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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language
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SUMMARY:From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>The Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar</strong> presents</p><p><strong>Jack Tannous</strong><br>Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies, Department of History, Princeton University</p><p><strong>Bio:</strong> I am interested in the cultural history of the eastern Mediterranean, especially the Middle East, in the Late Antique and early medieval period. My research focuses on the Syriac-speaking Christian communities of the Near East in this period, but I am interested in a number of other, related areas, including Eastern Christian Studies more broadly, Patristics/early Christian studies, Greco-Syriac and Greco-Arabic translation, Christian-Muslim interactions, sectarianism and identity, early Islamic history, the history of the Arabic Bible, and the Quran. I am also interested in manuscripts and the editing of Syriac and Arabic (especially Christian Arabic) texts.</p><p>I am working on a book about the history of Syriac in the late antique and early medieval period. I have edited and translated the Syriac letters of George, Bishop of the Arab Tribes (d. 724) as well as the Karshuni <em>life</em> of Theodota of Amid (d. 698) and hope to eventually publish these.</p><p><strong>Co-sponsor:</strong> Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, <span>Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of World Religions.</span></p><p><strong>Contact:</strong><span> </span><a href="mailto:gilsdorf@fas.harvard.edu">Sean Gilsdorf</a></p>
LOCATION:CMES, Rm 102
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