Conflict or concord? The history of Islam, from its
emergence in early seventh century Arabia and its explosive growth into the
wider Middle East, is often portrayed as a story of the struggle with and
conquest of the Christian people of Greater Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.
Alternatively, the appearance of Islam is characterized as being welcomed by the
conquered, whose existing monotheistic faiths of Christianity and Judaism were
tolerated and even allowed to flourish under Muslim rule.
In this concise but in depth survey of the almost nine centuries that
passed from the beginning of the spread of Islam up to the Ottoman Turkish
conquest of Syria and Egypt beginning in 1516, Constantin Panchenko offers a
more complex portrayal of this period that opens up fresh vistas of
understanding, focusing on the impact that the appearance of Islam had on the
many forms of Christianity they encountered, principally the Orthodox Christian
communities of the Middle East. In particular he illuminates the interplay of
their Greek cultural heritage with increasing Arabization over time.
This is essential reading for those who want to gain an understanding
of the history of the Middle East in these centuries and of how the faith of
Orthodox Christians in these lands is lived today.
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| Imprint | |
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| Publisher | |
| Author Name | Constantin A. Panchenko |
| Translator | Brittany Pheiffer Noble, Samuel Noble |
| Language | English |
| Book Dimensions | 178 × 127 mm |
| Format Detail | Paperback |
| Publication Date | 20210420 |
| Pages | 216 |
| Format | BC |
ForewordÂ
The Arab Conquest: Christians in the Caliphate.
The Late Umayyads: Pressure Mounts
The Culture of the Melkites
The Ê¿Abbasid Revolution
The First Crisis of the Christian East
The Dark Ages
The Byzantine Reconquista
Christians and the Fatimids
Byzantine Antioch
The Banishment of the Patriarchs
The Kingdom of Jerusalem
The Principality of Antioch
Interregnum (1187–1250)
Mongols and Mamluks
The Century of Persecution
The Second Crisis of the Christian East
Middle Eastern Monasticism of the Mamluk Period
The Melkites and Byzantium
The Shadow of the West
Epilogue
Timeline
Notes
Glossary
Maps
Works Cited
Index
