Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-82459-9
Ph.D.
Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures
The Catholic University of America
2017
This study explores the tradition of the epistolary exchange between the two famous figures, the Byzantine emperor Leo III and the 'Umayyad caliph, 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Az?z. Several Christian and Muslim authors have over the centuries provided accounts of the tradition that 'Umar sent a letter to Leo to inquire about Christian doctrines and practices and that Leo replied to him. In addition to these accounts, copies of letter purporting to have been written by Leo and 'Umar have come down to us in the manuscript tradition in Arabic, Armenian, Latin and Aljamiado. There have been studies concerning the authorship and provenance of these letters.
Middle Eastern literature; Authorship; Latin language; Translation; Armenian; English; Historical text analysis; Epistolography; Arabic language; Manuscripts
Language, literature and linguistics;Christian arabic;Christian-muslim polemics;Correspondence;Leo III;Melkites;'Umar II