Michael Philip Penn
Biographic Data
| ID | 9183309 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Philip Penn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Penn |
| SIGNATURE | PENN M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Religion, Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 01075 USA, Email: [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Social Network Analysis and Medieval Literature
This article explores the ninth-century Book of Governors by East Syrian bishop Thomas of Marga, a text notorious for its sprawling and disjointed narrative structure. Through the lens of network analysis, the study seeks to untangle the dense web of 622 characters and their interactions within this work, which remains one of the richest sources of information on the medieval Church of the East. The analysis reveals that the Book of Governors is …
When Christians First Met Muslims
The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Living under Muslim rule from the seventh century to the present, Syriac Christians wrote the first and most extensive accounts of Islam, describing a complicated set of religious and cultural exchanges not re…
Envisioning Islam
The earliest and largest corpus of Christian writings on Islam was written in the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Envisioning Islam shows how these previously neglected texts problematize modern perceptions of an exclusively hostile Christian reaction to Islam and revolutionize our understanding of the early Islamic world.
A Temporarily Resurrected Dog and Other Wonders
In the mid-ninth century, the east Syrian bishop Thomas of Margā composed a lenghy monatic history now known as The Book Of Governors. Amidst Thomas’s numerous anecdotes concerning the exploits of Christian holy men, appear over a dozen stories involving Muslim characters. A critical examination of these tales focusing on issues of word choice, characterization, and narrative assumptions provides important data for the development of Christian de…
Kissing Christians
Kissing was one of the most widely practiced early Christian rituals. Kissing Christians presents the first comprehensive study of how ancient controversies concerning this rite became part of larger debates regarding the internal structure of ancient Christian communities and their relations with outsiders
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Kissing Christians
Kissing was one of the most widely practiced early Christian rituals. Kissing Christians presents the first comprehensive study of how ancient controversies concerning this rite became part of larger debates regarding the internal structure of ancient Christian communities and their relations with outsiders
A Temporarily Resurrected Dog and Other Wonders
In the mid-ninth century, the east Syrian bishop Thomas of Margā composed a lenghy monatic history now known as The Book Of Governors. Amidst Thomas’s numerous anecdotes concerning the exploits of Christian holy men, appear over a dozen stories involving Muslim characters. A critical examination of these tales focusing on issues of word choice, characterization, and narrative assumptions provides important data for the development of Christian de…
When Christians First Met Muslims
The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Living under Muslim rule from the seventh century to the present, Syriac Christians wrote the first and most extensive accounts of Islam, describing a complicated set of religious and cultural exchanges not re…
Envisioning Islam
The earliest and largest corpus of Christian writings on Islam was written in the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Envisioning Islam shows how these previously neglected texts problematize modern perceptions of an exclusively hostile Christian reaction to Islam and revolutionize our understanding of the early Islamic world.
Social Network Analysis and Medieval Literature
This article explores the ninth-century Book of Governors by East Syrian bishop Thomas of Marga, a text notorious for its sprawling and disjointed narrative structure. Through the lens of network analysis, the study seeks to untangle the dense web of 622 characters and their interactions within this work, which remains one of the richest sources of information on the medieval Church of the East. The analysis reveals that the Book of Governors is …
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