Brann Power in the Portrayal

Representations of Jews and Muslims in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Islamic Spain
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2524-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 39, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Brann, Ross

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix

ABBREVIATIONS xi

INTRODUCTION: Power in the Portrayal 1

CHAPTER ONE: Force of Character 24

CHAPTER TWO: An Andalusi-Muslim Literary Typology of Jewish Heresy and Sedition 54

CHAPTER THREE: Textualizing Ambivalence 91

CHAPTER FOUR: Muslim Counterparts, Rivals, Mentors, and Foes--A Trope of Andalusi-Jewish Identity? 119

CHAPTER FIVE: The Silence of the Jews 140

BIBLIOGRAPHY 161

INDEX 185

Über Autor(innen)

Ross Brann is the Milton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies and the Chair of Near-Eastern Studies at Cornell University. His books include The Compunctious Poet, recipient of the 1992 National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Studies. He wrote Power in the Portrayal with the support of the Guggenheim Foundation.