Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes analyzes the attitude towards Muslims, Islam, and Islamic culture as presented in sources written by Jewish authors in the Iberian Peninsula between the tenth and the twelfth centuries. By bringing the Jewish attitude towards the "other" into sharper focus, this book sets out to explore a largely overlooked and neglected question – the shifting ways in which Jewish authors constructed communal identity of Muslims and Islamic culture, and how these views changed overtime. The book’s methodological sophistication and wide range of sources make it a valuable resource for scholars and researchers of comparative literature and cultural studies.
Author(s): Esperan Alfonso
Edition: 1
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 224
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 6
COPYRIGHT......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
1 ATTITUDES TOWARD LANGUAGE......Page 20
2 TRANSMITTING AND PRODUCING KNOWLEDGE: Jewish and Muslim intellectuals......Page 45
3 LIVING IN THE PRESENT: The concepts of exile and domicile......Page 63
4 WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH: Self and Other in the journey toward the end of time......Page 94
AFTERWORD......Page 122
GLOSSARY......Page 126
NOTES......Page 129
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 173
INDEX......Page 209
