A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations : : From the Origins to the Present Day / / ed. by Benjamin Stora, Abdelwahab Meddeb.

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• MitwirkendeR: Abbès, Makram,; Abdallah, Stéphanie Latte,; Abitbol, Michel,; Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip,; Al-Jubeh, Nazmi,; Allagui, Abdelkrim,; Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali,; Amirpur, Katajun,; Bahloul, Joëlle,; Barry, Michael,; Basch Moreen, Vera,; Ben-Layashi, Samir,; Ben-Rafael, Eliezer,; Benichou Gottreich, Emily,; Bergounioux, Gabriel,; Boustani, Sobhi,; Charbit, Denis,; Chikhi, Beïda,; Cohen, Mark R.,; Dieckhoff, Alain,; Edzard, Lutz,; Erder, Yoram,; Ettmueller, Eliane Ursula,; Firestone, Reuven,; Frenkel, Yehoshua,; Freudenthal, Gad,; García-Arenal, Mercedes,; Gobillot, Geneviève,; Goldberg, Harvey E.,; Goldberg, Sylvie Anne,; Harvey, Steven,; Hassan, Kadhim Jihad,; Hatimi, Mohammed,; Hawary, Mohamed,; Itzhaki, Masha,; Jarrassé, Dominique,; Jullien, Dominique,; Kailani, Wasfi,; Karayanni, Michael,; Katz, Ethan B.,; Laskier, Michael M.,; Laurens, Henry,; Lev, Yaacov,; Levy, Alex,; Louër, Laurence,; Meddeb, Abdelwahab,; Metwali, Hanan Kamel,; Miller, Michael L.,; Milstein, Rachel,; Moreen, Vera Basch,; Munk, Yael,; Naeh, Yaron Ben,; Newby, Gordon D.,; Paudice, Aleida,; Picaudou, Nadine,; Poujol, Catherine,; Pouzol, Valérie,; Reynolds, Dwight,; Russ- Fishbane, Elisha,; Rustow, Marina,; Sanbar, Elias,; Saquer-Sabin, Françoise,; Schulze, Kirsten E.,; Seni, Nora,; Signoles, Aude,; Stora, Benjamin,; Tessler, Mark,; Tobi, Yosef,; Tolan, John,; Uluç, Lale,; Veinstein, Gilles,; Volait, Mercedes,; Webman, Esther,; Wolfson, Elliot R.,; Youssef, Suzan,
• HerausgeberIn: Meddeb, Abdelwahab,; Stora, Benjamin,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1152 p.) :; 203 color illus. 49 halftones. 7 maps.

This is the first encyclopedic guide to the history of relations between Jews and Muslims around the world from the birth of Islam to today. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, the book features more than 150 authoritative and accessible articles by an international team of leading experts in history, politics, literature, anthropology, and philosophy. Organized thematically and chronologically, this indispensable reference provides critical facts and balanced context for greater historical understanding and a more informed dialogue between Jews and Muslims. Part I covers the medieval period; Part II, the early modern period through the nineteenth century, in the Ottoman Empire, Africa, Asia, and Europe; Part III, the twentieth century, including the exile of Jews from the Muslim world, Jews and Muslims in Israel, and Jewish-Muslim politics; and Part IV, intersections between Jewish and Muslim origins, philosophy, scholarship, art, ritual, and beliefs. The main articles address major topics such as the Jews of Arabia at the origin of Islam; special profiles cover important individuals and places; and excerpts from primary sources provide contemporary views on historical events. Contributors include Mark R. Cohen, Alain Dieckhoff, Michael Laskier, Vera Moreen, Gordon D. Newby, Marina Rustow, Daniel Schroeter, Kirsten Schulze, Mark Tessler, John Tolan, Gilles Veinstein, and many more. Covers the history of relations between Jews and Muslims around the world from the birth of Islam to today Written by an international team of leading scholars Features in-depth articles on social, political, and cultural history Includes profiles of important people (Eliyahu Capsali, Joseph Nasi, Mohammed V, Martin Buber, Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, Edward Said, Messali Hadj, Mahmoud Darwish) and places (Jerusalem, Alexandria, Baghdad) Presents passages from essential documents of each historical period, such as the Cairo Geniza, Al-Sira, and Judeo-Persian illuminated manuscripts Richly illustrated with more than 250 images, including maps and color photographs Includes extensive cross-references, bibliographies, and an index

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editorial Committee -- Introduction -- Transcriptions -- Part I. The Middle Ages -- Prologue. The "Golden Age" of Jewish-Muslim Relations: Myth and Reality -- Chapter I. The Emergence of Islam -- The Jews of Arabia at the Birth of Islam -- Islamic Policy toward Jews from the Prophet Muhammad to the Pact of 'Umar -- Chapter II. In Islamic Lands -- Jews and Muslims in the Eastern Islamic World -- The Jews of al- Andalus -- The Conversion of Jews to Islam -- Chapter III. In Christendom -- The Legal Status of the Jews and Muslims in the Christian States -- Jews and Muslims in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem -- Part II. The Modern World -- Prologue. Jews and Muslims in Ottoman Territory before the Expulsion from Spain -- Chapter I. In Ottoman Territory, Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries -- Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire -- The Jews of Palestine -- The Jews in Jerusalem and Hebron during the Ottoman Era -- Chapter II. Northern Africa -- In Emergent Morocco -- Chapter III. Asia and the Middle East -- The Jews in Iran -- Jews of Yemen -- Jews and Muslims in Central Asia -- Chapter IV. Relations with the European World -- Judaism and the Religious Denominational Community in the Near East -- Part III. The Present -- Prologue. The Crémieux Decree -- The Invention of the Holy Land -- Chapter I. The Beginnings of the Separation -- From Coexistence to the Rise of Antagonisms -- The Balfour Declaration and Its Implications -- "The Arabs" as a Category of British Discourse in Palestine -- Zionism and the Arab Question -- Chapter II. Confronting Nazism -- The Diverse Reactions to Nazism by Leaders in the Muslim Countries -- Chapter III. The Great Rupture in the Middle East -- Al- Nakba: A Few Keys to Reading a Catastrophe -- From the Judeo- Palestinian Conflict to the Arab- Israeli Wars -- Israel in the Face of Its Victories -- The Mobilization of Religion in the Israeli- Arab Conflict -- The Emigration of the Jews from the Arab World -- The Case of Lebanon: Contemporary Issues of Adversity -- Chapter IV. Spaces of Cohabitation -- Muslim- Jewish Relations in Israel -- The Arabs in Israel -- Shari'a Jurisdiction in Israel -- Judeo- Arab Associations in Israel -- In the Territories -- Survival of the Jewish Community in Turkey -- Iranian Paradoxes -- In the Shadow of the Republic: A Century of Coexistence and Conflict -- Chapter V. Tense Conversations -- Muslim Arab Attitudes toward Israel and the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict: Variable and Contingent -- Perceptions of the Holocaust in the Arab World: From Denial to Acknowledgment? -- Muslim Anti- Semitism: Old or New? -- Chapter VI. Looking at the Other -- Relations between Jews and Muslims in Hebrew Literature -- Jewish Figures in Modern Arabic Literature -- Figures of the Israeli in Palestinian Literature -- Writing Difference in French- Language Maghrebi Literature -- Looking at the Other: Israeli and Palestinian Cinemas -- Part IV. Transversalities -- Prologue Recapitulating the Positives without Giving in to Myth -- Chapter I. Founding Books, Mirror Images -- Qurʾan and Torah: The Foundations of Intertextuality -- Arabic Translations of the Hebrew Bible -- Hebrew Translations and Transcriptions of the Qurʾan -- Chapter II. Mirrored Languages -- Hebrew, Arabic: A Comparative View -- Semitism: From a Linguistic Concept to a Racist Argument -- Chapter III. Two Religions of the Law -- Comparison between the Halakha and Shariʿa -- Rituals: Similarities, Infl uences, and Processes of Differentiation -- Prayer in Judaism and Islam -- Shabbat and Friday in Judaism and Islam -- Jewish and Muslim Charity in the Middle Ages: A Comparative Approach -- Chapter IV. Philosophy, Science, and Intellectual Movements -- Jewish and Muslim Philosophy: Similarities and Differences -- The Andalusian Philosophical Milieu -- The Karaites and Muʾtazilism -- Judaism and Islam According to Ibn Kammuna -- From Arabic to Hebrew: The Reception of the Greco- Arab Sciences in Hebrew (Twelfth-Fifteenth Centuries) -- Shiʿism and Judaism: A Relation Marked by Paradox -- European Judaism and Islam: The Contribution of Jewish Orientalists -- Chapter V. Mysticism -- Embodied Letter: Sufi and Kabbalistic Hermeneutics -- Respectful Rival: Abraham Maimonides on Islam -- Jews, Islamic Mysticism, and the Devil -- Chapter VI. Art and Literature -- Biblical Prophets and Their Illustration in Islamic Art -- Images of Jews in Ottoman Court Manuscripts -- Synagogues in the Islamic World -- The Contribution of Jewish Architects to Egypt's Architectural Modernity -- James Sanua's Ideological Contribution to Pan- Islamism -- Arabic Ars Poetica in Biblical Hebrew: Hebrew Poetry in Spain -- The Figure of the Jew in A Thousand and One Nights -- Judeo- Persian Literature -- The Music of al- Andalus: Meeting Place of Three Cultures -- Chapter VII. Memory and History -- The Jews of the Maghreb: Between Memory and History -- Jewish Pilgrimages in Egypt -- Aspects of Family Life among Jews in Muslim Societies -- Citizenship, Gender, and Feminism in the Contemporary Arab Muslim and Jewish Worlds -- "Muslim Body" versus "Jewish Body": The Invention of a Division -- Flavors and Memories of Shared Culinary Spaces in the Maghreb -- General Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Places -- Illustration Credits -- Contents