JACOB LASSNER is the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization and professor of history and religion at Northwestern University.

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637

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ISBN- 13: 978-0-226-47107-5 (cloth)

ISBN- 10: 0-226-47107-1 (cloth)

ISBN- 13: 978-0-226-47109-9 (e-book)

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Lassner, Jacob.

Jews, Christians, and the abode of Islam : modern scholarship, medieval realities /

Jacob Lassner.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-47107-5 (cloth : alkaline paper)

ISBN-10: 0-226-47107-1 (cloth : alkaline paper) 1. Islamic Empire—Ethnic relations—Religious aspects. 2. Jews—Islamic Empire—History. 3. Islam—Relations—Judaism. 4. Judaism—Relations—Islam. 5. Islam—Relations—Christianity. 6. Christianity and other religions—Islam. 7. Civilization, Medieval—Religious aspects. 8. Orientalism—History. 9. Islamic learning and scholarship—History. 10. East and West. I. Title.

BP171.L37 2012

297.2′820902—dc23

2011032939

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