Language:
English
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Jerusalem Quarterly
Angaben zur Quelle:
38 (1986) 125-137
Keywords:
Islam Relations Middle Ages, 500-1500
;
Judaism
;
Antisemitism History
;
Jews History
Abstract:
The myth of a "golden age" for Jews under Muslim rule has been challenged in recent years by a "counter-myth" that the persecution of Jews is endemic in Islamic lands, especially by Bat Ye'or in "The Dhimmi" (1985). A more balanced approach indicates that, despite theological intolerance, the Jews of Islamic lands enjoyed far greater security and were far more integrated into society than the Jews of Europe, Unlike Christianity, Islam did not need to establish its identity at the expense of its Jewish parent. However, from the late Middle Ages on, the position of Jews under Muslim rule declined.
Description / Table of Contents:
Bat Ye'or. Islam and the "Dhimmis"; a rejoinder. Jerusalem Quarterly 42 (1987) 83-88. Appeared also in "The Myth of Islamic Tolerance" (2005) 556-561.
Note:
Appeared also in "Jews among Muslims" (1996). In Hebrew: "Zmanim" 36 (1990).
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