The Convergence of Judaism and Islam. Religious, Scientific, and Cultural Dimensions

Index r 333

Creative Jewish-Arab symbiosis, 12, 16
Creator, 51, 59, 204, 272
Cultic activities, 25, 37; of Abraham, 29;
Muslim exegesis and, 37; officiating at,
26; of prophets, 27–28
Cult objects, 29, 36
Cultural diversity, 6
Cultural symbiosis, 274

Dāhud, 278
Dalā ̓ al-nubuwwah, 69
Dalalat al-Ó ̓irin, 157, 160
Damascus, 28, 77, 93, 153, 157; Safed in, 164
Daniel, 24
Dannon, Yom Tov, 291
Dar al-Islam, 14
Darmon, Fritna, 279
Darshan, 263
David, 24
Decimal system, 181–83, 186
Decoction, 191 , 199, 200 , 204
Dehodencq, Alfred, 113
Deity, 13, 26, 33–34, 36
Delacroix, Eugène, 276
de Lonzano, Mena ̇em, 295
de Nicolay, Nicolas, 286
Dervishes, 259, 294
Deviant apostates, 111
Al-Dhakhīra, 276
Al-dhamārī Synagogue, 134, 141n11
Dhikr, 162, 194
Dhimma social system, 13, 98, 122n8, 136,
142n18, 307; defining status, 110, 120;
laws, 114
Dhū an-Nūids, 275–76
Dhu Ghabat, 26, 35
Al-Dīn, Ya ̇yā, Óamīd, 6
Divine Law, 13, 136
Divine Providence, 11
Divine retribution, 14
Diyah, 111
Domekh, ̔Abdallah, 262
Donations, 305–7, 320n61
Dor De ̔ah, 128, 131–34, 140n8, 144n50
Drawings, 34
“Drink Up, Enjoy,” 209
Dror Yiqra, 251–52
Dunash, 208–9, 246 , 256, 257,

258–59; ̔Abbasid Baghdad and, 248–

53; Arabo-Islamic culture influencing,

249–50; Biblical language, 250–51;

Miß ̇af al-Shaba ̇ot (Holy Book of

Praises) and, 249–52; qaßīda, 251–52;

quantitative meter of, 250

Dushara, 28, 35

Eden, 29, 220. See also Paradise

Edom, 14

Ehyeh, 173–74, 183

El ̔azar, 73

Elazar, Jacob ben, 8, 210–15; burlesque

of, 220; erotic descriptions, 216;

Hebrew language and, 221; humor of,

232; Jewish morals and, 221, 228, 231;

Ma ̇beret Nine of, 225–32; Ma ̇beret

Seven of, 215–24, 230–32; make poetry,

not war message, 218; names chosen

by, 230; personal history, 234; satire by,

223–24, 227, 233–34; voice, 226; women

portrayed by, 233

Elbaz, Shmuel, 116–17

Eleazar, R., 152

Elias, 97–98

Eliezeroff family, 280

Elijah, 24, 98

Elisha, 24

Elizur, Shulamit, 226

Emancipation, 17, 313

The Emergence and Linguistic Background

of Judaeo-Arabic (Blau), 1–2

Enlightenment, 10, 285

Ethics, 203, 221, 289

Exaggeration, 219, 223, 232

Exodus, 26, 172–74, 184, 202, 207n32, 265

Expulsion, 17, 77; Mawza ̓ Exile, 143n19;

Mosque of the Expulsion, 143n19;

Spanish Expulsion, 88n70, 245, 261,

286, 289–90

Ezekiel, 24, 149, 256

Ezobi, Yosef Ben hanan Ben Natan, 246

Faces of the Chariot (Halperin), 150

Al-Farabi, 253

Farmer, H. G., 279

Al-Fayyumi, Nethanel ben, 95

Fenton, Paul, 158