History as Prelude
Subtitle: Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean
By: edited by Joseph V. Montville
Edition: First paperback edition.
Publisher: Lexington Books, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lanham, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780739184516
Subjects: Judaism; Relations; History; Interfaith relations; Ethnic relations; Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Recovering history: a psychodynamic approach to peacemaking / Joseph V. Montville; title: 1. Jewish and Islamic life in the Middle Ages: through the window of the Cairo Geniza / Mark R. Cohen; title: 2. Sharing science: Jews, Muslims, and practical science in the medieval Islamic world / Thomas F. Glick; title: 3. "The Battle of Alfuente" by Samuel the Nagid / Raymond P. Scheindlin; title: 4. On Muslim curiosity and the historiography of the Jew of Yemen / Ahmad Dallal; title: 5. Doctors without borders: medicine in the medieval Mediterranean world / Kathryn A. Miller; title: 6. Merchants and cross-cultural commerce in the medieval Mediterranean world / Olivia Remie Constable; title: 7. Sufism and philosophy in Muslim Spain and the medieval Mediterranean world / Diana Lobel; title: Index; title: About the editor and contributors.