The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations

Josef Meri is Academic Director of the Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations, Woolf Institute, Cambridge University. Born in the United States Dr Meri hails from a Jerusalemite family. He has travelled extensively throughout the Middle East and has lived in Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem and from 2005-2010 in Amman, where he oversaw a major Qur’anic exegesis project at the Jordanian Royal Court. He previously held visiting appointments at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London and the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Sectional Editor of Wiley-Blackwell's online journal, Religion Compass.

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Introduction - Josef (Yousef) Meri



1. Historical Themes: Medieval - Josef (Yousef) Meri



2. Historical Themes: Modern - Orit Bashkin and Daniel J. Schroeter



3. Scripture and Exegesis - Shari Lowin and Nevin Reda



4. Theology - Aaron Hughes



5. Medicine – Paulina B. Lewicka and Gad Freudenthal



6. Literature (Medieval) - Arie Schippers



7. Literature (Modern) - Masha Itzhaki and Soubhi Boustani



8. Islamic and Jewish Legal Traditions - Judith Frishman and Umar Ryad



9. Philosophy - Oliver Leaman



10. Education - Moshe Sokolow and Matthew Wilkinson



11. Mysticism - Aaron Hughes



12. Communities and Identity - Ben Gidley and Nasar Meer



13. Constructive Dialogue –Akbar Ahmed and Edward Kessler



14. Palestinian-Israeli Conflict - Donna Divine



15. Women - Ibtissam Bouachrine and Judith L. Goldstein



16. Nationalism-Arab - Yousef Choueiri



17. Nationalism-Jewish - Yair Wallach



18. Antisemitism and Islamophobia - Ivan Kalmar and Tariq Ramadan



19. The Holocaust - Peter Wien



20. The Nakba - Alexander Flores



21. Cinema - Dinah Stillman and Aomar Boum



22. Music - Edwin Seroussi



23. Art - Aaron Rosen and Yasser Tabbaa



24. Food and Foodways - David Waines and Sami Zubaida



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