The Christian Communities of Palestine from Byzantine to Islamic Rule: An Historical and Archaeological Study

Robert Schick

doi:10.2307/j.ctv1b9f5q6

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-95994-092-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-95994-093-1
Publisher: Gerlach Press, Berlin
Series: SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam
Volume: 2
Language: English
Pages: 647
Product Type: Monograph

1. CONTENTS No access
2. List of Tables No access
3. List of Maps No access
4. List of Plates No access
5. Abbreviations No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
1. The Christian Population of Palestine No access
2. The Reign of Phocas No access
3. The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy No access
4. Pilgrimage No access
5. Other Evidence for Christians No access
6. Conclusions No access
1. The Sasanian Invasion No access
2. The Jews and Their Military Involvement No access
3. The Bedouin Tribes No access
4. The Siege and Sack of Jerusalem No access
5. The Years of the Sasanian Occupation No access
6. The Impact of the Sasanian Interlude No access
1. Heraclius’ Visit to Jerusalem No access
2. The Patriarch Modestus No access
3. Byzantine Reorganization No access
4. Relations between the Muslims and the Arab Tribes No access
5. The Monothelite Controversy No access
6. Anastasius the Persian No access
7. Pilgrimage No access
8. Church Construction No access
9. Conclusions No access
1. The Events of the Conquest No access
2. The Nature of the Conquest: the Literary Evidence No access
3. The Nature of the Conquest: Archaeological Evidence No access
4. The Jews and Bedouins No access
5. The Reaction of the Conquered Population No access
6. Other Aspects of the Conquest No access
7. Conclusion No access
1. The Umayyad Period No access
2. The ‘Abbāsid Revolution No access
3. The Early ‘Abbāsid Period No access
4. The Civil War (809–13) No access
5. Later Events No access
6. Monasticism No access
7. Relations with the Byzantine Empire No access
8. Relations with the Carolingians No access
9. The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy No access
10. Pilgrimage No access
11. The Jews and Samaritans No access
12. Conclusion No access
1. Patterns in Church Use No access
2. Construction and Repair of Churches No access
3. The End of Churches No access
4. Deliberate Destruction No access
5. Abandonment No access
6. Later Use of Churches No access
7. Conversion to Mosques No access
8. Domestic Occupation No access
9. Stone Robbing No access
10. Reasons for Abandonment No access
1. The Problem of Identifying Muslims No access
2. Further Material Evidence for Muslim Presence No access
3. The Administrative Organization of Palestine No access
4. Other Literary Evidence for Muslim Presence No access
5. Overview No access
1. The Qur’ān and Muḥammad No access
2. The Capitulation Treaties No access
3. Construction and Repair of Churches No access
4. The Display of Crosses No access
5. Other Legal Restrictions No access
6. Taxation No access
7. Other Aspects No access
8. Martyrdom and Apostasy No access
9. Government Involvement in Christian Affairs No access
10. Chalcedonian and Non-Chalcedonian Christians No access
1. The Archaeological Evidence No access
2. Geometric Mosaics in Churches No access
3. Church Mosaics with Images No access
4. Figurative Mosaics Suffering Iconoclastic Damage No access
5. Analysis of the Archaeological Evidence No access
6. Other Types of Iconoclastic Damage No access
7. Iconoclastic Damage in Synagogues No access
8. Mosaics in Secular Buildings No access
9. Images in Muslim Buildings No access
10. Damage to Images Outside of Palestine No access
11. The Date of the Damage No access
12. The Identity of the Iconoclasts No access
13. The Literary Sources for Christian Use of Images No access
14. The Literary Sources for Muslim Views about Images No access
15. The Motivation for the Damage No access
Conclusion No access Pages 220 - 224
1. 1. Transliteration of Site Names No access
  2. Sites Included in the Corpus No access
  3. Format of the Entries No access
  4. List of Sites No access
2. Abila-el-Azraq No access
3. Bacatha-Busra No access
4. Caesarea-Choura No access
5. Darum-Duweikhla No access
6. ‘Ein ed-Dirweh-‘Evron No access
7. Fara el-Hashimiya No access
8. Gaza-Gush Halav No access
9. Haditha-Hurvat Bodeda No access
10. Irbid No access
11. Jabal Harun-Jericho No access
12. 1. Intramuros Sites No access
  2. Extramuros or not Definitely Located Sites No access
  3. Sites on the Mount of Olives No access
13. Jifna-el-Jubeiha No access
14. el-Kafr-Kursi No access
15. el-Lejjun-Luzit No access
16. Ma‘ale Adummim-el-Muwaqqar No access
17. Nabi Samwil-Nitl No access
18. Orman-‘Ozem No access
19. Paneas-Phossaton No access
20. Qabr Hiram-el-Quweisma No access
21. er-Rabba-Rujm Sakhari No access
22. Sabha-Suweifiya No access
23. Tanhaj-Tyre No access
24. Udhruh-‘Uyun Musa No access
25. Wadi er-Rawabe-Wilderness of Judaea No access
26. el-Yaduda-Yubna No access
27. Zei-Ziza No access
Bibliography No access Pages 485 - 548
General Index No access Pages 549 - 584
Maps and Plates No access Pages 585 - 628