The Chronicle of John of Nikiu : coping with crisis in post-Roman Egypt / Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga.

Author/creator Yirga, Felege-Selam Solomon author.
Format Book
PublicationOakland, California : University of California Press, [2026]
Copyright Date©2026
Descriptionix, 188 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
John, Bishop of Nikiu, active 7th century. Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/4bc51ec4-48f1-0415-ac8e-82e7ddc72469
John, Bishop of Nikiu, active 7th century--Criticism and interpretation.
Coptic Church--Egypt. --History.
Copts--History. --To 1500.
Egypt--History. --640-1250.
Byzantine Empire--History.

Contents Introduction -- Understanding the Chronicle : audience, gendre, sources, and authorial voice -- Egypt, Rome, and Romanness in the Chronicle -- The Chronicle's theory of history, part one : god, natural disaster, and the Arab conquest of Egypt -- The Chronicle's theory of history, part two: demonic and diabolical interventions -- From religious practice to political praxis : worldly asceticism, pious subjects, and the prescriptive argument of the Chronicle -- Conclusion.
Abstract "In the midst of profound political changes in late seventh-century Egypt, after the end of Roman hegemony and during Islamic rule, a bishop named John from the city of Nikiu sat down to pen a chronicle. It is a puzzling and fascinating work that reimagines the established Roman genre of Christian world history as a dialectic between a Roman state that often failed to maintain Christian orthodoxy and Roman citizens who attempted to nudge the state in the direction of correct theology. Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga treats the bishop's text as a historical artifact of Egyptian cultural and intellectual history, one of the last works of an educated elite who was forced to use the tools of Roman education to tackle the crisis brought on by the end of Roman Egypt. Placing the Chronicle in its broader setting, Yirga positions the text as quintessentially post-Roman, arguing that it was a rearticulation of imperial ideology for and by post-Roman subjects that allowed them to explain and cope with the failure of the Roman state to maintain control of Egypt"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Yirga, Felege-Selam Solomon Chronicle of John of Nikiu Oakland, California: University of California Press, [2025] 9780520421189
Issued in other formebook version : 9780520421189
LCCN 2025020536
ISBN9780520421172
ISBN0520421175 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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