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In their struggle for self-determination the newly independent countries of the Third World are reestablishing links with their precolonial pasts and determining their present identities and future possibilities. To demonstrate this, David Gordon brings together, interprets, and synthesizes the thought of contemporary Arab historiographers.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Historiography --- Middle East --- Africa, North --- Historiography. --- Historical criticism --- History --- Authorship --- Criticism --- Barbary States --- Maghreb --- Maghrib --- North Africa --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Middle East - Historiography --- Africa, North - Historiography

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This book concerns the ancient rock-cut monuments carved throughout the Near East, paying particular attention to the fate of these monuments in the centuries after their initial production. As parts of the landscapes in which they were carved, they acquired new meanings in the cultural memory of the people living around them. The volume joins numerous recent studies on the reception of historical texts and artefacts, exploring the peculiar affordances of these long-lasting and often salient monuments. The volume gathers articles by archeologists, art historians, and philologists, covering the entire Near East, from Iran to Lebanon and from Turkey to Egypt. It also analyzes long-lasting textual traditions that aim to explain the origins and meaning of rock-cut monuments and other related carvings.

Monuments --- Inscriptions --- Cultural landscapes --- Antiquities in literature. --- Historiography --- Middle East. --- History. --- Middle East --- Antiquities. --- Historiography. --- Antiquities in literature --- History --- Antiquities --- Historical monuments --- Architecture --- Sculpture --- Historic sites --- Memorials --- Public sculpture --- Statues --- Epigraphs (Inscriptions) --- Epigraphy --- Inscription --- Paleography --- Epigraphists --- Historical criticism --- Authorship --- Cultural geography --- Landscapes --- Landscape archaeology --- Criticism --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Petropglyphs --- Petroglyphs --- Relief (sculpture) --- Pétroglyphes --- Monuments - Middle East --- Inscriptions - Middle East --- Cultural landscapes - Middle East - History - To 1500 --- Historiography - Cross-cultural studies --- Middle East - Antiquities --- Middle East - Historiography

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The papers in this volume examine the interaction between history and hagiography in the late antique and medieval Middle East, exploring the various ways in which the two genres were used and combined to analyse, interpret, and re-create the past. The contributors focus on the circulation of motifs between the two forms of writing and the modifications and adaptations of the initial story that such reuse entailed. Beyond this purely literary question, the retold stories are shown to have been at the centre of a number of cultural, political, and religious strategies, as they were appropriated by different groups, not least by the nascent Muslim community. Writing ‘True Stories’ also foregrounds the importance of some Christian hagiographical motifs in Muslim historiography, where they were creatively adapted and subverted to define early Islamic ideals of piety and charisma.

Hagiography --- Middle Eastern literature --- Literature, Medieval --- Christianity and literature --- Hagiographie --- Littérature moyen-orientale --- Littérature médiévale --- Christianisme et littérature --- History. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique --- Middle East --- Moyen-Orient --- Historiography. --- Historiographie --- History and criticism --- Historiography --- -Hagiography --- -Middle Eastern literature --- -Literature, Medieval --- -Christianity and literature --- -235.3 <5--011> --- 930.21 <35> --- 956 --- 930.21 <35> Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--Tweestromenland en het Oude Midden-Oosten --- Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--Tweestromenland en het Oude Midden-Oosten --- Literature and Christianity --- Literature --- Christian literature --- European literature --- Medieval literature --- Near Eastern literature --- Hagiology --- Saints --- -History and criticism --- -Hagiografie--Nabije-Oosten. Midden-Oosten --- History Asia Middle and Near East --- Littérature moyen-orientale --- Littérature médiévale --- Christianisme et littérature --- 235.3 <5--011> --- Hagiografie--Nabije-Oosten. Midden-Oosten --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- To 1500 --- Literature [Medieval ] --- Hagiography - History - To 1500 --- Middle Eastern literature - History and criticism --- Literature, Medieval - History and criticism --- Christianity and literature - Middle East - History - To 1500 --- Middle East - Historiography --- Hagiographers --- Hagiologists --- Biographers