Between Muslim and Jew: The Problem of Symbiosis under Early Islam
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Between Muslim and Jew: The Problem of Symbiosis under Early Islam
By (Author) Steven M. Wasserstrom
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Judaism
Middle Eastern history
296.39
Winner of American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion 1995
Physical Properties
Paperback
310
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
425g
Description
Steven Wasserstrom undertakes a detailed analysis of the "creative symbiosis" that existed between Jewish and Muslim religious thought in the eighth through tenth centuries. Wasserstrom brings the disciplinary approaches of religious studies to bear on questions that have been examined previously by historians and by specialists in Judaism and Isla
Reviews
Winner of the 1995 Excellence in Book Publishing Award, American Academy of Religion "This book represents a significant and welcome contribution to the social and intellectual history of Jews and Muslims during the critical, formative period of the early Middle Ages. It offers new approaches and poses challenging questions for future consideration."--Journal of Semitic Studies
