The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East. I. Problems in the Literary Source Material. (Papers of the First Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam).

Princeton; The Darwin Press, Inc., 1992. (Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 1). 24x16 cm. xiv, 428, (4 blank) pp. Publisher's printed boards with transparent acetate dustjacket. Spine ends are slightly bumped. A fine copy. Contents: Michael Whitby: Greek Historical Writing after Procopius: Variety and Vitality. / Averil Cameron: New Themes and Styles in Greek Literature: Seven-Eighth Centuries. / John Haldon: The Works of Anastasius of Sinai: A Key Source for the History of Seventh-Century Mediterraean Society and Belief. / G. J. Reinink: Ps.-Methodius: A Concept of History in Response to the Rise of Islam. / Han J. W. Drijvers: The Gospel of the Twelve Apostles: A Syriac Apocalypse from the Early Islamic Period. / Wadad al-Qadi: Early Islamic State Letters: The Question of Authenticity. / Stefan Leder: The Literary Use of the Khabar: A Basic Form of Historical Writing. / Lawrence I. Conrad: The Conquest of Arwad: A Source-Critical Study in the Historiography of the Early Medieval Near East. From the library of Bo Holmberg (1957-2024), professor of Semitic Languages, and with his signature in pen on front free endpaper.…