A Temporarily Resurrected Dog and Other Wonders: Thomas of Margā and Early Christian/Muslim Encounters

A Temporarily Resurrected Dog and Other Wonders: Thomas of Margā and Early Christian/Muslim EncountersMedieval EncountersSyriaca.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/XBMBX5SC/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Michael PhilipPennA Temporarily Resurrected Dog and Other Wonders: Thomas of Margā and Early Christian/Muslim Encountershttp://syriaca.org/cbss/XBMBX5SChttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/XBMBX5SChttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/XBMBX5SCMedieval Encounters16:2-42010209-242In the mid-ninth century, the east Syrian bishop Thomas of Margā composed a lenghy monatic history now known as <i>The Book of Governors</i>. Amidst Thomas's numerous anecdotes concerning the exploits of Christian holy men, appear over a dozen stories involving Muslim characters. A critical examination of these tales focusing on issues of word choice, characterization, and narrative assumptions provides important data for the development of Christian depictions of Muslims, as well as for the early history of Christian/Muslim relations. Despite their value, modern scholarship has almost completely neglected Syriac monastic histories such as <i>The Book of Governors</i>. A recognition of how useful these texts can be for medieval history forces us to rethink modern genre distinctions and argues against a sharp delineation between the often used categories of history and hagiography. Penn, Michael Philip. “A Temporarily Resurrected Dog and Other Wonders: Thomas of Margā and Early Christian/Muslim Encounters.” Medieval Encounters 16:2-4 (2010): 209–42. Michael Philip Penn, A Temporarily Resurrected Dog and Other Wonders: Thomas of Margā and Early Christian/Muslim Encounters, Medieval Encounters 16:2-4 (2010): 209–42.IX CEMuslim-Christian relationsNestoriansThomas of MargaVII-XVIII CEanimalsdoghagiographyhistoriographymiracles