Phillip Lieberman

Gebundenes Buch

The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East

Beschreibung

Challenges a foundational narrative of medieval Jewish history-that the rise of Islam led the Jews of Babylonia (the largest Jewish community prior to the rise of Islam) to move from agriculture into urban crafts and long-distance trade-presenting an alternative revealing the complexity of interfaith relations in early Islam.

Autor

Philip Lieberman is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, with affiliations in the School of Law, and departments of Classical and Mediterranean, Islamic, and Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University. A social, economic, and legal historian of the Jews in the medieval Islamic world, he is the editor of The Cambridge History of Judaism, v. 5 and author of Business of Identity, which was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 697g
• ISBN-13: 9781316512227
• ISBN-10: 1316512223
• Artikelnr.: 63116913