Screen LibraryA history of jewish-muslim relations : from the origins to the present day /
This is the first encyclopedic guide to the history of relations between Jews and Muslims around the world from the birth of Islam to today. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, the book features more than 150 authoritative and accessible articles by an international team of leading experts...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
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[2013] ©2013 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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This is the first encyclopedic guide to the history of relations between Jews and Muslims around the world from the birth of Islam to today. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, the book features more than 150 authoritative and accessible articles by an international team of leading experts in history, politics, literature, anthropology, and philosophy. Organized thematically and chronologically, this indispensable reference provides critical facts and balanced context for greater historical understanding and a more informed dialogue between Jews and Muslims. Part I covers the medieval period; Part II, the early modern period through the nineteenth century, in the Ottoman Empire, Africa, Asia, and Europe; Part III, the twentieth century, including the exile of Jews from the Muslim world, Jews and Muslims in Israel, and Jewish-Muslim politics; and Part IV, intersections between Jewish and Muslim origins, philosophy, scholarship, art, ritual, and beliefs. The main articles address major topics such as the Jews of Arabia at the origin of Islam; special profiles cover important individuals and places; and excerpts from primary sources provide contemporary views on historical events. Contributors include Mark R. Cohen, Alain Dieckhoff, Michael Laskier, Vera Moreen, Gordon D. Newby, Marina Rustow, Daniel Schroeter, Kirsten Schulze, Mark Tessler, John Tolan, Gilles Veinstein, and many more. Covers the history of relations between Jews and Muslims around the world from the birth of Islam to today Written by an international team of leading scholars Features in-depth articles on social, political, and cultural history Includes profiles of important people (Eliyahu Capsali, Joseph Nasi, Mohammed V, Martin Buber, Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, Edward Said, Messali Hadj, Mahmoud Darwish) and places (Jerusalem, Alexandria, Baghdad) Presents passages from essential documents of each historical period, such as the Cairo Geniza, Al-Sira, and Judeo-Persian illuminated man |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(1152pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400849130 |
| Index Number: | BP173 |
| CLC: | B96 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editorial Committee -- Introduction / Transcriptions -- Prologue. The "Golden Age" of Jewish-Muslim Relations: Myth and Reality / The Jews of Arabia at the Birth of Islam / Islamic Policy toward Jews from the Prophet Muhammad to the Pact of Umar / Jews and Muslims in the Eastern Islamic World / The Jews of al- Andalus / The Conversion of Jews to Islam / The Legal Status of the Jews and Muslims in the Christian States / Jews and Muslims in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem / Prologue. Jews and Muslims in Ottoman Territory before the Expulsion from Spain / Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire / The Jews of Palestine / The Jews in Jerusalem and Hebron during the Ottoman Era / In Emergent Morocco / The Jews in Iran / Jews of Yemen / Jews and Muslims in Central Asia / Judaism and the Religious Denominational Community in the Near East / Prologue. The Cr mieux Decree / The Invention of the Holy Land / From Coexistence to the Rise of Antagonisms / The Balfour Declaration and Its Implications / "The Arabs" as a Category of British Discourse in Palestine / Zionism and the Arab Question / The Diverse Reactions to Nazism by Leaders in the Muslim Countries / Al- Nakba: A Few Keys to Reading a Catastrophe / From the Judeo- Palestinian Conflict to the Arab- Israeli Wars / Israel in the Face of Its Victories / The Mobilization |