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UNINA9910786019003321 |
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Titolo |
History as prelude [[electronic resource] ] : Muslims and Jews in the medieval Mediterranean / / edited by Joseph V. Montville |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-94059-0 |
0-7391-6815-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islam - Relations - Judaism - History |
Judaism - Relations - Islam - History |
Andalusia (Spain) Ethnic relations |
Islamic Empire Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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