A history of Jewish-Muslim relations : from the origins to the present day / edited by Abdelwahab Meddeb and Benjamin Stora ; translated by Jane Marie Todd and Michael B. Smith. [print]

Part 1: The Middle ages edited by Mark R. Cohen. The emergence of Islam ; In Islamic lands ; In Christendom Part 2: The modern world edited by Gilles Veinstein. In Ottoman territory, fifteenth to nineteenth centuries ; Northern Africa ; Asia and the Middle East ; Relations with the European world Part 3: The present edited by Denis Charbit, Elias Sanbar, and Benjamin Stora. The beginnings of the separation ; Confronting Nazism ; The great rupture in the Middle East ; Spaces of cohabitation ; Tense conversations ; Looking at the other Part 4: Transversalities edited by Abdelwahab Meddeb and Sylvie Anne Goldberg. Founding books, mirror images ; Mirrored languages ; Two religions of the law ; Philosophy, science, and intellectual movements ; Mysticism ; Memory and history.

"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."--Jacket.

"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. 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 ... [The text] 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); and presents passages from essential documents of each historical period, such as the Cairo Geniza, Al-Sira, and Judeo-Persian illuminated manuscripts."

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