History as Prelude
Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean
Nonfiction, History, Western Europe, Spain & Portugal, Medieval
| Author: | Mark R. Cohen, Olivia Remie Constable, Ahmad Dallal, Thomas F. Glick, Diana Lobel, Kathryn A. Miller, Joseph V. Montville, Raymond P. Scheindlin | ISBN: | 9780739168158 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | November 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mark R. Cohen, Olivia Remie Constable, Ahmad Dallal, Thomas F. Glick, Diana Lobel, Kathryn A. Miller, Joseph V. Montville, Raymond P. Scheindlin |
| ISBN: | 9780739168158 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | November 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
This collection of essays by seven highly respected 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.
This collection of essays by seven highly respected 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.
