Under Crescent and Cross : : The Jews in the Middle Ages / / Mark R. Cohen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Cohen, Mark R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION TO THE 2008 EDITION --; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION --; INTRODUCTION --; PART ONE Myth and Countermyth --; Chapter One MYTH AND COUNTERMYTH --; PART TWO In Religion and Law --; Chapter Two RELIGIONS IN CONFLICT --; Chapter Three THE LEGAL POSITION OF JEWS IN CHRISTENDOM --; Chapter Four THE LEGAL POSITION OF JEWS IN ISLAM --; PART THREE In the Economy --; Chapter Five THE ECONOMIC FACTOR --; PART FOUR In the Social Order --; Chapter Six HIERARCHY, MARGINALITY, AND ETHNICITY --; Chapter Seven THE JEW AS TOWNSMAN --; Chapter Eight SOCIABILITY --; PART FIVE Polemics and Persecution --; Chapter Nine INTERRELIGIOUS POLEMICS --; Chapter Ten PERSECUTION, RESPONSE, AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY --; CONCLUSION --; NOTES --; AFTERWORD: A PARADIGM --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400844333; 9783110442502; 9783110784237
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400844333?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark R. Cohen.

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.