Jason R Zaborowski

The Coptic Martyrdom of John of Phanijōit

Assimilation and Conversion to Islam in Thirteenth-Century Egypt

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study applies sociological and philological analysis to the extraordinary thirteenth-century Coptic Martyrdom of John of Phanij?it.Zaborowski's research explains the identity-shaping function behind this text's portrayal of an Egyptian Christian's conversion to Islam and subsequent struggle to publicly reconvert to Christianity. The heart of this book is its edition and facing English translation of the only extant manuscript of the martyrdom. Interpretive chapters include: 1) a sociological inquiry into the narrative's depiction of Muslims; 2) a philological analysis of the Coptic language of the manuscript; and 3) an historical contextualization of the manuscript within the wider conflict between the Ayy4bids and Western Crusaders. This book makes John of Phanij?it accessible to all scholars interested in the sociology of conversion, offering new evidence for understanding Christian-Muslim relations in Medieval Egypt.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 165mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9789004141063
• ISBN-10: 9004141065
• Artikelnr.: 21740247

Autorenporträt

Jason R. Zaborowski, Ph.D. in Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC., is currently a fellow at the University's Institute of Christian Oriental Research, where he researches the History of Egyptian Christianity.