@inbook{f62315ff01554bf59880f43a553c6dee,
title = "Muslim-Jewish polemics",
abstract = "The Muslim polemic against Judaism and its adherents is a phenomenon as old as Islam, and the Qurʾān was its very first source. Its sūras, especially the ones from the period of Muḥammad{\textquoteright}s preaching in Medina (622–632 CE), proffer the following arguments, among others: unlike the Christians, the Jews are hostile to the Prophet and the Muslims; the cumbersome Jewish laws, especially the dietary laws, were a punishment from God for the Jews{\textquoteright} disobedience, but are now lifted by the new dispensation; the Jews are too attached to earthly life; and their excessive reverence for their leaders, the rabbis,...",
author = "Camilla Adang and Sabine Schmidtke",
note = "Appeared previously in {"}Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World{"} IV (2010) 82-90.",
year = "2019",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
isbn = "9781948488204",
series = "Resources in Arabic and Islamic studies",
pages = "39--47",
editor = "Camilla Adang and Sabine Schmidtke",
booktitle = "Muslim Perceptions and Receptions of the Bible",
}