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From Hellenism to Islam: Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East

By Robert G. Hoyland , Hannah M. Cotton , Jonathan J. Price , David J. Wasserstein

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0521875811, 9780521875813, 9780511641350
LCC
DS57 .F758 2009
Open Library ID
OL10438113M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2589764 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
513\513
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The eight hundred years between the first Roman conquests and the conquest of Islam saw a rich, constantly shifting blend of languages and writing systems, legal structures, religious practices and beliefs in the Near East. While the different ethnic groups and cultural forms often clashed with each other, adaptation was as much a characteristic of the region as conflict. This volume, emphasising the inscriptions in many languages from the Near East, brings together mutually informative studies by scholars in diverse fields. Together, they reveal how the different languages, peoples and cultures interacted, competed with, tried to ignore or were influenced by each other, and how their relationships evolved over time. It will be of great value to those interested in Greek and Roman history, Jewish history and Near Eastern studies.

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