Adaptations and Innovations: Studies on the Interaction between Jewish and Islamic Thought and Literature from the Early Middle Ages to the Late Twentieth Century, Dedicated to Professor Joel L. Kraemer »

The interconnections, common interests, and other linkages between the Jewish and Islamic traditions have long been a matter of interest to academics. Today the need to understand these relationships, and to emphasize commonalities rather than conflicts, is of the greatest public interest. The present volume of studies, likely the first such collection in the scholarly literature, explores the full range of interconnections between Jews and Muslims in all fields (intellectual history, religion, philosophy, social history, etc.) and in all periods, from the Middle Ages till today. The essays have been written by some twenty distinguished scholars from North America, Europe, and Israel. The volume is dedicated to Joel L. Kraemer, John Barrows Professor Emeritus in the Divinity School and member of the Committee on Social Thought of the University of Chicago.

Editor's Preface Y. Tzvi Langermann Langermann, Y. Tzvi

Joel L. Kraemer: A Short Biography Josef Stern Stern, Josef

My Teachers Joel L. Kraemer Kraemer, Joel L. 1

"The Objective of Speculation in Saadia's Thought" Binyamin Abrahamov Abrahamov, Binyamin 7

"La ruse divine (talattuf): Quelques textes nouveaux" Remi Brague Brague, Remi 17

"Alfarabi's Introductory Sections to the Virtuous City" Charles E. Butterworth Butterworth, Charles E. 27

"Early Islamic Exegesis on the so-called 'Hamitic Myth'" Reuven Firestone Firestone, Reuven 51

"Remnants of Habib Ibn Bahriz's Arabic Translation of Nichomacus of Gerasa's Introduction to Arithmetic" Gad Freudenthal Freudenthal, Gad Mauro Zonta Zonta, Mauro 67

"On Judah ha-Levi and the Martyrdom of a Head of the Jews: A Letter by Halfon ha-Levi b. Nethanel" Mordechai A. Friedman Friedman, Mordechai A. 83

"Fundamentals of the Law: Medi-eval and Modern" Miriam Galston Galston, Miriam 109

"Religious Tolerance in the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa'" Abbas Hamdani Hamdani, Abbas 137

"Getting to Know Thee: Conjunction and Conformity in Averroes' and Maimonides' Philosophy" Alfred Ivry Ivry, Alfred 143

"Two Gentlemen of Cordova: Averroes and Maimonides on the Transcendence and Immanence of God" Barry Kogan Kogan, Barry 157

"East and West in Hasdai Crescas: Some Reflections on History and Historiography" Y. Tzvi Langermann Langermann, Y. Tzvi 229

"Additional Riddles from the Riddler's File on King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba" Jacob Lassner Lassner, Jacob 249

"The Philosopher as Legislator" Ralph Lerner Lerner, Ralph 269

"Finding the Face of God: Maimonides and the Sacred Art of Teaching" Sarah PessinPessin, Sarah 285

"Islamic Retellings of Biblical History" Uri Rubin Rubin, Uri 299

"What does Manhaj al-Sawab want from the Jews?" Joseph Sadan Sadan, Joseph 315

"Sublime in its Style, Exquisite in its Tenderness: The Hebrew Bible Quotations in al-Biqa'i's Quran Commentary" Walid Saleh Saleh, Walid 331

"Al-Fiqh, a Term Borrowed from Islam Used by Maimonides for a Jewish Concept in his Sefer ha-Mizwoth and in the Guide of the Perplexed" Michael Schwarz Schwarz, Michael 349

"Didacticism or Literary Legerdemain? Philosophical and Ethical Themes in Zechariah al-Dahiri's Sefer ha-Musar" Adena Tannenbaum Tannenbaum, Adena 355

"Concubines and Puppies: Philologies of Esotericism in Jerusalem Between the World Wars" Steven Wasserstrom Wasserstrom, Steven 381