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A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF ARABIA
FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THEIR ECLIPSE UNDER ISLAM |
| By: |
Gordon Darnell Newby |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£21.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1570038856 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781570038853 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
3 September, 2009 |
| Series: |
Studies in Comparative Religion |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
The Jewish communities of Arabia had a great influence on the attitudes that Muslims hold toward Jews. Through techniques borrowed from anthropology, literary criticism, sociology, and comparative religion, this title reconstructs the understanding of Jewish life in Arabia before and during the time of Muhammad. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a reconstructed history of a complex Jewish community in Arabia at a critical juncture in world history. The Jewish communities of Arabia had a great influence on the attitudes that Muslims hold toward Jews, and yet relatively little has been written about their history. Through techniques borrowed from anthropology, literary criticism, sociology, and comparative religion, Gordon Darnell Newby reconstructs the understanding of Jewish life in Arabia before and during the time of Muhammad. In addition, this material is used to develop a perspective on the interconfessional relations between Judaism and Islam during an era when the latter was at one of its most dynamic stages of growth. |
| Illustrations: |
1 illustration |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of South Carolina Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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