Gog and Magog in Early Eastern Christian and Islamic Sources

Sallam's Quest for Alexander's Wall

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19903765
AutoresE J Van Donzel, Andrea Schmidt (0000-0003-2940-6613)
Año2010
Páginas271
Fecha de publicación2010-05-17
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaGog and Magog in early Syriac and Islamic sources (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004174160.i-280
OpenAlexW1697875171
Open LibraryOL38022145M
ISBN9789004174160
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas60

Alexander's alleged Wall against Gog and Magog, often connected with the enclosure of the apocalyptic people, was a widespread theme among Syriac Christians in Mesopotamia. In the ninth century Sallam the Interpreter dictated an account of his search for the barrier to the Arab geographer Ibn Khurradadhbih. The reliability of Sallam's journey from Samarra to Western China and back (842-45), however, has always been a highly contested issue. Van Donzel and Schmidt consider the travel account as historical. This volume presents a translation of the source while at the same time it carefully looks into other Eastern Christian and Muslim traditions of the famous lore. A comprehensive survey reconstructs the political and topographical data. As so many other examples, also this story pays witness to the influence of the Syriac Christian tradition on Koran and Muslim Traditions

Ancient history · Archaeology · Cartography · Geographer · Geography · Islam · Mesopotamia · Ninth · Political science · Politics · Theme (computing) · Witness · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · 356 b.c.-323 b.c · 356-323 B.C · al-Turjumān · Alexander · Alexander, the great · Apocalyptic literature · asia · description and travel · fl 842-844 · Historic sites · History and criticism · in literature · Islamic literature · Islamic literature, history and criticism · Local · Local History · Sallām · Sources · Syriac literature · the Great · Travel