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Under Crescent & Cross - The Jews in the Middle Ages

By: Princeton University Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (Princeton University Press)


Product Info

Title
Under Crescent & Cross - The Jews in the Middle Ages
Category
Author
Mark R. Cohen
Publish Year
1994
Pages
328
Dimensions
6x9x.75"
NKG Part #
2148161495
Type
Softcover

Description

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 "myths," Mark Cohen offers a systematic comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christendom--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.