Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Middle Islamic Period

Jews in the Ayyubid and Mamluk Sultanates (1171–1517)

Contributions by Paulina Lewicka Contributions by Walid Saleh Contributions by Nathan Hofer Contributions by Dotan Arad Contributions by Elisha Russ-Fishbane Contributions by Miriam Frenkel Contributions by Yehoshua Frenkel Contributions by Paul B. Fenton Contributions by Stephan Conermann Edited by Stephan Conermann Consultant editor Uwe Baumann

Book cover: Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Middle Islamic Period

Extent: 198 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Medieval Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(November 2017)

ISBN: 9783847107927

6.18 x 9.25 inches

Price: $62.00

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The eight articles written by leading experts on this topic pay special attention to the following issues: the measure of tolerance of the Mamluk rulers and the Muslim populace toward the Jews; Jews in government positions and as court physicians; conversion and attitudes toward converted Jews; the Sufi (mystical) nature of Jewish leadership and its relation to the Sufi Islamic discourse; professional, intellectual, and legal interactions between Jews and Muslims. In the end, the contributions help us to sharpen our understanding of Jewish life during the Middle Islamic Period in the Near East.


This book contributes to the history of medieval Jewry in general, as a basis for a comparative study of the position of the Jews in Christian Europe in the Late Middle Ages. The eight articles written by leading experts on this topic pay special attention to the following issues: the measure of tolerance of the Mamluk rulers and the Muslim populace toward the Jews; Jews in government positions and as court physicians; conversion and attitudes toward converted Jews; the Sufi (mystical) nature of Jewish leadership and its relation to the Sufi Islamic discourse; professional, intellectual, and legal interactions between Jews and Muslims. In the end, the contributions help us to sharpen our understanding of Jewish life during the Middle Islamic Period in the Near East.

  • Contributions by Paulina Lewicka
  • Contributions by Walid Saleh
  • Contributions by Nathan Hofer
  • Contributions by Dotan Arad
  • Contributions by Elisha Russ-Fishbane
  • Contributions by Miriam Frenkel
  • Contributions by Yehoshua Frenkel
  • Contributions by Paul B. Fenton
  • Contributions by Stephan Conermann
  • Edited by Stephan Conermann
  • Consultant editor Uwe Baumann