Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities

Name: Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities
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ISBN: 9780226143187

ISBN-10: 022614318X

ISBN-13: 9780226143187

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jacob Lassner

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In Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam, Jacob Lassner examines the triangular relationship that during the Middle Ages defined--and continues to define today--the political and cultural interaction among the three Abrahamic faiths. Lassner looks closely at the debates occasioned by modern Western scholarship on Islam to throw new light on the social and political status of medieval Jews and Christians in various Islamic lands from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries. Utilizing a vast array of primary sources, Lassner balances the rhetoric of literary and legal texts from the Middle Ages with other, newly published medieval sources, describing life as it was actually lived among the…

Book details

List price: $43.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 330
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Jacob Lassner is the Phillip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization and professor of history and religion at Northwestern University.