The the dramatic story of the earliest encounters between christians and muslims Fletcher, R. A. (Richard A.) creator text bibliography nyu New York Viking, Penguin 2004 monographic eng

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xviii, 182 p. : maps ; 22 cm. "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. 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. Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-174) and index. Islam Relations Christianity Christianity and other religions Islam Islam Christendom BP172 .F59 2004 261.2/7/09 11.07 0670032719 9780670032716 2003060975 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060975-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060975-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060975-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003060975-d.html DLC 030822 20151201103840.0 7633132