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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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reviewed Writing 'True Stories': Historians and Hagiographers in the Late Antique and Medieval Near East on September 03, 2013
Writing 'True Stories': Historians and Hagiographers in the Late Antique and Medieval Near East
With this academic study, Anderson provides a comprehensive and at times exhausting examination of fairytale antecedents in ancient (mostly Western) mythology. It's a thorough, well-researched study, with chapters focusing on specific fairy tales--like "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Little Red Riding Hood"--as well as general categories of tales. If this sounds like something you need for research purposes, you should definitely pick it up. It lacks the engaging prose style of some other fairytale academics, like Jack D. Zipes or Marina Warner, but while I won't be reading it cover-to-cover again, I'm keeping my copy in case I need it for research. It certainly seems like it opens up a lot of research potential for other academics to explore.
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