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Klappentext Fascinating study by eminent scholar explores 3!000 years of relations between Jews and Arabs. Topics include Jewish traditions in Islam! Islamic influence on Jewish philosophy! Jewish and Islamic mysticism and poetry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface1. The Problem 1. A historical survey of Jewish Arab relations 2. The State of Israel in its Arab environment2. The truth about the common origins of the people of Israel and the Arabs3. Why has the history of the two peoples taken such different courses?4. The Jewish tradition in Islam5. The actual and legal position of the Jews under Arabic Islam6. The economic transformation and communal reorganization of the Jewish people in Islamic times7. The cultural development of the Jewish people inside Arab Islam 1. Jewish participation in the medieval civilization of the Middle East 2. The linguistic aspects of Jewish Arabic symbiosis 3. The rise of Jewish philosophy under Muslim impact 4. Islamic and Jewish mysticism 5. The acme of Jewish Arabic symbiosis: the Hebrew poetry of the Middle Ages 6. Other spiritual contacts a. Sectarianism and Messianic movements b. Law and Ritual. The position of women c. Popular religion and custom d. Folk literature and art8. The new confrontation 1. Arab eclipse and re-emergence 2. The coming of Israel 3. The cultural aspects of the two coinciding revivals 4. Recent developmentsSelected BibliographyChronological TablesIndex
