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"Enclosed by the Suez Canal and bordering Gaza and Israel, Egypt's rugged Sinai Peninsula has been the cornerstone of the Egyptian-Israeli peace accords, yet its internal politics and security have remained largely under media blackout. While the international press descended on the capital Cairo in January 2011, Sinai's armed rebellion was ignored. The regime lost control of the peninsula in a matter of days and, since then, unprecedented chaos has reigned and the Islamist insurgency has gathered pace. In this crucial analysis, Mohannad Sabry argues that Egypt's shortsighted security approach has continually proven to be a failure. Decades of flawed policies have exacerbated immense social and economic problems, and maintained a superficial stability under which arms trafficking, the smuggling tunnels, and militancy could silently thrive-and finally prevail following the overthrow of Mubarak. Sinai is vital reading for scholars, journalists, policy makers, and all those concerned by the plunge of one of the Middle East's most critical regions into turmoil."--Book jacket.

2000 - 2099 --- 2000-talet --- Sinai (Egypt) --- History

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After publishing A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral: Bridging the Linguistic Gap between the Eastern and Western Arab World (Brill:2000), Rudolf de Jong completes his description of the Bedouin dialects of the Sinai Desert of Egypt by adding the present volume. To facilitate direct comparison of all Sinai dialects, the dialect descriptions in both volumes run parallel and are thus structured in the same manner. Quoting from his own extensive material and using a total of 95 criteria for comparison, De Jong applies the method of 'multi-dimensional scaling' and his own 'step-method' to arrive at a subdivision into eight (of which seven are 'Bedouin') typological groups in Sinai. An appendix with 68 maps and dialectrometrical plots completes the picture.

Arabic language --- Bedouins --- Egyptien (Dialecte) --- Bédouins --- Arabe (Langue) --- Dialects --- Languages. --- Social aspects --- Langues --- Aspect social --- Languages --- Arabic language - Dialects - Egypt - Sinai. --- Arabic language -- Dialects -- Egypt -- Sinai. --- Arabic language - Social aspects - Egypt - Sinai. --- Arabic language -- Social aspects -- Egypt -- Sinai. --- Bedouins - Egypt - Sinai - Languages. --- Bedouins -- Egypt -- Sinai -- Languages. --- Languages & Literatures --- Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures --- Bédouins --- Beduins --- Semitic languages --- Arabs --- Ethnology --- Nomads --- North Africans --- Dialects. --- Social aspects. --- Egypt --- Sinai --- Arabic language - Dialects - Egypt - Sinai --- Bedouins - Egypt - Sinai - Languages --- Arabic language - Social aspects - Egypt - Sinai --- arabische bedoeinsche dialecten --- taal --- dialecten --- dialectology --- bodouin dialicts --- sinai --- arabic bedouin dialects --- linguistics --- dialect contact --- bedoeinische dialecten --- sociolinguistisch --- sociolinguistics --- Close vowel --- Elision --- Epenthesis --- Grammatical gender --- Morphology (linguistics) --- Sinai Peninsula --- Syllable --- Velarization --- Vowel

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Some 340 Aramaic ostraca of the Persian and Hellenistic periods have been excavated at 32 sites in Israel, from Yokneam in the north to Eilat in the south, with Arad and Beersheba being the main contributory sites. By far, however, the largest cache of texts is what has come to be known as “the Idumean ostraca”. These did not come from formal excavations but began to appear on the antiquities market in 1991. Since then, some 2,000 ostraca have reached 9 museums and libraries and 21 private collections. Of these, the majority are still not formally published, and in this volume (and those to follow), Bezalel Porten undertakes to provide a comprehensive edition of all these texts, in many cases as an editio princeps. Porten, with the expert epigraphic assistance of Ada Yardeni and hand-copies by her as well, here provides the first volume of texts, organized by “dossier” based on the primary personage cited in the text. Color photographs (where available), ceramic descriptions, hand-copies, transcription, translation, and commentary are provided for each text, along with figures and tables, and introductions and summaries of each dossier. An included CD contains a catalogue of all the texts and three color key-word-in-context concordances, for words, personal names, and months for the entire corpus. This publication will become the primary resource for information on these texts.

Ostraka --- Aramaic language --- Ostraca --- Potsherds (Ostraka) --- Paleography --- Pottery --- Writing materials and instruments --- 930.271 <394.8> --- 930.271 <394.8> Epigrafie----Arabia Petraea. Sinai. Nabataea. Idumenaea --- Epigrafie----Arabia Petraea. Sinai. Nabataea. Idumenaea --- Inscriptions, Aramaic --- Translations into English.

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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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Excavations (Archaeology) --- History & Archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Africa --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Sinai (Egypt) --- Sinai --- Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) --- Sinaitic Peninsula (Egypt) --- Shibh Jazīrat Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Shamāl Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Janūb Sīnāʼ (Egypt) --- Antiquities. --- Naḥman,