Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age: A Sourcebook
In: Bustan: the Middle East book review, Volume 13, Issue 1, p. 91-96
ISSN: 1878-5328
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In: Bustan: the Middle East book review, Volume 13, Issue 1, p. 91-96
ISSN: 1878-5328
In: Studies in the history of the ancient Near East
In: Transformation of the Classical Heritage v.54
In: Transformation of the Classical Heritage Ser v.54
Mirage of the Saracen analyzes the growth of monasticism and Christian settlements in the Sinai Peninsula through the early seventh century C.E. Walter D. Ward examines the ways in which Christian monks justified occupying the Sinai through creating associations between Biblical narratives and Sinai sites while assigning uncivilized, negative, and oppositional traits to the indigenous nomadic population, whom the Christians pejoratively called ""Saracens."" By writing edifying tales of hostile nomads and the ensuing martyrdom of the monks, Christians not only reinforced their claims to the spi
In: Journalism quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 2, p. 243-248
In: The journal of negro education: JNE ;a Howard University quarterly review of issues incident to the education of black people, Volume 56, Issue 4, p. 521
ISSN: 2167-6437