Publisher's Synopsis
This volume focuses on the problems researchers face when using (Byzantine) Greek, Syriac and Arabic sources together for the reconstruction of Near Eastern history from 400-c. 800. Contributions to the volume set the stage for a critical re-reading and revisionist interpretations of selected sources in the various cultural and literary traditions. The volume thus brings together neighbouring disciplines in ways that shed new light on this vitally important time in history. With contributions by MICHAEL WHITBY, AVERIL CAMERON, JOHN HALDON, G. J. REININK, HAN J. W. DRIJVERS, Wadad Al-Q???, Stefan Leder, and Lawrence I. Conrad
