The Jews of Islam by Bernard Lewis (PDF)

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Probing the Muslims’ attitude toward Judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in Islamic countries, Bernard Lewis demolishes two competing stereotypes: the fanatical warrior, sword in one hand and Qur’ an in the other, and the Muslim designer of an interfaith utopia. Available for the first time in paperback, his portrayal of the Judaeo-Islamic tradition is set against a vivid background of Jewish and Islamic history.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “An elegant and masterly survey. It is a measure of Mr. Lewis’s gift for synthesis that all the many findings of recent sholarship, including his own in the Turkish archives, are made to fit into a coherent and plausible pattern.” ― New York Times Book Review”Lewis refuses . . . simplistic approaches and tries to explain the complex and often contradictory history of Jewish-Muslim relations over fourteen hundred years. He does this in prose that combines eloquence, dispassion, and wit.”—Norman A. Stillman, New York Review of Books”[A] pioneering and masterful primer.”—Jacob Neusner, Boston Globe About the Author Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University, a long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the author of numerous works on the Middle East.

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⭐I’ve read a fair number of Bernard Lewis’s books. He continues to do astounding work (far better than other scholars in this field who are 1/2 his age); and “The Jews of Islam” is a wonderful example. I would have given it 5 stars, but I’ve read some of this content before.Bias is an unfortunately all-too-human trait. Yet Dr. Lewis has an amazing capicity to be fair. His critics (and he has many, mostly undeserved) could take a page from his approach. He is scrupulous in examining how jews faired in Moslem-dominated societies over the last 1,400 years and compares that to their treatment under European-dominated Christendom (what a wonderful word that only Lewis would use today). if you want to understand how one of the root causese of todays middle eastern conflict, you can’t do better than Dr. Lewis.

⭐This book is about the Jews lived in Muslim countries. It is not about any certain Jew or famous personalities. Whole story is in general terms. I found the history during the early periods of the Islam very short and on the surface. Key relationships were not elaborated.Most of the information, may be because of availability of the sources was regarding the Jewish community in Ottoman Lands around 15 to 17th centruries. Information about the Jews in other countries is almost non existent but impression was given to make an opinion that it was not as good. There is a section in the book that talks about paralells between Judaism, their way of life and Islam to imply that Islam simply is an extention of Judaism but I find no correlation between their life in muslim countries which the book is supposed to be about and their religion for Muslims did not differentiate Christians or jews, they were both considred monotheist.Over all it is an easy reading but not satisfying for me for it lacked systematic and concrete points.

⭐A very enlightening account of not only the Jewish experience in Islamic lands, but also of the overall treatment of non-Muslim subjects within Muslim territories. This historical background is essential to the understanding of present relations between Islam and the West, as well as Israel and its surrounding Muslim neighbours. Lewis writes in a style easy to read, and yet still academically rigorous. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to get beyond current media headlines and dwelve deeper into the roots of contemporary unease between the West and Islam. As for Jews like myself who grew up in Muslim countries, it is essential reading.

⭐I found this book tedious and overly detailed. It was difficult going and I quit before finishing.

⭐The book is clear , a synthesis of a few hundred years of Hystory , makes u understand better the actual situation between Jews and Islam

⭐The keen eye and mind of Bernard Lewis ! He is really and truly the Middle East’s and the Arab world’s expert.

⭐This book examines the presence and role of the Jews in Islam, with a treatment that spans not only through the text of the Quran, but also an application of the laws and injunctions contained in the the practice of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, by the Islamic jurists.While the book attempts to dispel the notion of muslims as being intolerant, it does not shy away to bring about a factual realization embodied in texts, particularly historical texts, that formed the basis of records maintained by the islamic governments, particularly during the Ottoman regime.The role of the Jews, not only as a presence among the muslim communities, but also a treatment of the various traditions that served to be shared and transmitted in both the religions, is treated at length.While the discussion of Jews as a religious minority forms the basis of the book, it is nevertheless impossible to treat them alone, since Christians and their attitude towards the Jews as well as Muslims, served to demonstrate the intricacy of the social fabric existent between them, interwoven with the many realities that spanned beyond the frontiers of the Islamic state. Growing tensions between Islam and Christianity and the relation and influence it exercised on the treatment of the Jews would amply support the later statement.Over all, it is a book that offers a much needed outlook on Islam’s position on minorities, with ample bibiliography for further research.A must read!– Ali Abbbas

⭐This book confirmed what I always felt that the Jews never had it better than when they were under the rules of Muslim Caliphates. That anti Semitism has it’s root in the European-Christian world and was almost Alien in the Muslim World.

⭐Bernard Lewis e un noto esperto del Vicino Oriente che ha scritto moltissimo e sa di che parla. In questo libro spiega molto bene gli influssi culturali dell’Islam sulla popolazione Ebrea vivente su territorio islamico, sulle loro abitudini e descrive anche come venivano considerati giuridicamente e amministrativamente se rimanevano Ebrei e come invece cambiavano la loro posizione se decidevano di passare all’Islam. Che del resto era una decisione personale da prendere liberamente, a differenza delle altre due categorie di abitanti di livello piu basso, cioe le donne e eventuali schiavi, che non potevano fare il passo di propria iniziativa

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