TY - BOOK AU - Monferrer-Sala,Juan Pedro TI - Redefining History on Pre-Islamic Accounts: The Arabic Recension of the Martyrs of Najrân T2 - Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies SN - 9781617191589 PY - 2010///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface and Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; 1. Historical framework of the events --; 2. Text setting --; 3. Contents and Structure --; Map --; Plate --; Bibliography --; Biblical and qur'ānic references --; General Index; restricted access N2 - The account of the Martyrs of Najran has hitherto been known only through the Greek and the Syriac textual tradition, but this book offers an analysis of the original Arabic account to provide information about the most important details, and for identifying the original text of the Arabic version. A comparative study of the contents and structure of the tragic events which took place in the South Arabian city of Najran as they were narrated in the Arabic recension contained in the MS Sinaitic Arabic 535 UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463225179 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463225179 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463225179/original ER -