dialects and the Modern South Arabian languages support a southern pre-diaspora origin for the Arabic dialects negating and interrogating with reflexes of šī. Most share an existential particle analogous to the Arabic šī found in Yemeni, Omani, and Syrian varieties, at least, and Mehri possesses an indefinite determiner śi that functions exactly like the analogous Arabic šī. Southern Arabic speakers were probably in the Fertile Crescent as early as seven centuries before Islam and maybe twice that many, ample time for a southern Arabic feature to become established in the Levant. Current dialect distributions probably originate in the displacement of the old southern Arab Christian elite by Arabic-speaking Muslims from Central Arabia.Less
Similarities between southern peninsular Arabic dialects and the Modern South Arabian languages support a southern pre-diaspora origin for the Arabic dialects negating and interrogating with reflexes of šī. Most share an existential particle analogous to the Arabic šī found in Yemeni, Omani, and Syrian varieties, at least, and Mehri possesses an indefinite determiner śi that functions exactly like the analogous Arabic šī. Southern Arabic speakers were probably in the Fertile Crescent as early as seven centuries before Islam and maybe twice that many, ample time for a southern Arabic feature to become established in the Levant. Current dialect distributions probably originate in the displacement of the old southern Arab Christian elite by Arabic-speaking Muslims from Central Arabia.
Yaakov Ariel
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814770689
- eISBN:
- 9780814762936
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814770689.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
It is generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have little in common. Yet special alliances developed between the two groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicals ...
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It is generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have little in common. Yet special alliances developed between the two groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicals viewed Jews as both the rightful heirs of Israel and as a group who failed to recognize their true savior. Consequently, they set out to influence the course of Jewish life by attempting to evangelize Jews and to facilitate their return to Palestine. Their double-edged perception caused unprecedented political, cultural, and theological meeting points that have revolutionized Christian–Jewish relationships. This book explores the beliefs and political agendas that evangelicals have created in order to affect the future of the Jews. Additionally, it analyzes Jewish opinions and reactions to those efforts, as well as those of other religious groups, such as Arab Christians. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the roots, manifestations, and consequences of evangelical interest in the Jews, and the alternatives they provide to conventional historical Christian–Jewish interactions. It also provides a compelling understanding of Middle Eastern politics through a new lens.Less
It is generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have little in common. Yet special alliances developed between the two groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicals viewed Jews as both the rightful heirs of Israel and as a group who failed to recognize their true savior. Consequently, they set out to influence the course of Jewish life by attempting to evangelize Jews and to facilitate their return to Palestine. Their double-edged perception caused unprecedented political, cultural, and theological meeting points that have revolutionized Christian–Jewish relationships. This book explores the beliefs and political agendas that evangelicals have created in order to affect the future of the Jews. Additionally, it analyzes Jewish opinions and reactions to those efforts, as well as those of other religious groups, such as Arab Christians. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the roots, manifestations, and consequences of evangelical interest in the Jews, and the alternatives they provide to conventional historical Christian–Jewish interactions. It also provides a compelling understanding of Middle Eastern politics through a new lens.
Adam Talib
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199915408
- eISBN:
- 9780199332816
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199915408.003.0007
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, World History: BCE to 500CE
This chapter examines the Arabic poetry dealing with the city of Ḥīra in south-west Iraq. Much of this poetry is filled with longing for a fleeting era of glory, when Ḥīra was ruled by its Christian ...
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This chapter examines the Arabic poetry dealing with the city of Ḥīra in south-west Iraq. Much of this poetry is filled with longing for a fleeting era of glory, when Ḥīra was ruled by its Christian kings. The chapter suggests that much of this material had its origins in the Ḥīra court itself. When this poetic tradition was inherited by Muslim Arabs, it caused them to view the Islamic conquests as a time of loss, as well as victory, and it acted as a reminder of the temporary nature of all political authority.Less
This chapter examines the Arabic poetry dealing with the city of Ḥīra in south-west Iraq. Much of this poetry is filled with longing for a fleeting era of glory, when Ḥīra was ruled by its Christian kings. The chapter suggests that much of this material had its origins in the Ḥīra court itself. When this poetic tradition was inherited by Muslim Arabs, it caused them to view the Islamic conquests as a time of loss, as well as victory, and it acted as a reminder of the temporary nature of all political authority.
Duane Alexander Miller
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- December 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199699704
- eISBN:
- 9780191831812
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199699704.003.0013
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History, History of Christianity
This chapter argues that the Middle East provided a testing ground for different and contesting visions of what it meant to be an Anglican. It begins with a review of the thought and ministry of ...
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This chapter argues that the Middle East provided a testing ground for different and contesting visions of what it meant to be an Anglican. It begins with a review of the thought and ministry of Horatio Southgate, sent as a missionary bishop to Constantinople by the Episcopal Church of the United States. Then the archbishop’s mission to Persia is described, with its vision for supporting the ancient indigenous Christian communities. The Church Mission Society mission to Persia is also explored. Finally, the chapter relates the foundation of the diocese of Jerusalem, itself the fruit of three very different mission societies with different, and sometimes clashing, visions of what it meant to be Anglican and what constituted an authentic interpretation of Anglican mission.Less
This chapter argues that the Middle East provided a testing ground for different and contesting visions of what it meant to be an Anglican. It begins with a review of the thought and ministry of Horatio Southgate, sent as a missionary bishop to Constantinople by the Episcopal Church of the United States. Then the archbishop’s mission to Persia is described, with its vision for supporting the ancient indigenous Christian communities. The Church Mission Society mission to Persia is also explored. Finally, the chapter relates the foundation of the diocese of Jerusalem, itself the fruit of three very different mission societies with different, and sometimes clashing, visions of what it meant to be Anglican and what constituted an authentic interpretation of Anglican mission.
Mushirul Hasan
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198063117
- eISBN:
- 9780199080199
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198063117.003.0049
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
The caravan enters the Kurd country, on the borders of the desert. The author describes the desert and narrates how the caravan was detained. He also presents an account of the tribe of Senjar, a ...
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The caravan enters the Kurd country, on the borders of the desert. The author describes the desert and narrates how the caravan was detained. He also presents an account of the tribe of Senjar, a race of mountaineers, and his journey over the desert. The author arrives at Mousul, is courteously received by Mohammed Pasha, visits the tomb of St George of England, describes Mousul and its inhabitants, leaves Mousul, and is hospitably entertained by some Christian Arabs. He also describes Kirkook and Karutapa. The author arrives at Bagdad and estimates the distance from Constantinople to Bagdad.Less
The caravan enters the Kurd country, on the borders of the desert. The author describes the desert and narrates how the caravan was detained. He also presents an account of the tribe of Senjar, a race of mountaineers, and his journey over the desert. The author arrives at Mousul, is courteously received by Mohammed Pasha, visits the tomb of St George of England, describes Mousul and its inhabitants, leaves Mousul, and is hospitably entertained by some Christian Arabs. He also describes Kirkook and Karutapa. The author arrives at Bagdad and estimates the distance from Constantinople to Bagdad.
Paul Starkey
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780748670123
- eISBN:
- 9781474405973
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748670123.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
This chapter discusses the contribution made to the modern Arabic literary tradition by the series of twenty-two historical novels published in Cairo by the Lebanese/Egyptian author Jurji Zaydan ...
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This chapter discusses the contribution made to the modern Arabic literary tradition by the series of twenty-two historical novels published in Cairo by the Lebanese/Egyptian author Jurji Zaydan between 1891 and his death in 1914. The chapter gives an account of Zaydan’s childhood and education in Beirut, considers the possible reasons for his emigration to Egypt in 1883, and discusses his motivations for writing the novels in the context of his wider scholarly interests in history, language and literature. The chapter considers precursors to Zaydan’s work in both the Western and the Arabic literary traditions, and attempts to evaluate his contribution to the development of the modern Arabic novel. Selected passages from the novels are analysed in some detail, and reasons are suggested for their continued popularity.Less
This chapter discusses the contribution made to the modern Arabic literary tradition by the series of twenty-two historical novels published in Cairo by the Lebanese/Egyptian author Jurji Zaydan between 1891 and his death in 1914. The chapter gives an account of Zaydan’s childhood and education in Beirut, considers the possible reasons for his emigration to Egypt in 1883, and discusses his motivations for writing the novels in the context of his wider scholarly interests in history, language and literature. The chapter considers precursors to Zaydan’s work in both the Western and the Arabic literary traditions, and attempts to evaluate his contribution to the development of the modern Arabic novel. Selected passages from the novels are analysed in some detail, and reasons are suggested for their continued popularity.
Philip Wood
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199915408
- eISBN:
- 9780199332816
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199915408.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, World History: BCE to 500CE
The chapter examines medieval ecclesiastical history from Iraq to examine the importation of ‘Western’ history in the end of the sixth century. This was prompted by the greater prominence and ...
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The chapter examines medieval ecclesiastical history from Iraq to examine the importation of ‘Western’ history in the end of the sixth century. This was prompted by the greater prominence and international awareness of Christians in the Sasanian world. It suggests that eastern Christians received several different strands of Western history, which accounts for their contradictory positive attitudes towards the person of Nestorius and the council of Chalcedon.Less
The chapter examines medieval ecclesiastical history from Iraq to examine the importation of ‘Western’ history in the end of the sixth century. This was prompted by the greater prominence and international awareness of Christians in the Sasanian world. It suggests that eastern Christians received several different strands of Western history, which accounts for their contradictory positive attitudes towards the person of Nestorius and the council of Chalcedon.
