02438cam a22004094a 4500 7633132 AUA.1 20151201103840.0 030822s2004 nyub b 001 0 eng 2003060975 0670032719 9780670032716 (OCoLC)ocm52962828 (NNC)7633132 DLC STF DLC YDX BAKER NLGGC IAK BTCTA YDXCP VYG OrLoB-B pcc BP172 .F59 2004 261.2/7/09 22 11.07 bcl Fletcher, R. A. (Richard A.) 17673 The cross and the crescent : the dramatic story of the earliest encounters between christians and muslims Richard Fletcher. New York : Viking, Penguin 2004 xviii, 182 p. : maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-174) and index. 1. Ishmael's Children -- 2. An Elephant for Charlemagne -- 3. Crossing Frontiers -- 4. Commerce, Coexistence and Scholarship -- 5. Sieving the Koran -- 6. Epilogue. "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. Islam Relations Christianity. 17674 Christianity and other religions Islam. 17675 Islam. gtt 17676 Christendom. gtt 17677 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060975-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060975-d.html TOC lcc BOOK BP172 .F59 2004 20100208 c rad1 MPS 5056 5056 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-12-14 Bought by JTL 15.00 AUA005737 BP 172 .F59 2004 AUA005737 2011-12-14 00:00:00 15.00 2011-12-14 BOOK