Jews and Arabs, their contacts through the ages / S. D. Goitein.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-228) and index.

1. THE PROBLEM : 1. A historical survey of Jewish Arab relations - 2. The State of Israel in its Arab environment -- 2. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE COMMON ORIGINS OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THE ARABS -- 3. WHY HAS THE HISTORY OF THE TWO PEOPLES TAKEN SUCH DIFFERENT COURSES? -- 4. THE JEWISH TRADITION IN ISLAM -- 5. THE ACTUAL AND LEGAL POSITION OF THE JEWS UNDER ARABIC ISLAM -- 6. THE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND COMMUNAL REORGANIZATION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN ISLAMIC TIMES -- 7. THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE INSIDE ARAB ISLAM : 1. Jewish participation in the medieval civilization of the Middle East - 2. The linguistic aspects of Jewish Arabic symbiosis - 3- The rise of Jewish philosophy under Muslim impact - 4. Islamic and Jewish mysticism - 5. The acme of Jewish Arabic symbiosis: the Hebrew poetry of the Middle Ages - 6. Other spiritual contacts : a. Sectarianism and Messianic movements - b. Law and Ritual. The position of women - c. Popular religion and custom - d. Folk literature and art -- 8. THE NEW CONFRONTATION : 1. Arab eclipse and re-emergence - 2. The coming of Israel - 3. The cultural aspects of the two coinciding revivals.