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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.9182/21
• Soggetto topico: Islam - Relations - Judaism - History; Judaism - Relations - Islam - History
• Soggetto geografico: Andalusia (Spain) Ethnic relations; Islamic Empire Ethnic relations
• Altri autori: MontvilleJoseph V
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: History as prelude
• ISBN: 1-283-94059-0; 0-7391-6815-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814830003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II