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100 1 _aFletcher, R. A.
_q(Richard A.)
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245 1 4 _aThe cross and the crescent :
_bthe dramatic story of the earliest encounters between christians and muslims
_cRichard Fletcher.
260 _aNew York :
_bViking, Penguin
_c2004
300 _axviii, 182 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 166-174) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tIshmael's Children --
_g2.
_tAn Elephant for Charlemagne --
_g3.
_tCrossing Frontiers --
_g4.
_tCommerce, Coexistence and Scholarship --
_g5.
_tSieving the Koran --
_g6.
_tEpilogue.
520 1 _a"Richard Fletcher shows how, despite the long coexistence and overlap of Islam and Christianity, 'the peoples of the book' have held religious misunderstandings since their earliest encounters. He explains that, though there were fruitful trading and cultural interactions between Muslims and Christians during the period when Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, each group viewed the other's religion as fundamentally different: Christians portrayed Muslims as bloodthirsty pagans and Muhammad as a false prophet, while Muslims saw Christianity as a jumble of sects and conflicting stories."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 _aIslam
_xRelations
_xChristianity.
_917674
650 0 _aChristianity and other religions
_xIslam.
_917675
650 1 7 _aIslam.
_2gtt
_917676
650 1 7 _aChristendom.
_2gtt
_917677
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060975-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060975-d.html
900 _bTOC
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_cBOOK
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