The divergence of Judaism and Islam : interdependence, modernity, and political turmoil /

The divergence of Judaism and Islam : interdependence, modernity, and political turmoil / edited by Michael M. Laskier and Yaacov Lev. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2011. - 1 online resource ([vii], 351 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cvr; Table of Contents v; Acknowledgments vii; 1 Introduction 1; Section I: Common Interests versus Latent and Overt Tensions 15; 2 Ottoman Attitudes toward the Modernization of Jewish Education in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 17; 3 "Zeal and Noise" 29; 4 Sharing the Same Fate 51; 5 "We Don't Want to Be the Jews of Tomorrow" 74; 6 Jews and Muslims "Downunder" 97; Section II: Socioeconomic and Political Interaction in Arab Lands and Central Asia 123; 7 Yemen 125; 8 In Search of Jewish Farmers 143; 9 The Moroccan Nationalist Movement and Its Attitude toward Jews and Zionism 160.

The essays in this volume examine how each group reacted quite differently to colonial rule, how the Palestine Question and the Arab-Israeli crisis have soured relations, and how the rise of nationalism has contributed to the growing tensions. With contributors from a wide variety of scholarly disciplines, this book offers a broad but in-depth analysis of the Jewish-Muslim relationship in recent times.


English.

9780813040394 (electronic bk.) 0813040396 (electronic bk.) 0813042100 9780813042107




Judaism--Relations--Islam.
Islam--Relations--Judaism.
Jews--Arab countries.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Judaïsme--Relations--Islam.
Islam--Relations--Judaïsme.
Juifs--États arabes.
Conflit israélo-arabe.
RELIGION--Judaism--Theology.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Ethnic relations.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Jews.
Judaism.


Arab countries--Ethnic relations.
États arabes--Relations interethniques.
Arab countries.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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