The Qur??n in Context

The Qur??n in Context
Author: Angelika Neuwirth
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 873
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004176888

By addressing various aspects of the Qur'?n's linguistic and historical context and offering close readings of selected passages in the light of Jewish, Christian, and ancient Arabic literature, the volume seeks to stimulate a new interaction between literary and historical scholarship.

The History of Jerusalem

The History of Jerusalem
Author: Joshua Prawer
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 467
Release: 1996-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814766390

Contains 13 essays which encompass just over four-and-a-half centuries of the thousands of years of Jerusalem's past--from the Muslim conquest in 638 until the eve of the Crusader onslaught in 1099. Topics include the physical infrastructure, the authorities and the local population, art and architecture in the early Islamic period, the temple and the city in liturgical Hebrew, Christian attitudes towards Jerusalem in the early middle ages, the Muslim view of Jerusalem and the Yeshiva of Eretz Israel. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Arab-Byzantine Coins

Arab-Byzantine Coins
Author: Clive Foss
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

This illustrated handbook presents a concise history of the development of the coinage of the early Arab caliphate in the seventh century. The historical introduction, which includes descriptions of all the basic types, is followed by a summary catalogue of the recently acquired collection of Arab-Byzantine coins at Dumbarton Oaks.

Byzantine Coins

Byzantine Coins
Author: Philip Grierson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1982
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780416713602

Arab-Byzantine Coinage

Arab-Byzantine Coinage
Author: Tony Goodwin
Publisher: Khalili Collections
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Coins, Arab
ISBN: 9781874780755

This is a comprehensive survey of the coinage of Syria and Palestine during the first 50 years of Islamic rule in the 7th Century CE. The book includes studies of the dies from the Baalbek mint and the unusual iconography of coins from Jerusalem and Yubna.

Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean

Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean
Author: Stephen Album
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

This volume contains over 700 Arab-Sasanian, Arab-Byzantine and Arab-Hephthalite coins arranged by mint and chronologically within mints. The collections which contribute to this volume are all housed within the Heberden coin room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.