{"product_id":"the-jews-of-islam-9780691160870","title":"The Jews of Islam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403804287319,"sku":"9780691160870","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691160870.jpg?v=1730484594","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jews-of-islam-9780691160870","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}