The Jew as Ally of the Muslim

Medieval Roots of Anti-Semitism

Allan Harris Cutler, Helen Elmquist Cutler

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9780268022631, 9780268011901
• eBook ISBN: 9780268208912
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

With exacting research and skillful analysis, the Cutlers revise the traditional explanations of the roots of anti-Semitism. They contend that the great outburst of anti-Semitism in Western Europe during the Middle Ages ... derived from primarily anti-Muslimism and the association of Jew with Muslim by medieval Christians.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Toward a New Comparative Approach to The History of Papal-Jewish Relations*
• 2. Peter the Venerable (1094-1156) and Islam: An Introduction to the Study of Medieval Christian-Islamic Relations*
• 3. Petrus Alphonsi (1076--1146) and Peter the Venerable: The Anti-Islamo/Judaic Origins of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance*
• 4. The Association of Jew with Muslim by Medieval Christians: A New Comparative Approach to the Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism *
• 5. The Association of Jew with Muslim by Medieval Jews: A Crucial Factor in the Association of Jew with Muslim by Medieval Christians*
• 6. Why Did Pope Innocent III Want the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to Impose a Distinction in Clothing on Muslims and Jews?*
• 7. The Netanyahu Thesis on the Marranos: A New Ethnic Approach to the Origins of the Spanish Inquisition*
• 8. The Crucial Influence of Islam upon the Collapse of the Jewish Community of Spain (Circa 1400) and the Jewish Community of Southern Italy (Circa 1300) *
• 9. Louis Massignon (1883-1962) and the Contemporary Ramifications of the Thesis about the Anti-Islamic Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism*
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index