Jews, Christians, and the abode of Islam : modern scholarship, medieval realities / Jacob Lassner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lassner, Jacob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic learning and scholarship.

History.

Orientalism.

Civilization, Medieval.

Jews.

Ethnic relations.

Islamic Empire--Ethnic relations--Religious aspects.

Islamic Empire.

Jews--Islamic Empire--History.

Islam--Relations--Judaism.

Islam.

Relations.

Judaism.

Judaism--Relations--Islam.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Civilization, Medieval--Religious aspects.

Orientalism--History.

Islamic learning and scholarship--History.

East and West.

Physical Description:

xviii, 312 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Contents:

Part 1 Encountering the "Other"

Western Scholarship and the Foundations of Islamic Civilization

1 Orientalists

The Modern Quest for Muhammad and the Origins of Islamic Civilization 3

2 Rethinking Islamic Origins 26

3 "Occidentalists"

Engaging the Western "Other" Medieval Perceptions, and Modern Realities 61

4 The Occidentalist Response to Modern Western Scholarship 86

Part 2 Jews and Christians

The Reality of Being the "Other" in the Medieval Islamic World

5 The First Encounter

Muhammad and the Jews of Arabia 131

6 Perceiving the "Other"

Jews and Muslims in the Abode of Islam 155

7 Accommodating "Others"

Tolerance and Coercion in Medieval Islam 175

8 Medieval Jewry in the Orbit of Islam 194

9 Early Muslim-Christian Encounters

The Islamization of Christian Space 217

10 Muslims and Christians

Perceptions, Polemics, and Apologetics 236

11 Christians, Muslims, and Jews

Cross-pollinations in Medieval Philosophy and Science 258.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226471075

0226471071

OCLC:

748290761