From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt

Maged S. A. Mikhail obtained a PhD in the History of the Near and Middle East from the University of California, Los Angeles for which he received an Honourable Mention for the Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award from the Middle East Studies Association of North America. He currently teaches at California State University, Fullerton.

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ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
CHAPTER ONE
Charting the Course
Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 0
Sources and their Limitations……………………………………………………… 0
The Epistemological Problem……………………………………………………… 00
The Doctrinal Labyrinth…………………………………………………………… 00
Terms, Definitions, Transliterations, and Dates…………………………………… 00
CHAPTER TWO
Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion
Origins to the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)…………………………………….. 00
From the Conquest to the ?Abb?sids………………………………………………. 00
First Egyptian Converts to Islam…… …………………………………………... 00
Post-Conquest Conversions……………………………………………................ 00
From the ?Abb?sids to the Tenth Century CE. …………………………………….. 00
A Prelude to Conversion………………………………………………………… 00
Socio-Religious Catalysts……………………………………………………….. 00
Concluding Observations….………………………………………………………. 00
CHAPTER THREE
The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory
The Dominant Paradigm………………………………..…………………........ ….00
Depictions of Patriarch Benjamin…………………………………………………..00
Conquest through Elites……………………………………………………………. 00
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ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
CHAPTER ONE
Charting the Course
Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 0
Sources and their Limitations……………………………………………………… 0
The Epistemological Problem……………………………………………………… 00
The Doctrinal Labyrinth…………………………………………………………… 00
Terms, Definitions, Transliterations, and Dates…………………………………… 00
CHAPTER TWO
Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion
Origins to the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)…………………………………….. 00
From the Conquest to the ?Abb?sids………………………………………………. 00
First Egyptian Converts to Islam…… …………………………………………... 00
Post-Conquest Conversions……………………………………………................ 00
From the ?Abb?sids to the Tenth Century CE. …………………………………….. 00
A Prelude to Conversion………………………………………………………… 00
Socio-Religious Catalysts……………………………………………………….. 00
Concluding Observations….………………………………………………………. 00
CHAPTER THREE
The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory
The Dominant Paradigm………………………………..…………………........ ….00
Depictions of Patriarch Benjamin…………………………………………………..00
Conquest through Elites……………………………………………………………. 00
False Memories and Suppressed Narratives……………………………………….. 00
Conquest and Memory…………………………………………………………… 00
Political Ideology and Memory………………………………………………...... 00
Between Texts and Memories……………………………………………………… 00
CHAPTER FOUR
Christian Elites:
And Dialectic between Confessional Bias and Government Control
Shenoute the Duke of Antinoe……………………………………………………….00
Early Post-Conquest Decades……………………………………………………... 000
From ?Abd al-?Az?z to the ?Abb?sids……………………………………………… 000
Provincial Notables………………………………………………………………… 000
Eighth to Ninth Centuries CE………………………………………………………. 000
Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………000
CHAPTER FIVE
Language, Identity, and Assimilation
The Greek Language
Among Muslims ....................………………..…………………………………... 000
Among Melkites ………………………………………………….……................ 000
Among Copts ………………………………….………………………………… 000
Bilingualism in Post-Conquest Egypt……………………………………………. 000
From Coptic and Greek to Arabic………………………………………………….. 000
The Delta…………………………………………………………………………. 000
Teshlot Papyri……………………………………………………………………. 000
Upper Egypt……………………………………………………………………… 000
CHAPTER SIX
The Eighth Century:
The Cultural Gateway from Late Antiquity to Early Islam
Islamization………………………………………………………………………… 000
Popular Revolts…………………………………………………………………….. 000
The Shape and Meaning of