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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AmirHarrakLa victoire arabo-musulmane selon le chroniqueur de Zuqnin (VIII<sup>e</sup> siècle)http://syriaca.org/cbss/C87ABPEIhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/C87ABPEIhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/C87ABPEIMurielDebiéL’historiographie syriaqueParisGeuthner200989-105Études syriaques 6This contributor helpfully surveys the arguments surrounding the authorship and sources of the chronicle, reaffirming his judgment that Joshua the Stylite was its author. At greater length Harrak treats of the chronicler’s attitude to the Islamic empire. He takes a far more negative position than many of his co-religionists of a century earlier and, partly in response to recent abuses by local governors, envisages the caliphs as a temporary scourge that the Church must suffer before the coming of a new Christian world-empire. From an historiographical angle, the most interesting point is that inner Christian sectarianism is sunk in favor of a simple Christian/Muslim dichotomy whenever the chronicler is contributing his own accounts of events.
Harrak, Amir. “La Victoire Arabo-Musulmane Selon Le Chroniqueur de Zuqnin (VIIIe Siècle).” In L’historiographie Syriaque, edited by Muriel Debié, 89–105. Études Syriaques 6. Paris: Geuthner, 2009.
Amir Harrak, La Victoire Arabo-Musulmane Selon Le Chroniqueur de Zuqnin (VIIIe Siècle), in L’historiographie Syriaque, ed. Muriel Debié, Études Syriaques 6 (Paris: Geuthner, 2009), 89–105.Arab conquestChronicle of ZuqninJacobitesMuslim-Christian relationsVII-XVIII CEVIII CEchronicleshistoriography