Description
Muslims and Jews have lived alongside one another for more than 1,400 years, in relationships shaped by coexistence, exchange and conflict. Yet contemporary debate often reduces this complex history to antagonism alone.
Historian Marc David Baer joins us to discuss Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations, his timely new account of two communities whose intertwined histories continue to shape our world.
From seventh-century Arabia and the aftermath of the Spanish Reconquista to the modern Middle East, Baer challenges myths and counter-myths, offering a vital conversation about history, memory and understanding.
About the Author
Marc David Baer
Marc David Baer is Professor of International History and Head of Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science. An expert on Muslim-Jewish relations and the Ottoman Empire, David Baer is the author of Children of Abraham, The Ottomans, Honoured by the Glory of Islam and Sultanic Saviors and Tolerant Turks. David Baer’s award-winning work explores Ottoman, Jewish and Muslim histories and their enduring legacies.
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