Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations by Marc David Baer #joyce elegant prose is the sound

elegant prose is the sound of a bright new voice in non-fiction

Black Sea Coast

including Chris Boardman and Ned Boulting

Host (2020)

PenguinISBN: 9780241252536Extent: 368 pages

Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations by Marc David Baer #joyce elegant prose is the soundMuslims and Jews have engaged one another sometimes for better, sometimes for worse for over 1,400 years. Yet recent discourse tends to focus on only the most antagonistic aspects of the two communities' interactions. Marc David Baer paints a more nuanced picture of Muslim Jewish relations, from Muhammad's first interactions with Jewish Arabs in the seventh century and their shared struggles after the Spanish Reconquista to the ongoing modern conflict