S1E43: The Golden Age of Jewish-Muslim Relations

The long history of coexistence of between Muslims and Jews, which defies our common understanding of the Middle East, is the subject of this episode.

My guest describes the long, intertwined history of Muslims and Jews, and how in comparison to Christian Europe, for several centuries Jews lived in relative peace in the lands of Islam and even thrived. He ends our conversation by asking us all to remember what we forgot.

🚩About our guest:

Dr. Pytlik is a professor in Anthropology and Judaic Studies, Director of Judaic Studies, and Director of the Cis Maisel Center for Judaic Studies at Oakland, University, in Rochester, MI.

To learn more about him, you can visit his ⁠⁠academic homepage⁠⁠. Also, here is his dissertation on ⁠⁠Imagining David, the Man and King⁠⁠, and also a paper on the⁠⁠ Canaanite and Judean Cities of Lachish, Israel⁠⁠.

🚩History of the Jewish Diaspora: Listen to Dr. Howard Lupovitch tell the amazing history of the Jewish kingdom of Khazar: ⁠https://bit.ly/HbN-S3E42⁠

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Adel Aali

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🎶Music attributions:

1. Opening and closing music of the program:

Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.

Music available on at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED)

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This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program.

2. Background music to guest introduction:

The Desert | The Grand Score