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"In Toponymy on the Periphery, Julien Charles Cooper conducts a study of the rich geographies preserved in Egyptian texts relating to the desert regions east of Egypt. These regions, filled with mines, quarries, nomadic camps, and harbours are often considered as an unimportant hinterland of the Egyptian state, but this work reveals the wide explorations and awareness Egyptians had of the Red Sea and its adjacent deserts, from the Sinai in the north to Punt in the south. The book attempts to locate many of the placenames present in Egyptian texts and analyse their etymology in light of Egyptian linguistics and the various foreign languages spoken in the adjacent deserts and distant shores of the Red Sea"--

Names, Geographical --- Toponymy --- Egyptian language. --- Geography, Ancient. --- Red Sea Coast (Egypt) --- Eastern Desert (Egypt) --- Sinai (Egypt) --- Geography. --- Egyptian language --- Geography, Ancient --- Sinai --- Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) --- Sinaitic Peninsula (Egypt) --- Shibh Jazīrat Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Shamāl Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Janūb Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Arabian Desert (Egypt) --- Ṣaḥrāʼ al-Sharqīyah (Egypt) --- Saḥra esh-Sharqiya (Egypt) --- Ancient geography --- Geography --- Afroasiatic languages --- Toponomy --- Lexicography --- Dictionaries --- History --- Names, Geographical - Egypt --- Toponymy - Egypt --- Red Sea Coast (Egypt) - Geography --- Eastern Desert (Egypt) - Geography --- Sinai (Egypt) - Geography --- Toponymy.

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'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 and Sinai sites while assigning uncivilized, negative, and oppositional traits to the indigenous nomadic population, whom the Christians pejoratively called "Saracens." By writing edifying tales of hostile nomads and the ensuing martyrdom of the monks, Christians not only reinforced their claims to the spiritual benefits of asceticism but also also provoked the Roman authorities to enhance defense of pilgrimage routes to the Sinai. When Muslim armies later began conquering the Middle East, Christians also labeled these new conquerors as Saracens, connecting Muslims to these pre-Islamic representations. This timely and relevant work builds a historical account of interreligious encounters in the ancient world, showing the Sinai as a crucible for forging long-lasting images of both Christians and Muslims, some of which endure today.'--Provided by publisher.

Monasticism and religious orders --- Christianity --- Nomads --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Monachisme et ordres religieux --- Christianisme --- Nomades --- Pélerins et pélerinages --- History --- 271 <531 SINAI> --- Processions, Religious --- Travelers --- Voyages and travels --- Shrines --- Nomadic peoples --- Nomadism --- Pastoral peoples --- Vagabonds --- Wanderers --- Persons --- Herders --- Religions --- Church history --- Monachism --- Monastic orders --- Monasticism and religious orders for men --- Monasticism and religious orders of men --- Orders, Monastic --- Religious orders --- Brotherhoods --- Christian communities --- Brothers (Religious) --- Friars --- Monks --- Superiors, Religious --- History. --- Kloosterwezen. Religieuze orden en congregaties. Monachisme--Sinaï Schiereiland--SINAI --- Pélerins et pélerinages --- Orders, Religious --- Pilgrimages and pilgrims --- Christianity and other religions --- Syncretism (Christianity) --- Relations --- Sinai (Egypt) --- Sinai --- Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) --- Sinaitic Peninsula (Egypt) --- Shibh Jazīrat Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Shamāl Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Janūb Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Religion. --- Spiritual tourism --- Monasticism and religious orders - Egypt - Sinai --- Christianity - Egypt - Sinai --- Nomads - Egypt - Sinai - History --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages - Egypt - Sinai --- Sinaï --- ancient african history. --- ancient history. --- ancient world. --- bible. --- biblical narratives. --- biblical study. --- christian monks. --- christian settlements. --- christianity. --- christians. --- classical. --- comparative religion. --- defense of pilgrimage. --- early seventh century. --- egyptian history. --- indigenous nomadic population. --- islam. --- late antiquity. --- martyrdom. --- monasticism. --- muslim. --- nomads. --- religious history. --- religious studies. --- saracens. --- sinai peninsula. --- spiritual benefits of asceticism. --- transformation of the classical heritage series.

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The first comprehensive study of the monastery of St Catherine at Mt Sinai in its full historical, art historical, and religious dimensions, the nineteen collected essays in Approaching the Holy Mountain provide a unique view of the longest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. As an important pilgrimage site, Sinai enjoyed an international reputation in the Middle Ages. The monastery also benefited from regional connections to Egypt and the Holy Land. The essays in this volume examine the pilgrims, monks, artists, builders, and scholars who came to the mountain and left their marks on the monastery and its holdings, as well as the image of the monastery that was promoted outside of Sinai. Because of its dry, isolated location in the Sinai desert, the monastery possesses the world’s greatest collection of Byzantine icons. These icons have been celebrated in highly popular exhibitions in Athens, London, St Petersburg, New York, and Los Angeles though few longer studies of the icons have been attempted. In this volume authors investigate icons from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries and offer new interpretations of their meaning, provenance, and function. Essays also explore celebrated illuminated Byzantine manuscripts in the library of St Catherine’s, pilgrim’s accounts of the monastery, a recently excavated early church on the summit of Mt Sinai, liturgy at Sinai during the first Christian millennium, the influence of Sinai on later paintings and engravings, and the recent history of Sinai studies. The result is a significant advance in our understanding of one of the most important centres of early Christianity.

Christian art and symbolism --- Icons, Byzantine --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine --- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in art --- Christian antiquities --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Icônes byzantines --- Enluminure byzantine --- Pèlerins et pèlerinages chrétiens dans l'art --- Antiquités chrétiennes --- Egypte --- Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai) --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- Liturgy --- Sinai (Egypt) --- Sinaï (Egypte) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Icônes byzantines --- Pèlerins et pèlerinages chrétiens dans l'art --- Antiquités chrétiennes --- Sinaï (Egypte) --- Antiquités --- Byzantine illumination of books and manuscripts --- Byzantine icons --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Church decoration and ornament --- Antiquities, Christian --- Antiquities, Ecclesiastical --- Archaeology, Christian --- Christian archaeology --- Church antiquities --- Ecclesiastical antiquities --- Monumental theology --- Byzantine antiquities --- Dayr al-Qiddīsah Kātrīn (Mount Sinai) --- Sinaĭskiĭ monastyrʹ --- Dayr Sānt Kātrīn (Mount Sinai) --- Convent of St. Catherine (Mount Sinai) --- Monē tou Sina --- Sinai-Kloster --- Katharinenkloster auf dem Sinai --- Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs (Mount Sinai) --- Hiera Monē Hag. Aikaterinēs Sina --- Monastery of Saint Catherine (Mount Sinai) --- Monastery of Sinai --- Monastery of St. Catherine (Mount Sinai) --- Hiera Monē tou Sinai (Mount Sinai) --- Holy Monastery of St. Catherine (Mount Sinai) --- St. Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai) --- St. Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai --- Holy Monastery of Sinai --- Sinai --- Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) --- Sinaitic Peninsula (Egypt) --- Shibh Jazīrat Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Shamāl Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Janūb Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Congresses --- Egypt --- Sinai [Mount ] (Egypt) --- Icons [Byzantine ] --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Symbolism in art --- Hiera Monē tou Theovadistou Horous Sina --- Christian art and symbolism - Egypt - Sinai, Mount - Congresses --- Icons, Byzantine - Egypt - Sinai, Mount - Congresses --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine - Egypt - Sinai, Mount - Congresses --- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in art - Congresses --- Christian antiquities - Egypt - Sinai, Mount - Congresses --- Sinaï --- Monastère Sainte-Catherine (Sinaï) --- Sinai (Egypt) - Antiquities - Congresses