Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East
This page intentionally left blank FROM HELLENISM TO ISLAM Th e 800 years between the fi rst Roman conquests and the conquest of Islam saw a rich, constantly shifting blend of languages and writing systems, legal structures, religious practices and beliefs in the Near East. While the diff erent ethnic groups and cultural forms often clashed with each other, adaptation was as much a characteristic of the region as confl ict. Th is volume, emphasising the inscriptions in many languages from the Near East, brings together mutually informative studies by scholars in diverse fi elds. Together, they reveal how the diff erent languages, peoples and cultures interacted, com- peted with, tried to ignore or were infl uenced by each other, and how their relationships evolved over time. Th e volume will be of great value to those interested in Greek and Roman history, Jewish history and Near Eastern studies. hannah m. cotton is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. robert g. hoyland is Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. jonathan j. price is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Tel Aviv University. david j. wasserstein is Professor of History and the Eugene Greener Jr. Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. FROM HELLENISM TO ISLAM Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East edited by HANNAH M. COTTON ROBERT G. HOYLAND JONATHAN J. PRICE DAVID J. WASSERSTEIN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521875813 © Cambridge University Press 2009 This publication is in copyright.
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