The Life of Theodotus of Amida - Syriac Christianity under the Umayyad Caliphate

The Life of Theodotus of Amida is that rare thing: a securely dated eye-witness account of life under Arab Muslim rule in the first century of Islam, and one of the few extant texts from seventh-century North Mesopotamia. It is imbued with local color and contemporary detail, revealing an intimate knowledge of the terrain, its inhabitants and officialdom, as well as the precariousness of the lives of those living in the borderlands between the Byzantine and Islamic empires.

Summary

The Life of Theodotus of Amida is that rare thing: a securely dated eye-witness account of life under Arab Muslim rule in the first century of Islam, and one of the few extant texts from seventh-century North Mesopotamia.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Hoyland, Andrew Palmer
• Assisted by: Robert Hoyland (Editor), Andrew Palmer (Editor)
• Publisher: Gorgias Press Llc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781463244095
• ISBN: 978-1-4632-4409-5
• No. of pages: 426
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 797 g
• Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous