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Book SynopsisThis landmark book probes Muslims' attitudes toward Jews and Judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in predominantly Muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit, Bernard Lewis demolishes two competing stereotypes: the Islamophobic picture of the fanatical Muslim warrior, sword in one hand and Qur'?n in the othe
Trade Review"An elegant and masterly survey. It is a measure of Mr. Lewis's gift for synthesis that all the many findings of recent sholarship, including his own in the Turkish archives, are made to fit into a coherent and plausible pattern."--New York Times Book Review "Lewis refuses ... simplistic approaches and tries to explain the complex and often contradictory history of Jewish-Muslim relations over fourteen hundred years. He does this in prose that combines eloquence, dispassion, and wit."--Norman A. Stillman, New York Review of Books "[A] pioneering and masterful primer."--Jacob Neusner, Boston Globe
Table of ContentsContents NOTE ON ILLUSTRATIONS viii FOREWORD ix FOREWORD TO THE PRINCETON CLASSICS EDITION xiii ONE Islam and Other Religions 3 TWO The Judaeo-Islamic Tradition 67 THREE The Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods 107 FOUR The End of the Tradition 154 NOTES 193 INDEX 227
