Islamic Culture through Jewish Eyes

From the 10 th to the 12 th century, a Jewish elite living in al-Andalus'the area under Islamic control in the Iberian Peninsula'created a culture that would be later conceived in Jewish imagination as a Golden Age. This book brings under analysis the construction of Andalusi Jewish identity by examining the representation of and attitudes toward Muslims and Islamic culture in a variety of Jewish sources. Sources used include introductions to grammatical and lexicographical work, large poetry collections, ethical and philosophical treatises, chronicles, treatises on poetics and letters sent to various communities or exchanged among individuals. Esperanza Alfonso's thorough reading of this wide range of sources will make the book appealing not only to specialists in medieval Hebrew and Arabic literatures but also to scholars and researchers of comparative literature and cultural studies.Alfonso, Esperanza is the author of 'Islamic Culture through Jewish Eyes', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415437325 and ISBN 0415437326.