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

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Algazi, Shlomo, 292
Algebra, 7, 172
Algiers, 278
Algorithm, 7, 172
Al ̇arizi, Judah, 209, 211, 213–15
̔Ali, 76
Allāh, 26, 32, 162; name of, 68–69, 80
Allard, André, 185
Allāt, 28
Allegory. See Jewish parody and allegory
Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU), 17,
285, 296n2, 304; charity and, 314–15;
establishment and growth of, 312–13;
success, 315
Al-Qanun fi ̓l-tibb, 192
Altars, 27–29; building motif, 50; dedica-
tions, 31, 34–35
Alzarki, Chaim, 292
Amram, Aharon ben, 273
Andalusia, 7–8, 17, 155–56; conversions to
Islam, 118; music, 275; poetry, 208–11,
213, 234
Andrae, Tor, 12
Angels, 83, 102n2; Abraham visited by,
54–57, 55 ; Gabriel, 69; guardian angel,
227, 239n63; guarding heaven, 149
Anglés, Higinio, 274–75, 281
Anidjar, Gil, 148
an-Nah∂ā, 10
̔Antabi, Avraham, 246
̔Antabi, Refael, 246
̔Antabi, Yitshak, 246
Anti-Semitism, 10–11
Al-An†ōki, Akīvā, 73
Apocalyptic writings, 14, 65, 70–71, 85n26
Apologetic literature, 6, 121
Apostasy, 5, 111, 119, 164
Apostates: deviant, 111; social, 111–12, 116,
119
A ̔ra, 35
Arabia, 12, 274
Arabic, 1–2, 91, 212, 214; Arabic-Islamic
songs, 8; Jews speaking, 14–16; as lingua
franca, 14; poetry, 7–8, 219, 243, 253–54;
qaßida, 229
Arabic literature, 94, 215–16, 231; influenc-
ing Jewish parody and allegory, 210–11;
themes, 222

Arabo-Islamic culture: Dunash influenced

by, 249–50; Al-Óakham influenced by,

263–65; in Miß ̇af al-Shaba ̇ot (Holy

Book of Praises), 248, 253–57; music

and, 244, 258–61; Najarah influenced by,

258–61; PLS and, 243–44; poetry and,

244, 258–61

Arabo-Islamic symbiosis, 89

Arabs, 1, 2, 12; ancient prophets, 30–36;

prophets and prophecy, 25–30

Aretas, 30, 34

Arithmetic, 172, 175, 180–82, 185–86

Ariyas, Avraham, 291

The Artistic Emergence in Algeria (Bouzar-

Kasbadji), 278

̔Asā ̓el, 73

Ashtarte, 26

Assa, Avraham, 289

Astrology, 174

Astronomy, 174

Ata, 31

Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 292

Al-Athīr, ̔Alī b. Abī al-Karam Ibn, 36

Attai, 31

Augury, 34

Azkari, El ̔azar Ben Mosheh, 246

Ba ̔al, 26

Ba ̔alshamin, 27, 28, 31, 35

Babylonian Jews, 241–68, 266

Baghdad, 15; Al-Óakham in, 262–65. See

also ̔Abbasid Baghdad

Ba ̇īrā, 73, 75–78, 92, 96

Baidawi, 56

Baitulia, 31

Baktashy Dervishes, 259

Bala∂ī rite, 141n9

Ballam, 34

Baneth, David Zvi, 47

Banū Qaynuqā ̔, 65–67, 77

Baqashah, 242, 255, 261

Barberry pastille with rhubarb, 197, 198 ,

199

Barki, Isaac, 291

Bar Mitzvah, 241, 264–65, 289, 305, 320n61

Bartok, Bela, 279

Barūch, 73

Barukh El Óay, 264–65