Writing “Non-Confessional” History for Arabic Readers: The <i>Summa on Dynasties</i> and the <i>Chronicle </i>by Bar ‘EbroyoQuaderni di Studi ArabiSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PLYW4ED5/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Pier GiorgioBorboneDanieleMascitelliWriting “Non-Confessional” History for Arabic Readers: The <i>Summa on Dynasties</i> and the <i>Chronicle </i>by Bar ‘Ebroyohttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PLYW4ED5https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/PLYW4ED5https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/PLYW4ED5Quaderni di Studi Arabi162021171-195The great polymath Gregory Bar ʿEbroyo (d. 1286), known as Barhebraeus, composed two historiographical works: the “Chronicle” (<i>Maktbānut zabnē</i>) in Syriac and the “Summa on Dynasties” (<i>Muḫtaṣar fī l-duwal</i>) in Arabic. Though he likely worked on them at the same time, the differences in language, structure, and choice of themes, show that different goals lay behind the two works. Through an examination of recent studies and a comparison of some passages of the two texts, this paper introduces a tentative reassessment of the issue and offers suggestive indications on Bar ʿEbroyo’s personal vision of history in the context of early Mongol (Ilkhanid) rule.
Borbone, Pier Giorgio, and Daniele Mascitelli. “Writing ‘Non-Confessional’ History for Arabic Readers: The Summa on Dynasties and the Chronicle by Bar ‘Ebroyo.” Quaderni Di Studi Arabi 16 (2021): 171–95. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/2667016X-16010005.
Pier Giorgio Borbone and Daniele Mascitelli, Writing ‘Non-Confessional’ History for Arabic Readers: The Summa on Dynasties and the Chronicle by Bar ‘Ebroyo,” Quaderni Di Studi Arabi 16 (2021): 171–95, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/2667016X-16010005.Arab ChristiansBarhebraeusJacobitesMuslim-Christian relationsVII-XVIII CEXIII CEchronicleshistoriography