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Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes Esperanza Alfonso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)

Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes By Esperanza Alfonso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)

Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes by Esperanza Alfonso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)


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Summary

This book examines Jewish views towards Islam and Muslims in Al-Andalus during the early Middle Ages.

Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes Summary

Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes: Al-Andalus from the Tenth to Twelfth Century by Esperanza Alfonso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)

Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes analyzes the attitude towards Muslims, Islam, and Islamic culture as presented in sources written by Jewish authors in the Iberian Peninsula between the tenth and the twelfth centuries. By bringing the Jewish attitude towards the other into sharper focus, this book sets out to explore a largely overlooked and neglected question - the shifting ways in which Jewish authors constructed communal identity of Muslims and Islamic culture, and how these views changed overtime.

The book's methodological sophistication and wide range of sources make it a valuable resource for scholars and researchers of comparative literature and cultural studies.

Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes Reviews

'A brief, but dense and exciting book...' -Cyrille Aillet, Al-Qantara Revista de Estudios Arabes, December 2008

About Esperanza Alfonso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)

Esperanza Alfonso, Ph D. (1998) in Hebrew Studies, Universidad Complutense, is currently a Research Fellow at the Universidad Complutense, Spain.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Attitudes toward Language: Hebrew vis-a-vis Arabic 2. Transmitting and Producing Knowledge: Jewish and Muslim Intellectuals 3. Living in the Present: The Concept of Exile and Domicile 4. Waiting for the Messiah: Self and Other in the Journey toward the End of Time. Afterword. Glossary

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NPB9780415437325
9780415437325
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Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes: Al-Andalus from the Tenth to Twelfth Century by Esperanza Alfonso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2007-11-06
224
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