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Crucifixion and death as spectacle : Umayyad crucifixion in its late antique context
- Title
- Crucifixion and death as spectacle : Umayyad crucifixion in its late antique context / By Sean W. Anthony.
- Author
- Anthony, Sean W.
- Publication
- New Haven, Connecticut : American Oriental Society, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- x, 99 pages; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- American Oriental series ; Volume 96
- Uniform Title
- American oriental series ; v. 96.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-92) and index.
- Contents
- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- The umayyads, crucifixion, and the legacy of late antiquity -- Crucifixion in Roman late antiquity -- Crucifixion in Sasanid late antiquity -- Crucifixion in the early Islamic period -- Normative and exemplary paradigms of Umayyad crucifixion -- The topoi of pre-Islamic crucifixion : depicting crucifixion in the Sra-Maghz literature -- Contesting Umayyad-era crucifixion : martyrologies and anti-martyrologies -- The crucifixions of Abdallh ibn al-Zubayr and Zayd ibn Al -- Crucifying heretics and martyrs : the religious dimensions of Umayyad crucifixion -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- The martyrology of Mtham al-Tammr -- The martyrology of Rushayd al-Hajar -- The martyrology and anti-martyrology of Ghayln of Damascus -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFF 14-856
- ISBN
- 9780940490376 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0940490374 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014002706
- OCLC
- 876802628
- Author
- Anthony, Sean W.
- Title
- Crucifixion and death as spectacle : Umayyad crucifixion in its late antique context / By Sean W. Anthony.
- Publisher
- New Haven, Connecticut : American Oriental Society, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- American Oriental series ; Volume 96American oriental series ; v. 96.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-92) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 14-856