Religious Culture in Late Antique Arabia

Table of Contents (v)
Introduction (1)
I. RITUAL AND THEOLOGICAL ASPECTS (9)
The Silence of the Gods. Some Observations on the Destruction of Pagan Temples, Shrines and Statues in the Late Antique East (from Constantine to Muhammad) KONSTANTIN M. KLEIN (11)
The Relationship Between Theological Teaching and Religious Practice by the East-Syrian Christians in Qatar (Sixth - Seventh Centuries) MARTIN TAMCKE (89)
II. RE-INVESTIGATING THE TEXTS OF EARLY AND CLASSICAL ARABIC POETRY (103)
Glory and immortality: the motif of monumentum aere perennius by Samaw'al b. 'Adiya' KIRILL DMITRIEV (105)
Tracing the Reception of the Protoevangelium of James in Late Antique Arabia: the Case of the Poetry of Umayya ibn Abi as-Salt and its Intersection with the Quran CORNELIA HORN (123)
Traders, Innkeepers and Cup-Bearers: Foreigners and People of the Book in Arabic Wine Poetry BRUNO PAOLI (147)
III. RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY (163)
From Mavia to al-Mundhir: Arab Christians and Arab Tribes in the Late Antique Roman East GREG FISHER (165)
Inclusion and Seclusion in Late Antique and Early Medieval Settlement Strategies in Syria and Palestine MATTIA GUIDETTI (219)
IV. PERSPECTIVES ON THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF SOUTH ARABIA (247)
Altsüdarabische Kulte im vorchristlichen Abessinien FRANCIS BREYER (249)
Les évolutions du calendrier dans le royaume de Himyar: quelques hypothèses CHRISTIAN JULIEN ROBIN (281)