From Hellenism to Islam : cultural and linguistic change in the Roman Near East
"The 800 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 oth...
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OCLC: | 268793330 |
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Język: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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Dostęp online: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis From Hellenism to Islam Inhaltsverzeichnis |
Format: | Monograph Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
Streszczenie: | "The 800 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." -- Book jacket. |
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Deskrypcja: | Contents: |
Opis fizyczny: | xxx, 481 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780521875813 (hardback) 0521875811 (hardback) |