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<p>The medieval Islamic world comprised a wide variety of religions. While individuals and communities in this world identified themselves with particular faiths, boundaries between these groups were vague and in some cases nonexistent. Rather than simply borrowing or lending customs, goods, and notions to one another, the peoples of the Mediterranean region interacted within a common culture. <i>Beyond Religious Borders</i> presents sophisticated and often revolutionary studies of the ways Jewish, Christian, and Muslim thinkers drew ideas and inspiration from outside the bounds of their own religious communities.<br><br>Each essay in this collection covers a key aspect of interreligious relationships in Mediterranean lands during the first six centuries of Islam. These studies focus on the cultural context of exchange, the impact of exchange, and the factors motivating exchange between adherents of different religions. Essays address the influence of the shared Arabic language on the transfer of knowledge, reconsider the restrictions imposed by Muslim rulers on Christian and Jewish subjects, and demonstrate the need to consider both Jewish and Muslim works in the study of Andalusi
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- Author
- Freidenreich, David M.;Goldstein, Miriam Bayla
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press ; Oxford Creative Marketing [distributor
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812206913
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Islam
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