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The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Living under Muslim rule from the seventh century to the present, Syriac Christians wrote the first and most extensive accounts of Islam, describing a complicated set of religious and cultural exchanges not reducible to the solely antagonistic.Through its critical introductions and new translations of this invaluable historical material, When Christians Fir

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. When Good Things Happened to Other People: Syriac Memories of the Islamic Conquests -- Chapter 2. A Different Type of Difference- Making: Syriac Narratives of Religious Identity -- Chapter 3. Using Muslims to Think With: Narratives of Islamic Rulers -- Chapter 4. Blurring Boundaries: The Continuum Between Early Christianity and Early Islam -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments