Between Cross and Crescent: Jewish Civilization from Mohammed to Spinoza
Between Cross and Crescent: Jewish Civilization from Mohammed to Spinoza
The Beginnings of Jewish Life under Islam (1x3)
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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.