Modern Jewish Scholarship on Islam in Context

Rationality, European Borders, and the Search for Belonging

359 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume highlights the role of Jewish scholars within the field of Oriental studies in the 19th and 20
th
century. It discusses their views of Islam and the "Orient" in the context of concepts such as orientalism, colonialism, and modernity. The analysis shows that Jewish oriental research provides a way of understanding some of the particularities of the boundaries between European frameworks of thought.

• Reihe: Studia Judaica
• ISBN: 9783110444919
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2018
• Genre: Religion, Theologie/Judentum
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Herausgegeben von: Ottfried Fraisse