Under Crescent and Cross The Jews in the Middle Ages

Name: Under Crescent and Cross The Jews in the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9780691139319

ISBN-10: 0691139318

ISBN-13: 9780691139319

Edition: 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Mark R. Cohen

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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 Crosshas 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,…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.13" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration


Introduction



Myth and Countermyth



Religions in Conflict



The Legal Position of Jews in Christendom



The Legal Position of Jews in Islam



The Economic Factor



Hierarchy, Marginality, and Ethnicity



The Jew as Townsman



Sociability



Interreligious Polemics



Persecution, Response and Collective Memory


Conclusion


Notes


Index