Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ca. 390 pages)
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288 illustrations
ISBN:
9789004254817
Series Statement:
Handbook of oriental studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East 30/5
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Hebron (Al-Khalīl) -- Haifa -- Ḥajjah -- Ḥalḥūl -- Hammat Gader (Al-Ḥammah) -- Hūnīn -- Ibn Ibraq (Ibrāq) -- Iksāl -- Ikzim (Ijzim) (Carmel) -- ʿIrāq al-Manshiyyah -- List of inscriptions according to sites -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Index to Qurʾānic Verses -- Fold-out -- Figures -- Figures.
Content:
Western Palestine is extremely rich in Arabic inscriptions, whose dates range from as early as CE 150 until modern times. Most of the inscriptions date from the Islamic period, for under Islam the country gained particular religious and strategic importance, even though it made up only part of the larger province of Syria. This historical importance is clearly reflected in the hundreds of inscriptions, the texts of which cover a variety of topics: construction, dedication, religious endowments, epitaphs, Qur'anic texts, prayers and invocations, all now assembled in the Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae ( CIAP ). The CIAP follows the method established at the end of the 19th century by Max van Berchem, namely, the studying of the Arabic inscriptions 'in context'. Van Berchem managed to publish two volumes of the inscriptions from Jerusalem: the CIAP covers the entire country. The inscriptions are arranged according to site, and are studied in their respective topographical, historical and cultural context. In this way the CIAP offers more than a survey of inscriptions: it represents the epigraphical angle of the geographical history of the Holy Land. Volume One: A, was published in 1997, Volume Two: -B-C- in 1999, Volume Three: -D-F- in 2004, Volume Four: G in 2008 and an Addendum in 2007. All volumes are still available
Note:
Text in English and Arabic
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004250970
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, Volume Five: -H-I- Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2013 ISBN 9789004250970
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004254817
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