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Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the circulation of historical knowledge in late antiquity and early Islam

"Theophilus of Edessa was a Greek astrologer and scholar in the court of the Muslim caliphs in the eighth century. Making use of his fluency in Greek, Syriac, and Arabic, he brought together historical sources from each language to comprise a single chronicle that charted world-changing events in the Near East from 590{8211}750 CE, among them the Arab conquests, the rise to power of a Muslim Arab dynasty, and the last great war of antiquity, between Byzantium and Iran. Though no longer extant, Theophilus's work is known from extensive citations by later historians, and Robert Hoyland has here collected and translated these citations to present the scope of the original text. Included are translations of four chronicles, several of which are being made available here for the first time to the English-language reader."
eBook, English, 2011
Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2011
History
1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, maps
9781846316975, 1846316979
881602534
Translation of Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle. Section 1, The Persian King Khusrau's war against the Romans
Section 2, The Islamic period
Section 3, The third Arab civil war and rise of the Abbasids
Appendices
"[Theophilus'] work is no longer extant, but it was cited extensively by a number of later historians and Robert Hoyland has collected and translated all these citations ..."--Page 4 of cover
The material translated by Hoyland is taken from four sources, one in Greek, one in Arabic, and two in Syriac--Cf. page 4 of cover
Translated from four sources, one in Greek, one in Arabic, and two in Syriac
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