The Convergence of Judaism and Islam; Religious, Scientific, and Cultural Dimensions

by Michael M. Laskier; Yaacov Lev

• ISBN13: 9780813036496
• ISBN10: 0813036496
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-14
• Publisher: University of Florida Press

Summary

The Convergence of Judaism and Islam offers a fresh examination of Muslim and Jewish cultural interactions during the medieval and early modern periods. The fifteen interdisciplinary studies assembled by editors Michael Laskier and Yaacov Lev investigate the complex relationships between these two monotheistic religions and reveal that, with respect to cultural diversity and professional cooperation, Jews and Muslims coexisted relatively peacefully for centuries.

Author Biography

Michael M. Laskier, professor of Middle Eastern studies and director of the Menachem Begin Center and Endowed Chair for the Study of Resistance Movements at Bar-Ilan University, is the author or editor of numerous books, including North African Jewry in the Twentieth Century, winner of the U.S. National Jewish Book Award. Yaacov Lev, professor of Islamic medieval history and chair of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University, is the author of Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islam.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Judaism and Islam: Fourteen Hundred Years of Intertwined Destiny? An Overview	p. 10
Religion, Law, and Mysticism
Quran and Muslim Exegesis as a Source for the Bible and Ancient History	p. 23
The Quran's Depiction of Abraham in Light of the Hebrew Bible and Midrash	p. 45
Present at the Dawn of Islam: Polemic and Reality in the Medieval Story of Muhammad's Jewish Companions	p. 64
The Use of Islamic Materials by Non-Muslim Writers	p. 89
The Martyrdom of Sol Hachuel: Ridda in Morocco in 1834	p. 109
Halakhah through the Lens of Shan ah: The Case of the Kuhlani Synagogue in San 'a', 1933-1944	p. 126
Jewish Mysticism in the Lands of the Ishmaelites: A Re-Orientation	p. 147
Scientific, Professional, and Cultural Pursuits
Al-Khwarizmi's Mathematical Doctrines in Ibn-Ezra's Biblical Commentary	p. 171
Pharmacopoeias for the Hospital and the Shop: Al-Dustur al-bimaristani and Minhaj al-dukkan	p. 190
Jewish Parody and Allegory in Medieval Hebrew Poetry in Spain	p. 208
Mishaf al-Shbahot-The Holy Book of Praises of the Babylonian Jews: One Thousand Years of Cultural Harmony between Judaism and Islam	p. 241
Encounters between Jewish and Muslim Musicians throughout the Ages	p. 272
ôEstos Makames Alegresö (These Cheerful Maccams)-External Cultural Influences on the Jewish Community of Izmir on the Eve of the ôYoung Turk Revolutionö: Theater and Music	p. 284
Poverty and Charity in a Moroccan City: A Study of Jewish Communal Leadership in Meknes, 1750-1912	p. 299
List of Contributors	p. 325
Index	p. 330
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