The Earliest Greek Understandings of Islam: John of Damascus and Theophanes the Confessor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Religious Conflict: Definitions, Problems and Theoretical Approaches 1
6. Setting the Record Straight at Galatia: Paul’s Narratio (Gal 1:13–2:14) as Response to the Galatian Conflict 21
7. Early Christian Polemic against Jews and the Persecution of Christians in Rome by Nero 39
8. The Use of Isaiah 28:11–12 in 1 Corinthians 14:21 51
9. Conflict in the Canon: The Pauline Literature and the Gospel of Matthew 71
10. Rewriting: The Path from Apocryphal to Heretical 87
11. Inter-City Conflict in the Story of St Michael of Chonai 109
12. John Chrysostom and the Anomoeans: Shaping an Antiochene Perspective on Christology 129
13. Media Manipulation as a Tool in Religious Conflict: Controlling the Narrative Surrounding the Deposition of John Chrysostom 151
14. Zosimus and the Gallic Churches 169
15. Religious Conflict between Antioch and Alexandria c. 565–630 CE 187
16. Christian-Jewish Conflict in the Light of Heraclius’ Forced Conversions and the Beginning of Islam 201
17. The Earliest Greek Understandings of Islam: John of Damascus and Theophanes the Confessor 215
18. Muhammad the Eschatological Prophet 229
19. List of Contributors 245
20. Index of Names and Places 249
21. General Index 253