Israel Oriental Studies

by Rubin, Uri; Wasserstein, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781575060262
• ISBN10: 1575060264
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(4)
On the Words For ``Jew(s)'' In Arabic	11	(18)
Simon Hopkins
Did Muhammad Conclude Treaties With the Jewish Tribes Nadar, Qurayaza and Qaynuqa`?	29	(8)
Michael Lecker
Les Trois Mensonges D'Abraham Dans La Tradition Interpretante Musulmane: Reperes sur La Naissance Et Le Developpement De L'Exegese en Islam	37	(52)
Claude Gilliot
Apes, Pigs, and the Islamic Identity	89	(18)
Uri Rubin
Sirk and ``Idolatry'' in Monotheist Polemic	107	(20)
Gerald R. Hawting
Sahrastani on the Magariyya	127	(28)
Steven M. Wasserstrom
Christian Success and Muslim Fear in Andalusi Writings During the Almoravid and Almohad Periods	155	(24)
Maribel Fierro
The Muslims and the Golden Age of the Jews in Al-Andalus	179	(18)
David J. Wasserstein
Excerpts from the Abridgment (Al-Muhtasar) of Al-Kitab Al-Kafi by Abu Al-Farag Harun in Arabic Script	197	(30)
Nasir Basal
Jewish Converts to Islam in the Muslim West	227	(24)
Mercedes Garcia-Arenal
Book Reviews
Igor Diakonoff: Archaic Myths of the Orient and the Occident	251	(4)
Daniel E. Gershenson
J.C.E. Watson: Sbahtu! A Course in Sanani Arabic	255
Moshe Piamenta