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Record Nr.

UNISA996248053703316

Autore

Cohen Mark R. <1943->

Titolo

Under Crescent and Cross : The Jews in the Middle Ages / / Mark R. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4008-4433-9

0-691-03378-1

Edizione

[Reissue, with a new intro. and afterword by the author.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 296 p. )

Disciplina

261.26

Soggetti

Judaism - History - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789

Judaism - Relations - Islam

Judaism - Relations - Christianity

Islam - Relations - Judaism

Christianity and other religions - Judaism - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Christianity - Relations - Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With a new introduction and afterword by the author."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE 2008 EDITION -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE Myth and Countermyth -- Chapter One MYTH AND COUNTERMYTH -- PART TWO In Religion and Law -- Chapter Two RELIGIONS IN CONFLICT -- Chapter Three THE LEGAL POSITION OF JEWS IN CHRISTENDOM -- Chapter Four THE LEGAL POSITION OF JEWS IN ISLAM -- PART THREE In the Economy -- Chapter Five THE ECONOMIC FACTOR -- PART FOUR In the Social Order -- Chapter Six HIERARCHY, MARGINALITY, AND ETHNICITY -- Chapter Seven THE JEW AS TOWNSMAN -- Chapter Eight SOCIABILITY -- PART FIVE Polemics and Persecution -- Chapter Nine INTERRELIGIOUS POLEMICS -- Chapter Ten PERSECUTION, RESPONSE, AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- AFTERWORD: A PARADIGM -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful



"interfaith utopia"? Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting both polemically charged ideas as myths, Mark Cohen offers a systematic comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christendom--and the first in-depth explanation of why medieval Islamic-Jewish relations, though not utopic, were less confrontational and violent than those between Christians and Jews in the West.Under Crescent and Cross has been translated into Turkish, Hebrew, German, Arabic, French, and Spanish, and its historic message continues to be relevant across continents and time. This updated edition, which contains an important new introduction and afterword by the author, serves as a great companion to the original.