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The Divergence of Judaism and Islam : Interdependence, Modernity, and Political Turmoil /

The essays in this volume examine how each group reacted quite differently to colonial rule, how the Palestine Question and the Arab-Israeli crisis have soured relations, and how the rise of nationalism has contributed to the growing tensions. With contributors from a wide variety of scholarly disci...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lev, Yaacov, Laskier, Michael M., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cvr; Table of Contents v; Acknowledgments vii; 1 Introduction 1; Section I: Common Interests versus Latent and Overt Tensions 15; 2 Ottoman Attitudes toward the Modernization of Jewish Education in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 17; 3 "Zeal and Noise" 29; 4 Sharing the Same Fate 51; 5 "We Don't Want to Be the Jews of Tomorrow" 74; 6 Jews and Muslims "Downunder" 97; Section II: Socioeconomic and Political Interaction in Arab Lands and Central Asia 123; 7 Yemen 125; 8 In Search of Jewish Farmers 143; 9 The Moroccan Nationalist Movement and Its Attitude toward Jews and Zionism 160.