Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful "interfaith utopia"? Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting both polemically charged ideas as myths, Mark Cohen offers a systematic comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christendom--and the first in-depth explanation of why medieval Islamic-Jewish relations, though not utopic, were less confrontational and violent than those between Christians and Jews in the West.

The advent of Islam in the seventh century brought profound economic changes to the Jews living in the Middle East, and Talmudic law, compiled in and for an agrarian society, was ill equipped to address an increasingly mercantile world. In response, and over the course of the seventh through eleventh centuries, the heads of the Jewish yeshivot of Iraq sought precedence in custom to adapt Jewish law to the new economic and social reality.In Maimonides and the Merchants, Mar...

What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book, by one of the top scholars in the field, is the first comprehensive book to study poverty in a premodern Jewish community--from the viewpoint of both the poor and those who provided for them.Mark Cohen mines the richest body of documents available on the matter: the papers of the Cairo Geniza. These do...

The advent of Islam in the seventh century brought profound economic changes to the Jews living in the Middle East, and Talmudic law, compiled in and for an agrarian society, was ill equipped to address an increasingly mercantile world. In response, and over the course of the seventh through eleventh centuries, the heads of the Jewish yeshivot of Iraq sought precedence in custom to adapt Jewish law to the new economic and social reality.In Maimonides and the Merchants, Mar...

This collection of essays by seven highly respected scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world-intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic-creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in Spain and around the Mediterranean. History as Prelude is a major contribution to the Israeli-Arab peace process because it undermines-in fact, blows away-the efforts of propagandists who serve governments or political movements...

Né Marcus Rotkovitch à Dvinsk dans l’Empire russe, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) émigre à l’âge de dix ans aux États-Unis. Il emporte avec lui son éducation talmudique ainsi que les souvenirs des pogroms et des persécutions de son enfance. Mais l’expérience du déracinement ou les stigmatisations contre lesquelles il dut naviguer dans son pays d’accueil deviennent les moteurs de la subversion esthétique portée dans ses tableaux : dès 1950, il est célébré comme un pionnier de l’abstraction. Mais l...

Mark Rothko nació en 1903 en la Zona de Residencia habilitada para los judíos en el antiguo Imperio ruso y a los 10 años emigró a Estados Unidos. Será su decisión de convertirse en artista lo que marque una nueva fase en su vida. En apenas un par de décadas, Rothko dio forma a lo que iba a ser la marca distintiva de su obra. Siempre proclive al enfrentamiento con el establishment, el pintor consagró la última década de su vida a la ejecución de un proyecto transgr...

Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to the United States at age ten, taking with him his Talmudic education and his memories of pogroms and persecutions in Russia. His integration into American society began with a series of painful experiences, especially as a student at Yale, where he felt marginalized for his origins and ultimately left the school. The decision to become an artist led him ...

This landmark book probes Muslims' attitudes toward Jews and Judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in predominantly Muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit, Bernard Lewis demolishes two competing stereotypes: the Islamophobic picture of the fanatical Muslim warrior, sword in one hand and Qur'ān in the other, and the overly romanticized depiction of Muslim societies as interfaith utopias.Featuring a new introduction by Mark R. Cohen, this P...

Mark Quann teaches you "What the Banks Don't want you to know about money." Learn how the banking system benefits by mis-educating the population with banking education rather than financial education. Learn how to cut your ties from the mega-banks--escape the debt matrix, and put your money hard at work for you instead of the banks. The message is clear, "You dont need a bank to save, you dont need a bank to borrow, and you dont need a bank to invest." Raise your financial IQ to invest in...

What is in Book One – "I've Stuck It In. Now What?"Mastering your masculine sexual energy is key to successful sexual encounters.You will discover how ejaculation control is supported by proper fucking techniques, and how both contribute to your ultimate goal: building sexual energy between you and her.The book clarifies the 8 Fundamental Misconceptions men have about sex and intercourse. These not only severely limit the pleasure and fulfillment you both experience, ...

Por primera vez impreso, el misterioso proceso de transformación de la Meditación en Postura de Pie es revelado. Lleno de consejos y trucos del que la mayoría de los estudiantes hubieran creído posible, para mayor provecho del entrenamiento, este libro contiene una cantidad de conceptos y técnicas que se presentan por primera vez en español. Basándose en su linaje de séptima generación en medicina china y empleando un lenguaje sencillo y directo, el Sr Cohen completa las piezas faltantes d...