This landmark book probes Muslims' attitudes toward Jews and Judaism
as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in
predominantly Muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit,
Bernard Lewis demolishes two competing stereotypes: the Islamophobic
picture of the fanatical Muslim warrior, sword in one hand and Qur'ān
in the other, and the overly romanticized depiction of Muslim
societies as interfaith utopias.
Featuring
a new introduction by Mark R. Cohen, this Princeton Classics edition
sets the Judaeo-Islamic tradition against a vivid background of
Jewish and Islamic history. For those wishing a concise overview of
the long period of Jewish-Muslim relations, The Jews of Islam
remains an essential starting point.
