Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt

Lajos Berkes is Lecturer in the Theology Faculty in the Institute for Christianity and the Ancient World at Humboldt University.

• Editorial RemarksContributorsIntroduction: A Papyrological Perspective on Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic EgyptLajos BerkesEgypt and the CaliphateImperial Arabic: Some Notes on Visual SymbolismEugenio GarosiImperial Policies and the Organization of the War Fleet in Early-Islamic EgyptJelle BruningAdapting to New Realities: Administration and BureaucracyBabylone - Fusṭāṭ dans les sources papyrologiques coptes Anne Boud’horsThe Overseers of the Barns of Babylon: Two Arabic-Greek Receipts (P.Christ.Musl. 1–3)Lajos Berkes – James M.S. Cowey – Naïm VanthieghemÀ propos de Ḥayyān b. Surayǧ. Un surintendant des finances égyptien de l’époque omeyyade (P.Christ.Musl. 4–5)Naïm VanthieghemNouveaux textes sur les pagarques du Fayoum au viiie siècle (P.Christ.Musl. 6–24)Esther Garel – Naïm VanthieghemRāshid b. Khālid: An amīr in Middle Egypt under the UmayyadsNikolaos GonisWestern Thebes and the Arab Administration of Pre-Abbassid EgyptJennifer CromwellNaming Practices and Language ChangeRemarques textuelles et méthodologiques sur les surnoms et sobriquets dans les papyrus tardifs (autour des P.Apoll.)Jean GascouDraft of a Late Coptic Letter (P.Christ.Musl. 25)Anne Boud’hors – Maher EissaBilingualism and Mono-/Bigraphia at the Nexus of Magical Traditions: From Egyptian-Greek to Coptic-Arabic Magical TextsEdward O.D. LoveIndices

“[T]his volume makes important contributions to the exploration of various administrative, bureaucratic, and social aspects of early Islamic Egypt from a papyrological perspective. . . Especially noteworthy is the inclusion of editions of 23 papyri from this period of Egypt’s history.”