The Convergence of Judaism and Islam; Religious, Scientific, and Cultural Dimensions

The Convergence of Judaism and Islam offers a fresh examination of Muslim and Jewish cultural interactions during the medieval and early modern periods. The fifteen interdisciplinary studies assembled by editors Michael Laskier and Yaacov Lev investigate the complex relationships between these two monotheistic religions and reveal that, with respect to cultural diversity and professional cooperation, Jews and Muslims coexisted relatively peacefully for centuries.

Michael M. Laskier, professor of Middle Eastern studies and director of the Menachem Begin Center and Endowed Chair for the Study of Resistance Movements at Bar-Ilan University, is the author or editor of numerous books, including North African Jewry in the Twentieth Century, winner of the U.S. National Jewish Book Award. Yaacov Lev, professor of Islamic medieval history and chair of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University, is the author of Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islam.