Between Cross and Crescent: Jewish Civilization from Mohammed to Spinoza

The Beginnings of Jewish Life under Islam (1x3)

Air date: Dec 19, 2005

With the rise of Mohammed's new religion in the 7th century, the cultural environment under which Jews lived in the Middle East, in North Africa, and in the Iberian Peninsula was transformed. But it is clear that early Islam was in dialogue with the Jewish tradition from its very inception.