Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab (SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion).

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8vo. viii, 207 pp., publishers’ original wrappers, notes, biblio., index, copy in very good condition, a presentation copy inscribed and signed by author, State University of New York Press, New York, 2006. Note: ishmael on the Border is an in-depth study of the rabbinic treatment of Abraham’s firstborn son, Ishmael. This book examines Ishmael’s conflicted portrayal over a thousand-year period and traces the shifts and nuances in his representation within the Jewish tradition before and after the emergence of Islam.