Jews and the Qur'an by Meir M. Bar-Asher - ISBN: 9780691211350
Hardcover
Islam’s complex relationship with Jews revealed, challenging common misperceptions.

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    192 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 2022

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Summary

A compelling book that casts the Qur’anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new light.

In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur’an 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 Qur’anic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rul…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691211350
ISBN-10:0691211353
Author:Meir M. Bar-Asher, Mustafa Akyol, Ethan Rundell
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:31 March 2022
Weight:666g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm
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Critics Review

“Winner of the PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies, Association of American Publishers”

“Winner of the PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies, Association of American Publishers”

About The Author

Meir M. Bar-Asher

Meir M. Bar-Asher is the Max Schloessinger Professor of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imami Shiism and The Nusayr-‘Alawi Religion: An Enquiry into Its Theology and Liturgy. He lives in Jerusalem.

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