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The divergence of Judaism and Islam : interdependence, modernity, and political turmoil / edited by Michael M. Laskier and Yaacov Lev.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource ([vii], 351 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813040394
  • 0813040396
  • 0813042100
  • 9780813042107
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Divergence of Judaism and Islam.DDC classification:
  • 296.3/9709 23
LOC classification:
  • BP173.J8 D58 2011eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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.

English.