Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the circulation of historical knowledge in late antiquity and early Islam
/ translated with an introduction and notes by Robert G. Hoyland.
Liverpool
: Liverpool University Press
, 2011.
368 p.
: ill, maps.
; 21 cm.
Translated texts for historians
; v. 57
"[Theophilus'] work is no longer extant, but it was cited extensively by a number of later historians and Robert Hoyland has collected and translated all these citations...."--P. [4] of cover.
The material translated by Hoyland is taken from four sources, one in Greek, one in Arabic, and two in Syriac--Cf. p. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [340]-357) and index.
Translation of Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle. Section 1, The Persian King Khusrau's war against the Romans -- Section 2, The Islamic period -- Section 3, The third Arab civil war and rise of the Abbasids -- Appendices.