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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463206203321

Titolo

History as prelude [[electronic resource] ] : Muslims and Jews in the medieval Mediterranean / / edited by Joseph V. Montville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-94059-0

0-7391-6815-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MontvilleJoseph V

Disciplina

200.9182/21

Soggetti

Islam - Relations - Judaism - History

Judaism - Relations - Islam - History

Electronic books.

Andalusia (Spain) Ethnic relations

Islamic Empire Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

History as Prelude; Contents; Introduction Recovering History: A Psychodynamic Approach to Peacemaking; 1 Jewish and Islamic Life in the Middle Ages: Through the Window of the Cairo Geniza; 2 Sharing Science: Jews, Muslims, and Practical Science in the Medieval Islamic World; 3 "The Battle of Alfuente" by Samuel the Nagid; 4 On Muslim Curiosity and the Historiography of the Jews of Yemen; 5 Doctors without Borders: Medicine in the Medieval Mediterranean World; 6 Merchants and Cross-Cultural Commerce in the Medieval Mediterranean World

7 Sufism and Philosophy in Muslim Spain and the Medieval Mediterranean WorldIndex; About the Editor and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays by seven scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world-intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic-creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in Spain and around the Mediterranean. History as Prelude is a major contribution to the Israeli-Arab peace process because it undermines-in fact, blows away-the efforts of propagandists who serve governments or political movements to



negate the reality of the Arab-Jewish relationship in the medieval Mediterranean. The contributors, in unassuming, well-research