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A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East

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Description for A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East Paperback. This book traces the history of conflict and contact between Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Ottoman Middle East prior to 1914. Series: The Contemporary Middle East. Num Pages: 300 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAF; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Across centuries, the Islamic Middle East hosted large populations of Christians and Jews in addition to Muslims. Today, this diversity is mostly absent. In this book, Heather J. Sharkey examines the history that Muslims, Christians, and Jews once shared against the shifting backdrop of state policies. Focusing on the Ottoman Middle East before World War I, Sharkey offers a vivid and lively analysis of everyday social contacts, dress, music, food, bathing, and more, as they brought people together or pushed them apart. Historically, Islamic traditions of statecraft and law, which the Ottoman Empire maintained and adapted, treated Christians and Jews ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
The Contemporary Middle East
Condition
New
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521186872
SKU
V9780521186872
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About Heather J. Sharkey
Heather J. Sharkey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Living with Colonialism: Nationalism and Culture in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (2003) and American Evangelicals in Egypt: Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire (2008).

Reviews for A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East
'A captivating profile of the religious diversity in the Middle East that has been driven to the brink of extinction in the century since the fall of the Ottoman Empire. A brilliant and essential history for understanding the tragedy of intolerance in the Arab world today.' Eugene Rogan, University of Oxford 'In this book, Heather J. Sharkey is not afraid to ... Read more

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