Jacob Lassner

11 books

Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam by Jacob Lassner

Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam

Jacob Lassner

308 pages • 1993

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Medieval Jerusalem: Forging an Islamic City in Spaces Sacred to Christians and Jews by Jacob Lassner

Medieval Jerusalem: Forging an Islamic City in Spaces Sacred to Christians and Jews

Jacob Lassner

268 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history religion challenging reflective slow-paced
The Middle East Remembered: Forged Identities, Competing Narratives, Contested Spaces by Jacob Lassner

The Middle East Remembered: Forged Identities, Competing Narratives, Contested Spaces

Jacob Lassner

448 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Islam in the Middle Ages: The Origins and Shaping of Classical Islamic Civilization by David Reisman, Jacob Lassner

Islam in the Middle Ages: The Origins and Shaping of Classical Islamic Civilization

David Reisman, Jacob Lassner

343 pages • 2009

religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Islamic Revolution and Historical Memory: An Inquiry Into the Art of 'abbasid Apologetics by Jacob Lassner
Islamic Revolution and Historical Memory: An Inquiry Into the Art of 'abbasid Apologetics
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Jacob Lassner

Islamic Revolution and Historical Memory: An Inquiry Into the Art of 'abbasid Apologetics

American Oriental

Jacob Lassner

171 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history medium-paced
Jews and Muslims in the Arab World: Haunted by Pasts Real and Imagined by Jacob Lassner, S. Ilan Troen

Jews and Muslims in the Arab World: Haunted by Pasts Real and Imagined

Jacob Lassner, S. Ilan Troen

410 pages • 2007

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam: Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities by Jacob Lassner

Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam: Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities

Jacob Lassner

330 pages • 2012

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Middle Eastern Politics and Historical Memory: Martyrdom, Revolution, and Forging National Identities by Jacob Lassner

Middle Eastern Politics and Historical Memory: Martyrdom, Revolution, and Forging National Identities

Jacob Lassner

248 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history politics
The Shaping of 'abbasid Rule by Jacob Lassner

The Shaping of 'abbasid Rule

Jacob Lassner

348 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history medium-paced
The Shaping of ʻAbbāsid Rule by Jacob Lassner

The Shaping of ʻAbbāsid Rule

Jacob Lassner

352 pages • hardcover • 1980

medium-paced