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Under crescent and cross : the Jews in the Middle Ages / Mark R. Cohen ; with a new introduction and afterword by the author.

Title
Under crescent and cross : the Jews in the Middle Ages / Mark R. Cohen ; with a new introduction and afterword by the author.
Author
Cohen, Mark R., 1943-
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.

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Description
xxv, 296 p.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Under crescent & cross
  • Under crescent & cross : the Jews in the Middle Ages
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • "Reissue, with a new introduction and afterword, 2008"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction to the 2008 edition -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- Introduction -- Part 1: Myth and countermyth -- Chapter 1. Myth and countermyth -- Part 2: In religion and law -- Chapter 2. Religions in conflict -- Chapter 3. The legal position of Jews in Christendom -- Chapter 4. The legal position of Jews in Islam -- Part 3: In the economy -- Chapter 5. The economic factor -- Part 4. In the social order -- Chapter 6. Hierarchy, marginality, and ethnicity -- Chapter 7. The Jew as townsman -- Chapter 8. Sociability -- Part 5: Polemics and persecution -- Chapter 9. Interreligious polemics -- Chapter 10. Persecution, response, and collective memory -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Afterword: a paradigm -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9780691139319
  • 0691139318
OCLC
  • 231587181
  • SCSB-12728173
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library