Interreligious Encounters in Polemics between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Iberia and Beyond. This item is unavailable.Interreligious Encounters in Polemics between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Iberia and Beyond

This book focuses on polemical religious texts of Iberias long fifteenth century, a period characterized by both social violence and cultural exchange. It highlights how polemical texts often reveal the interconnected nature of social and cultural intimacy, promoting dialogue and cultural transfer.

Mercedes García-Arenal is Full Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC, Spain), a position she has held since 1990. Her research focuses on the religious history of Iberia and the Muslim West, particularly on religious minorities: conversion, polemics, messianism, religious dissidence. She is Principal Investigator of the Synergy project EuQu. Gerard Wiegers is Full Professor of History of Religions and Comparative Religion at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely on the Mudejar and Morisco history and religious life and on the history of Muslim and Jewish minorities in Europe in general. He is, in cooperation with Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld, preparing a critical edition of the Granada Lead Books. Ryan Szpiech is Associate Professor of Spanish and Judaic Studies in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Department of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. He has published on medieval polemical literature, the history of religious conversion, and the cultural significance of translation between Arabic, Hebrew, and the Romance Languages in the later Middle Ages.