Children of Abraham: The 1,400-Year History of Jewish-Muslim Relations

From the prize-winning author of The Ottomans, a myth-busting history of Muslim-Jewish relations, tracing fourteen centuries of cooperation and conflict.

"A revelatory picture of both coexistence and conflict." -Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem: The Biography

Today, the dominant narrative of the relationship between Jewish and Muslim peoples assumes a long history of violent hostility. In Children of Abraham, historian Marc David Baer lays this myth to rest, showing how Jews and ...