Jews, Christians, and the abode of Islam : modern scholarship, medieval realities /
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Call Number: BP171 .L37 2012
Table of Contents:
- •Part 1. Encountering the "Other" •Western Scholarship and the Foundations of Islamic Civilization •1. Orientalists •The Modern Quest for Muhammad and the Origins of Islamic Civilization •2. Rethinking Islamic Origins •3. "Occidentalists" •Engaging the Western "Other" Medieval Perceptions, and Modern Realities •4. The Occidentalist Response to Modern Western Scholarship •Part 2. Jews and Christians •The Reality of Being the "Other" in the Medieval Islamic World •5. The First Encounter •Muhammad and the Jews of Arabia •6. Perceiving the "Other" •Jews and Muslims in the Abode of Islam •7. Accommodating "Others" •Tolerance and Coercion in Medieval Islam •8. Medieval Jewry in the Orbit of Islam •9. Early Muslim-Christian Encounters •The Islamization of Christian Space •10. Muslims and Christians •Perceptions, Polemics, and Apologetics •11. Christians, Muslims, and Jews •Cross-pollinations in Medieval Philosophy and Science