The Jews of Islam : Updated Edition / Bernard Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Bernard, author.

Contributor:

Cohen, Mark R.

Series:

Princeton classics.

Princeton Classics ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Islamic countries.

Jews.

Islam--Relations--Judaism.

Islam.

Judaism--Relations--Islam.

Judaism.

Islamic countries--Ethnic relations.

Islamic countries.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

Updated edition with a New Introduction

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This landmark book probes Muslims' attitudes toward Jews and Judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in predominantly Muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit, Bernard Lewis demolishes two competing stereotypes: the Islamophobic picture of the fanatical Muslim warrior, sword in one hand and Qur'ān in the other, and the overly romanticized depiction of Muslim societies as interfaith utopias.Featuring a new introduction by Mark R. Cohen, this Princeton Classics edition sets the Judaeo-Islamic tradition against a vivid background of Jewish and Islamic history. For those wishing a concise overview of the long period of Jewish-Muslim relations, The Jews of Islam remains an essential starting point.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Illustrations

Foreword

Foreword to the Princeton Classics Edition

ONE. Islam and Other Religions

TWO. The Judaeo-Islamic Tradition

THREE. The Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods

FOUR. The End of the Tradition

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-225) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400852222

1400852226

OCLC:

889552525