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Title: John and the Emir
Subtitle: A New Introduction, Edition and Translation
Author(s): PENN, Michael Philip
Journal: Le Muséon
Volume: 121    Issue: 1-2   Date: 2008   
Pages: 65-91
DOI: 10.2143/MUS.121.1.2120502

Abstract :
John and the Emir is one of the most important Syriac sources describing early Christian responses to the rise of Islam. This article examines the debate surrounding this work’s genre, date of composition, and historicity. It also presents a new edition and English translation of BL Add. 17,193, f. 73a-75b.

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