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The Jews of Islam: Updated Edition
Bernard Lewis
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Description for The Jews of Islam: Updated Edition
paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
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'?n 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 ... Read more
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'?n 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton Univers. Press
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Classics
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691160870
SKU
9780691160870
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About Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, a long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the author of numerous works on the Middle East. Mark R. Cohen is the Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization in the Near East at Princeton.
Reviews for The Jews of Islam: Updated Edition
"An elegant and masterly survey. It is a measure of Mr. Lewis's gift for synthesis that all the many findings of recent sholarship, including his own in the Turkish archives, are made to fit into a coherent and plausible pattern."
New York Times Book Review "Lewis refuses ... simplistic approaches and tries to explain the complex and often contradictory history of ... Read more
New York Times Book Review "Lewis refuses ... simplistic approaches and tries to explain the complex and often contradictory history of ... Read more