Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam: History and Prophecy (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East) - Tapa dura

Libro 57 de 75: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

Heilo, Olof

 
9781138101388: Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam: History and Prophecy (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
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ISBN 10: 1138101389 ISBN 13: 9781138101388
Editorial: Routledge, 2015

Sinopsis

It is by way of this concept that Olof Heilo presents the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire as a key to understanding the rise of Islam; two historical processes often perceived as distinct from one another. Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam highlights significant convergences between Early Islam and the Late Ancient world. It suggests that Islam’s rise is a feature of a common process during which tensions between imperial ambitions and apocalyptic beliefs in Europe and the Middle East cut straight across today’s theological and political definitions. The conquests of Islam, the emergence of the caliphate, and the transformation of the Roman and Christian world are approached from both prophetic anticipations in the Ancient and Late Ancient world, and from the Medieval and Modern receptions of history. In the shadow of their narratives it becomes possible to trace the outline of a shared history of Christianity and Islam. The "Dark Ages" thus emerge not merely as a tale of sound and fury, but as an era of openness, diversity and unexpected possibilities.

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Acerca del autor

Olof Heilo is deputy director at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII). He obtained his PhD at the Institute of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies in Vienna and has been active both there and at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Lund as a researcher and teacher.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1138101389
ISBN 13 
9781138101388
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
164
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