Papyrology And The History Of Early Islamic Egypt

Selected from the 30 papers delivered in March 2002 to the Documentary Evidence and the History of Early Islamic Egypt colloquium in Cairo, 10 studies reflect the recent convergence in history of chronological and methodological interests. Young and established scholars from around the Middle East and from Europe and North American explore such facets as papyrology and the utilization of Coptic sources; two unpublished paper documents and a papyrus, all of unknown provenance; travel and trade on the river; documentary evidence for the early history of the Barid, Egyptian lexical interference in the Greek of Byzantine and early Islamic Egypt; and town quarters in Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and early Arab Egypt. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Petra Sijpesteijn, Ph.D. (2004) in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, holds a junior research fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford. She has published several editions of Arabic papyri and is currently working on a study of the agricultural history of early Islamic Egypt.Lennart Sundelin is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He has taught Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern history at St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia) and Dartmouth College.