This collection of essays by seven highly respected scholars is a straightforward narrative of real worldintellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, estheticcreative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in Spain and around the Mediterranean. History as Prelude is a major contribution to the Israeli-Arab peace process because it underminesin fact, blows awaythe efforts of propagandists who serve governments or political movements to negate the reality of the Arab-Jewish relationship in the medieval Mediterranean. The contributors, in unassuming, well-researched scholarship have erected a wall protecting historical reality from distortion, providing irrefutableand often delightfulexamples of creative coexistence.
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