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Binghamton University - FALL (Aug, Sept)2010 | ||
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Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages (Updated Edition) by Mark R. Cohen Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-691-13931-8 / 0691139318 ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13931-9 / 9780691139319 Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful "interfaith utopia"? Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting both polemically charged ideas as myths, Mark Cohen offers a systematic comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christ |