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Document Details : Title: The 'Wolves of Arabia' Subtitle: A Reconsideration of Maximus the Confessor's Epistula 8 Author(s): STRICKLER, Ryan W. Journal: Byzantion Volume: 86 Date: 2016 Pages: 419-439 DOI: 10.2143/BYZ.86.0.3180832 Abstract : This article argues, based on internal evidence, that Epistula 8 by Maximus the Confessor, traditionally understood as a unified letter, is best understood as a composite of two documents, a longer letter and a shorter fragment. As a result, questions of dating and historical context, including the relationship between Maximus’s reference to the Septuagint phrase 'wolves of Arabia' and the nascent Islamic invasions, are reconsidered. |
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