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Foreword ix
Abbreviations xi
Introduction: Writing True Stories - A View from the West Catherine Cubitt 1
Early Byzantine Historiography and Hagiography as Different Modes of Christian Practice Derek Krueger 13
Creating Local History: Coptic Encomia Celebrating Past Events Gesa Schenke 21
A Saint and his Biographer in Late Antique Iraq: The History of St George of Izla († 614) by Babai the Great Joel Walker 31
Writing History as 'Histoires': The Biographical Dimension of East Syriac Historiography Muriel Debié 43
Converting the Caliph: A Legendary Motif in Christian Hagiography and Historiography of the Early Islamic Period Andeé Binggeli 77
'He was tall and slender, and his virtues were numerous': Byzantine Hagiographical Topoi and the Companions of Muhammad in al-Azdi's Futuh al-Sham Nancy Khalek 105
'Become infidels or we will throw you into the fire': The Martyrs of Najran in Early Muslim Historiography, Hagiography, and Qur'anic Exegesis Thomas Sizgorich 125
Ibn al-Azraq, Saint Marutha, and the Foundation of Mayyafariqin (Martyropolis) Harry Munt 149
Christian King, Muslim Apostate: Depictions of Jabala ibn al-Ayham in Early Arabic Sources Julia Bray 175
Variations on an Egyptian Female Martyr Legend: History, Hagiography, and the Gendered Politics of Medieval Arab Religious Identity Stephen J. Davis 205
Sainthood Achieved: Coptic Patriarch Zacharias according to The History of the Patriarchs Mark N. Swanson 219
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