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In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur鈥檃n and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qur鈥檃nic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shi鈥榠 Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qur鈥檃n, and draws important parallels between Jewish religious law, or halakha, and shari鈥榓 law.

An illuminating work on a topic of vital relevance today, Jews and the Qur鈥檃n offers a nuanced understanding of Islam鈥檚 engagement with Judaism in the time of Muhammad and his followers, and serves as a needed corrective to common misperceptions about Islam.

Awards and Recognition

• Winner of the PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies, Association of American Publishers