Read Online Defining Neighbors Religion Race and the Early ZionistArab Encounter Jews Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World Jonathan Marc Gribetz 9780691173467 Books

Product details Series Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World (Book 58) Paperback 312 pages Publisher Princeton University Press; Reprint edition (October 11, 2016) Language English ISBN-10 069117346X

Defining Neighbors Religion Race and the Early ZionistArab Encounter Jews Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World Jonathan Marc Gribetz 9780691173467 Books Reviews

• This book will quite simply blow your mind. You think you know how Jews and Arabs have long seen each other? Even if you know a lot about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, think again. The author shows how not only were Jews and Arabs not always enemies in Palestine, they didn't necessarily see each other as Jews and Arabs. Often they thought that religion or race were more important than nationalism, and sometimes that meant that they saw each other not as enemies but as religious or racial brothers. But the author does not paint a romantic picture of perfect harmony. He shows how these ways of understanding each other became sources of greater conflict over time and he is always very careful to maintain tremendous nuance. I could not put this book down. I found it at once riveting, brilliant, and deeply moving. Can't recommend it highly enough!