Shared identities: medieval and modern imaginings of Judeo-Islam
In this controversial study, Aaron W. Hughes breaks with received opinion, which imagines two distinct religions, Judaism and Islam, interacting in the centuries immediately following the death of Muhammad in the early seventh century. Tradition describes these relations using tropes such as that of...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Further subjects: | B
Judaism ; Relations ; Islam ; History ; To 1500
B Judaism Relations Islam History To 1500 B Islam ; Relations ; Judaism ; History ; To 1500 B Islam Relations Judaism History To 1500 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: 9780190684464 |
| Summary: | In this controversial study, Aaron W. Hughes breaks with received opinion, which imagines two distinct religions, Judaism and Islam, interacting in the centuries immediately following the death of Muhammad in the early seventh century. Tradition describes these relations using tropes such as that of 'symbiosis'. Hughes instead argues that various porous groups - neither fully Muslim nor Jewish - exploited a shared terminology to make sense of their social worlds in response to the rapid process of Islamicisation |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized |
| ISBN: | 0190684496 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190684464.001.0001 |