Peace Be upon You Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Conflict and Cooperation

Name: Peace Be upon You Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Conflict and Cooperation
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ISBN: 9781400079216

ISBN-10: 1400079217

ISBN-13: 9781400079216

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Authors: Zachary Karabell

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In a narrative that is at once thoughtful and passionate, hopeful but without illusions, award-winning historian Zachary Karabell reveals the history of peaceful coexistence among Muslims, Christians, and Jews over the course of fourteen centuries until the present-day. The harsh reality of religious conflict is daily news, and the rising tensions between the West and Islam show no signs of abating. However, the relationship between Muslims, Christians, and Jews has not always been marked with animosity; there is also a deep and nuanced history of peace. From the court of caliphs in ancient Baghdad, where scholars engaged in spirited debate, to present-day Dubai, where members of each…

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550



Introduction


In the Name of the Lord


At the Court of the Caliph


The Sacrifice of Isaac


The Crusades


Saladin's Jihad?


The Philosopher's Dream


The Lord of Two Lands


The Tide Begins to Turn


Brave New Worlds


The Age of Reform


Hope and Despair


In an Otherwise Turbulent World


Coda: Is Dubai the Future?


Maps


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index