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History as prelude : Muslims and Jews in the medieval Mediterranean / edited by Joseph V. Montville.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Relations--Judaism--History.
- Islam.
- Judaism--Relations--Islam--History.
- Judaism.
- Islamic Empire--Ethnic relations.
- Islamic Empire.
- Andalusia (Spain)--Ethnic relations.
- Andalusia (Spain).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, May 2013 Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated [distributor]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays by seven scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world-intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic-creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in Spain and around the Mediterranean. History as Prelude is a major contribution to the Israeli-Arab peace process because it undermines-in fact, blows away-the efforts of propagandists who serve governments or political movements to negate the reality of the Arab-Jewish relationship in the medieval Mediterranean. The contributors, in unassuming, well-research
- Contents:
- History as Prelude; Contents; Introduction Recovering History: A Psychodynamic Approach to Peacemaking; 1 Jewish and Islamic Life in the Middle Ages: Through the Window of the Cairo Geniza; 2 Sharing Science: Jews, Muslims, and Practical Science in the Medieval Islamic World; 3 "The Battle of Alfuente" by Samuel the Nagid; 4 On Muslim Curiosity and the Historiography of the Jews of Yemen; 5 Doctors without Borders: Medicine in the Medieval Mediterranean World; 6 Merchants and Cross-Cultural Commerce in the Medieval Mediterranean World
- 7 Sufism and Philosophy in Muslim Spain and the Medieval Mediterranean WorldIndex; About the Editor and Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-31043-3
- 979-82-16-43143-5
- 1-283-94059-0
- 0-7391-6815-0
- OCLC:
- 829713856
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