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Title:
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UNDER CRESCENT AND CROSS
THE JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES |
By: |
Mark R. Cohen |
Format: |
Paperback |

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ISBN 10: |
0691139318 |
ISBN 13: |
9780691139319 |
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Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
4 August, 2008 |
Edition: |
With a New introduction and afterword by the author |
Pages: |
328 |
Description: |
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, the author offers a comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christendom. |
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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. |
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US |
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Princeton University Press |
Prizes: |
Winner of Goldziher Prize from The Center for the Study of
Winner of National Jewish Honor Book in Jewish History 2007 (United States) |
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