Byzantium and the Arabs in the sixth century

376 Pages·1995·64.15 MB·English

by  Irfan Shahid

BY ZANTIUM
AND THE
ARABS IN
THE SIXTH
CENTURY
Volume 1 | Part 2
IRFAN SHAHÎD

BYZANTIUM AND THE ARABS
IN THE
SIXTH CENTURY
The two Arab martyrs and saints Cosmas and Damian, already crowned, are presented to Christ
by Saints Peter and Paul. Mosaic from the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Rome
(photo: Alinari/Art Resource, NY).
BYZANTIUM AND THE ARABS
IN THE
SIXTH CENTURY
IRFAN SHAHID
Volume I
Part 2: Ecclesiastical History
DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH LIBRARY AND COLLECTION
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Shahid, Irfan, 1926-
Byzancium and the Arabs in the sixth century I lrfan Shahid.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: v. l, pc. 1. Political and military history. pc.
2. Ecclesiastical history.
ISBN 0-88402-214-5
1. Arabs-History-To 622. 2. Byzantine Empire-Hiscory-527-1081. 3. Middle
Ease-History-To 622. 4. Ghassan-Relacions-Byzantine Empire. 5. Byzantine
Empire-Relacions-Ghassan . 6. Ghassanids-Hiscory. 7. Monophysices-Middle
Ease-History . 8. Christianity-Early church, ca. 30-600. I. Tide.
DS62.25.S515 1994
956-dc20 93-33719
CIP
IN MEMORIAM
ALBERT HOURANI
1915-1993

Contents
PART TWO: ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
INTRODUCTION
IX
The Reign of Anastasius
I Within the Empire 694
II Outside the Limes 702
III Appendix:" The Camp of Anasartha": A Cautionary Note 712
X
The Reign of Justin I
I Within the Empire 717
II Outside the Limes 726
III Appendix: The Four Hundred Virgins 732
XI
The Reign of Justinian
Introduction 734
A
The First Phase (527-536)
I Introduction 735
II Early Ghassanid-Imperial Contacts: Justinian and Theodora 736
III The Ghassanid Episcopate 740
IV The Monophysite Confessions of Faith 741
B
The Second Phase (536-553)
I Introduction 744
II Arethas and Ephraim 746
III Arethas and the Consecrations of 542/43: Jacob and Theodore 755
Vlll Contents
IV The Trio: Arethas, Jacob, and Theodore 771
V The Last Decade, 543-553 774
VI Appendix: Sergius, Bishop of l:Iirta 775
C
The Third Phase (553-565)
I Introduction 777
II The Fifties 778
III The Sixties 780
IV The Letter of Arethas to Jacob Baradaeus 782
V Bishop Theodore and Patriarch Paul 788
XII
The Reign of Justin II
A
The First Phase (565-569)
I Introduction 793
II Constantinople and the Monophysites 794
III The Patriarchate of Paul: lnter-Monophysite Dissension 796
IV The Ghassiinids and Tritheism 805
V The Subscriptions of the Archimandrites of Arabia 824
VI The Monastery and the Church of the Arabs 838
VII Antiochus of Arabia 843
VIII Abu Karib and Theodore: Codex Syriacus DLXXXV, Theology, 845
British Museum.
IX Theodore, the Arab Bishop of the Limitrophe, ca. 540-570 850
B
The Second Phase (569-578)
I Introduction: The Accession of Mungir, 569 860
II Mungir: gloriosus,C hristophi/os,p atricius 862
III The Apostasy of Patriarch Paul, 5 71- 57 5 865
IV The Ghassiinid Episcopate 869
V The Schism within the Patriarchate of Antioch: Paulites versus 876
Jacobites, 575-578
VI Appendix: The Episcopate of the Golan 892
XIII
The Reign of Tiberius
I Introduction 894
II The Biennium of 578-580 896
III The Conference of Constantinople: 2 March 580 900