Jews and the Quran
Meir M. Bar-Asher
Ethan Rundell (translation)
Hardback, 192 pages
9780691211350
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A compelling book that casts the Qurāanic encounter with Jews in an entirely new light
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In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qurāan and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qurāanic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shiāi Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qurāan, and draws important parallels between Jewish religious law, or halakha, and shariāa law.
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An illuminating work on a topic of vital relevance today, Jews and the Qurāan offers a nuanced understanding of Islamās engagement with Judaism in the time of Muhammad and his followers, and serves as a needed corrective to common misperceptions about Islam.
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Meir M. Bar-Asher
Ethan Rundell (translation)
Hardback, 192 pages
9780691211350
Ā
A compelling book that casts the Qurāanic encounter with Jews in an entirely new light
Ā
Ā
In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qurāan and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qurāanic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shiāi Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qurāan, and draws important parallels between Jewish religious law, or halakha, and shariāa law.
Ā
An illuminating work on a topic of vital relevance today, Jews and the Qurāan offers a nuanced understanding of Islamās engagement with Judaism in the time of Muhammad and his followers, and serves as a needed corrective to common misperceptions about Islam.
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