History As Prelude - Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean

Informationen zum Autor Joseph V. Montville is director of Toward the Abrahamic Family Reunion, (abrahamicfamilyreunion.org). He is also Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University and Chair of the Board & Senior Fellow for the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University. He is also a senior associate in the Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations at Merrimack College in N. Andover, MA. Klappentext This collection of essays by seven scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world-intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic-creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in Spain and around the Mediterranean. History as Prelude is a major contribution to the Israeli-Arab peace process because it undermines-in fact, blows away-the efforts of propagandists who serve governments or political movements to negate the reality of the Arab-Jewish relationship in the medieval Mediterranean. The contributors, in unassuming, well-researched scholarship have erected a wall protecting historical reality from distortion, providing irrefutable-and often delightful-examples of creative coexistence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface: Recovering History: A Psychodynamic Approach to Peacemaking Chapter 2 1. Jewish and Islamic Life in the Middle Ages: Through the Window of the Cairo Geniza Chapter 3 2. Sharing Science: Jews, Muslims and Practical Science in the Medieval Islamic World Chapter 4 3. "The Battle of Alfuente" by Samuel the Nagid Chapter 5 4. On Muslim Curiosity and the Historiography of the Jews of Yemen Chapter 6 5. Doctors without Borders: Medicine in the Mediterranean World Chapter 7 6. Merchants and Cross-Cultural Commerce in the Medieval Mediterranean World Chapter 8 7. Sufism and Philosophy in Muslim Spain and the Medieval Mediterranean World

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Montville, Joseph/ Cohen Montville
• Assisted by: Joseph V. Montville (Editor), Montville Joseph V. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2011
• EAN: 9780739168141
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6814-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; History, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Mediterranean countries, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic