Children of Abraham
The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations
$56.75
- Hardcover
496 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2026
Summary
A Financial Times Book to Read in 2026
Muslims and Jews have engaged one another—sometimes for better, sometimes for worse—for over 1,400 years. Yet recent discourse tends to focus on only the most antagonistic aspects of the two communities’ interactions. Marc David Baer paints a more nuanced picture of Muslim-Jewish relations, from Muhammad’s first interactions with Jewish Arabs in the seventh century and their shared struggles after the Spanish Reconquista to the ongoing modern con…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805223610 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1805223615 |
| Author: | Marc David Baer |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 740g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 156mm x 46mm |
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Fascinating and essential, this excellent history is illuminating and important - a revelatory picture of both coexistence and conflict of Muslims and Jews over a thousand years, a story so little known and totally relevant to our world today – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘Young Stalin’Baer reveals a complex history of coexistence, conflict and exchange that continues to influence global politics today * Financial Times *Admirably even-handed * Church Times *Dazzling and dizzying … a sweeping yet nuanced book * BBC History Magazine *A valuable and important study that offers powerful correctives to myths of perpetual antagonism and utopian coexistence across 1400 years of Jewish-Muslim relations – Matthew Teller, author of NINE QUARTERS OF JERUSALEMThis remarkable book assuaged my pessimism, and made me believe that mutual trust and care can grow back, when wisdom emerges from unspeakable sorrow and there is an honest reckoning with history – Yasmin Alibhai-BrownA superb book that reminds us of the forgotten history of Jewish-Muslim collaborations, protections, alliances, and symbiosis going back thousands of years. The common beliefs and similar rituals of Jews and Muslims makes them kissing cousins. A timely and urgent reminder for our battle-scarred times – Ziauddin Sardar, author of MECCA: THE SACRED CITYPraise for The Ottomans: A superb, gripping and refreshing new history - finely written and filled with fascinating characters and analysis – Simon Sebag MontefioreMagnificent … [An] important and hugely readable book - a model of well-written, accessible scholarship – William DalrympleA book as sweeping, colourful, and rich in extraordinary characters as the empire which it describes – Tom HollandA winning portrait of seven centuries of empire * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Marc David Baer
Marc David Baer is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. He has published widely on Jewish and Islamic history and is an expert on the Ottoman Empire. His most recent work, The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs, was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.
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