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Item specifics - Nonfiction Books

Author:	Mark R. Cohen	Publisher:	Princeton Univ Pr
ISBN-10:	0691033781	Subject:	History
ISBN-13:	9780691033785	Topic:	--
Format:	Hardcover	Language:	English
Publication Year:	1994	Condition:	Good
Special Attributes:	--

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Length:	280 pages
Height:	9.8 in.
Width:	6.5 in.
Thickness:	1.0 in.
Weight:	22.4 oz.

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Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful "interfaith utopia?" Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting both polemically charged "myths," Mark Cohen offers a systematic comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christendom--the first in-depth explanation of why medieval Islamic-Jewish relations, though not utopic, were less confrontational and violent than those between Christians and Jews in the West. Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful "interfaith utopia?" Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting both polemically charged "myths," Mark Cohen offers a systematic comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christendom--the first in-depth explanation of why medieval Islamic-Jewish relations, though not utopic, were less confrontational and violent than those between Christians and Jews in the West. The exacerbation of Arab-Israeli conflict at the time of the Six-Day War in 1967 gave birth in some quarters to a radical revision of Jewish-Arab history. At stake was the longstanding, originally Jewish, "myth of the interfaith utopia" in which medieval Muslims and Jews peacefully cohabited in Arab lands - a utopia that many Arabs claimed had continued until the emergence of modern Zionism. Some Jewish writers challenged this notion with a "countermyth of Islamic persecution", suggesting that Jews fared not much better socially and politically under Islamic rule than they did under Christendom. Full of implications for Jewish, Islamic, and European historians, both myths form the backdrop of this provocative book aimed at enriching our understanding of medieval gentile-Jewish relations. Addressing general readers and specialists alike, Mark Cohen offers the first in-depth explanation of why medieval Islamic-Jewish relations, though not utopic, were less confrontational and violent than those between Christians and Jews in the West. Cohen presents a systematic comparison of the legal, economic, and social situations of Jews in medieval Islam and Christendom, offering particularly fresh insights on issues of hierarchy, marginality, and ethnicity and on the topic of persecution and collective memory. His analysis includes differences in theology that helped influence the way Muslims and Christians treated Jews. Written for a broad audience, this book draws on many salient primary sources, which let the voices of medieval Islam, Christendom, and the Jews speak for themselves.

Product Category : Books
ISBN : 0691033781
Title : Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages
EAN : 9780691033785
Authors : Mark R. Cohen
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Publication Date : 1994-06
Pages : 304
Dust Jacket : True
Jacket Condition : good
List Price (MSRP) : 47.50
Height : 1.0000 inches
Width : 6.5000 inches
Length : 9.7500 inches
Weight : 1.4000 pounds
Keywords : Social History, General, General AAS, Medieval, History of Religion, Hardcover, Printed Books
Condition : Good
Classification Notes : All new inventory received to basement

clean pages good condition overall sharp corners tight spine dust jacket good

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