{"product_id":"syrian-christians-under-islam-the-david-thomas-9789004120556","title":"Syrian Christians Under Islam, the First Thousand Years","description":"This volume contains papers from the Third Woodbrooke-Mingana Symposium on Arab Christianity and Islam (September 1998) on the theme of \"Arab Christianity in \u003ci\u003eBilâd al-Shâm\u003c\/i\u003e (Greater Syria) in the pre-Ottoman Period\". It presents aspects of Syrian Christian life and thought during the first millennium of Islamic rule.\u003cbr\u003eAmong the eight contributing scholars are Sidney Griffith on ninth-century Christological controversies, Samir K. Samir on the Prophet Muhammed seen through Arab Christian eyes, Lawrence Conrad on the physician Ibn Butlân, and Lucy-Anne Hunt on Muslim influence on Christian book illustrations. There is also a foreword by the Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo.\u003cbr\u003eThe picture that emerges is of community life developing in its own way and finding a distinctive character, as Christians responded to the social and intellectual influences of Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004120556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004120556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.78h x 6.60w x 0.63d","brand":"David Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962252415231,"sku":"9789004120556","price":182.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f935080-b3d1-48f2-9745-97af2cf6c338.jpg?v=1750649792","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/syrian-christians-under-islam-the-david-thomas-9789004120556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}