(Detailed and Annotated) ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii CHAPTER ONE Charting the Course Introduction.................................................................................... 0 Sources and their Limitations............................................................... 0 The Epistemological Problem............................................................... 00 The Doctrinal Labyrinth..................................................................... 00 Terms, Definitions, Transliterations, and Dates.......................................... 00 CHAPTER TWO Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion Origins to the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)............................................ 00 From the Conquest to the ?Abb?sids....................................................... 00 First Egyptian Converts to Islam...... ................................................... 00 Post-Conquest Conversions................................................................... 00 From the ?Abb?sids to the Tenth Century CE. ............................................ 00 A Prelude to Conversion.................................................................. 00 Socio-Religious Catalysts................................................................. 00 Concluding Observations.................................................................... 00 CHAPTER THREE The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory The Dominant Paradigm................................................................... ....00 Depictions of Patriarch Benjamin...........................................................00 Conquest through Elites...................................................................... 00 Table of Contents* ????? (Detailed and Annotated) ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii CHAPTER ONE Charting the Course Introduction.................................................................................... 0 Sources and their Limitations............................................................... 0 The Epistemological Problem............................................................... 00 The Doctrinal Labyrinth..................................................................... 00 Terms, Definitions, Transliterations, and Dates.......................................... 00 CHAPTER TWO Religious Conversion and Social Cohesion Origins to the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)............................................ 00 From the Conquest to the ?Abb?sids....................................................... 00 First Egyptian Converts to Islam...... ................................................... 00 Post-Conquest Conversions................................................................... 00 From the ?Abb?sids to the Tenth Century CE. ............................................ 00 A Prelude to Conversion.................................................................. 00 Socio-Religious Catalysts................................................................. 00 Concluding Observations.................................................................... 00 CHAPTER THREE The Conquest: Event, Text, and Memory The Dominant Paradigm................................................................... ....00 Depictions of Patriarch Benjamin...........................................................00 Conquest through Elites...................................................................... 00 False Memories and Suppressed Narratives............................................... 00 Conquest and Memory..................................................................... 00 Political Ideology and Memory............................................................ 00 Between Texts and Memories............................................................... 00 CHAPTER FOUR Christian Elites: And Dialectic between Confessional Bias and Government Control Shenoute the Duke of Antinoe................................................................00 Early Post-Conquest Decades............................................................... 000 From ?Abd al-?Az?z to the ?Abb?sids...................................................... 000 Provincial Notables........................................................................... 000 Eighth to Ninth Centuries CE................................................................ 000 Conclusions....................................................................................000 CHAPTER FIVE Language, Identity, and Assimilation The Greek Language Among Muslims .................................................................................. 000 Among Melkites ................................................................................ 000 Among Copts ............................................................................... 000 Bilingualism in Post-Conquest Egypt.................................................... 000 From Coptic and Greek to Arabic........................................................... 000 The Delta..................................................................................... 000 Teshlot Papyri............................................................................... 000 Upper Egypt................................................................................. 000 CHAPTER SIX The Eighth Century: The Cultural Gateway from Late Antiquity to Early Islam Islamization.................................................................................... 000 Popular Revolts................................................................................ 000 The Shape and Meaning of
