The mirage of the Saracen: christians and nomads in the Sinai Peninsula in Late Antiquity
'The Mirage of the Saracen analyzes the growth of monasticism and Christian settlements in the Sinai Peninsula through the early seventh century CE. Walter D. Ward examines the ways in which Christian monks justified occupying the Sinai through creating associations between Biblical narratives...
| Subtitles: | Christians and nomads in the Sinai Peninsula in late antiquity |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, Calif.
University of Californiarnia Press
c 2015
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| In: |
The transformation of the classical heritage (54)
Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | The transformation of the classical heritage
54 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sinai Peninsula
/ Arabs
/ Bedouin
/ Pilgrim
/ Christian
/ Late Antiquity
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| Further subjects: | B
Monasticism and religious orders (Egypt) (Sinai)
B Christianity (Egypt) (Sinai) B Nomads (Egypt) (Sinai) History B Pilgrims and pilgrimages (Egypt) (Sinai) B Thesis |
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