(Detailed and Annotated)
ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
CHAPTER ONE
Charting the Course
Introduction.................................................................................... 0
Sources and their Limitations............................................................... 0
The Epistemological Problem............................................................... 00
The Doctrinal Labyrinth..................................................................... 00
Terms, Definitions, Transliterations, and Dates.......................................... 00
CHAPTER TWO
Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion
Origins to the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)............................................ 00
From the Conquest to the ?Abb?sids....................................................... 00
First Egyptian Converts to Islam...... ................................................... 00
Post-Conquest Conversions................................................................... 00
From the ?Abb?sids to the Tenth Century CE. ............................................ 00
A Prelude to Conversion.................................................................. 00
Socio-Religious Catalysts................................................................. 00
Concluding Observations.................................................................... 00
CHAPTER THREE
The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory
The Dominant Paradigm................................................................... ....00
Depictions of Patriarch Benjamin...........................................................00
Conquest through Elites...................................................................... 00
Table of Contents* ????? (Detailed and Annotated)
ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
CHAPTER ONE
Charting the Course
Introduction.................................................................................... 0
Sources and their Limitations............................................................... 0
The Epistemological Problem............................................................... 00
The Doctrinal Labyrinth..................................................................... 00
Terms, Definitions, Transliterations, and Dates.......................................... 00
CHAPTER TWO
Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion
Origins to the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)............................................ 00
From the Conquest to the ?Abb?sids....................................................... 00
First Egyptian Converts to Islam...... ................................................... 00
Post-Conquest Conversions................................................................... 00
From the ?Abb?sids to the Tenth Century CE. ............................................ 00
A Prelude to Conversion.................................................................. 00
Socio-Religious Catalysts................................................................. 00
Concluding Observations.................................................................... 00
CHAPTER THREE
The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory
The Dominant Paradigm................................................................... ....00
Depictions of Patriarch Benjamin...........................................................00
Conquest through Elites...................................................................... 00
False Memories and Suppressed Narratives............................................... 00
Conquest and Memory..................................................................... 00
Political Ideology and Memory............................................................ 00
Between Texts and Memories............................................................... 00
CHAPTER FOUR
Christian Elites:
And Dialectic between Confessional Bias and Government Control
Shenoute the Duke of Antinoe................................................................00
Early Post-Conquest Decades............................................................... 000
From ?Abd al-?Az?z to the ?Abb?sids...................................................... 000
Provincial Notables........................................................................... 000
Eighth to Ninth Centuries CE................................................................ 000
Conclusions....................................................................................000
CHAPTER FIVE
Language, Identity, and Assimilation
The Greek Language
Among Muslims .................................................................................. 000
Among Melkites ................................................................................ 000
Among Copts ............................................................................... 000
Bilingualism in Post-Conquest Egypt.................................................... 000
From Coptic and Greek to Arabic........................................................... 000
The Delta..................................................................................... 000
Teshlot Papyri............................................................................... 000
Upper Egypt................................................................................. 000
CHAPTER SIX
The Eighth Century:
The Cultural Gateway from Late Antiquity to Early Islam
Islamization.................................................................................... 000
Popular Revolts................................................................................ 000
The Shape and Meaning of
