The extraordinary voyages of Pero Tafur throughout the Mediterranean basin from 1435 to 1439 abound with the expectation of discovery. This remarkable narrative derives from a single manuscript in a p
Grammar of the Aramaic Syriac Language is one of the best written Syriac grammars produced in Arabic, covering orthography, morphology and syntax. It follows the eastern grammatical tradition by clas
Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam, the supposition that Mecca was a trading center thriving on the export of aromati
The hagiographic works of the Palestinian monk John Rufus, a priest at Antioch and a disciple of the great anti-Chalcedonian leader Peter the Iberian at Gaza, are the main sources for our knowledge o
