Bibliographies en fin de contributions. Notes bibliographiques. Index

Documents open up another approach complementary to the overwhelming richness of literary tradition as preserved in manuscripts. This volume combines studies on Greek, Sogdian and Arabic documents (letters, legal agreements, and amulets) with studies on Arabic and Judeo-Arabic manuscripts (poetry, science and divination). 4e de couverture

Introduction / Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki Chapter 1, Who did what in Eighth-Century Aphrodito? P.Würzb. Inv. 122–127, greek tax documents, and some observations on prosopography / Janneke de Jong Chapter 2, Thinking in arabic, writing in sogdian: Arabic-Sogdian diplomatic relations in the Early Eighth Century / Said Reza Huseini Chapter 3, Reconstructing Dhū l-Rumma’s Poetry with the help of Muqātil b. Sulaymān’s Tafsīr (P.Cair.Arab. Inv. 1235 Verso and Recto) / Hazem Hussein Abbas Ali Chapter 4, A Prisoner’s fate in Fatimid Egypt: The late coptic Paitos Dossier / Vincent Walter Chapter 5, The Book of Twitches of Shem, Son of Noah, and other manuals of palmomancy from the Cairo Genizah and al-Quṣayr / Gideon Bohak Chapter 6, Scientific textbooks and their application in practice: interdependencies of literary and documentary evidence of scientific activities / Johannes Thomann Chapter 7, Christian and islamic documents in arabic: the concept of Sunna (Appendix: On the Sale of a Mosque) / Rocio Daga Portillo Quoted editions