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Under Crescent and Cross : The Jews in the Middle Ages by Mark R Cohen; American Council of Learned Societies is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful "interfaith utopia"? Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting both polemically charged ideas as myths, Mark Cohen offers a systematic comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christendom—and the first in-depth explanation of why medieval Islamic-Jewish relations, though not utopic, were less confrontational and violent than those between Christians and Jews in the West.</p> <p><i>Under Crescent and Cross</i> has been translated into Turkish, Hebrew, German, Arabic, French, and Spanish, and its historic message continues to be relevant across continents and time. This updated edition, which contains an important new introduction and afterword by the author, serves as a great companion to the original.</p>

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Author
Mark R Cohen; American Council of Learned Societies
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780691139319
Category
history
Subjects
Christian, Judaism, Fiction

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