Under Crescent And Cross Chapter Summary

The book, Under Crescent and Cross The Jews in the Middle Ages, is about the Jews during the medieval ages in the middle of the conflict between Islam and Christianity and under their control. Mark R. Cohen explains the exaggerations of the writers like monks, when they write about Jew’s under the control of Islam and Christianity kingdoms or empires. It uses several examples of certain events to make its point. “Arab polemical exploitation of the myth of the interfaith utopia, coupled with Jewish awareness of the prevalence of antisemitism in the Arab world, catalyzed a reevaluation of the history of Jewish-Muslim relations which I call, interchangeably, the “countermyth of Islamic persecution of Jews” and the “neo-lachrymose conception of Jewish-Arab history.” It achieved prominence after the Six-Day War, beginning with the publications appearing in the Diaspora, especially in popular forums.” What the author is saying is that it was believed for a long time that Jews and Muslims co-existed peacefully, but the Jewish started to become aware of what the Muslims were doing to other Jews such as persecution and destroyed the illusion of two religions co-existing. “Christianity arose as a radical, messianic movement within Judaism. It was one of several
Superficially, one can draw a rough parallel between the rise of Islam and the rise of Christianity. The first encounter between Islam and the Jews represents a case of religions in conflict.” Again, the author compares the rise of Christianity and the rise of Islam to explain how relations between the two were so different. It is phrased in a form of a question as a quick way to summarize the earlier text, and answer a question the book is