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Books by Professor Meir Litvak






Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam
Theological, Political and Social Contexts (Library of Modern Religion)
by Meir Hatina, Professor Meir Litvak
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2016 by I.B.Tauris
ISBN-13: 978-1-78453-508-7, ISBN: 1-78453-508-7

"Martyrdom in the Muslim world is increasingly integral to conversations about international security. Over the years, the belief system around self sacrifice has become key to understanding the Middle East and its political relationships with the West, although much of the literature and conversation has been restricted to modern concepts of jihadism. The recent spate of scholarship relating to suicide bombers and jihadists studies thes ..."






From Empathy to Denial(1st Edition)
Arab Responses to the Holocaust
by Professor Meir Litvak, Esther Webman
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-932674-7, ISBN: 0-19-932674-6

"Based on years of research conducted mostly in Arabic sources, Meir Litvak and Ester Webman track the evolution of post-World War II perceptions of the Holocaust and their parallel emergence in the wake of the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948. Following the establishment of the State of Israel, Arab attitudes toward the Holocaust became entangled with broader anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic sentiments. Litvak and Webman track this discourse ..."






From Empathy to Denial
Arab Responses to the Holocaust
by Professor Meir Litvak
Published 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-932673-0, ISBN: 0-19-932673-8






Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq(4th Edition)
The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala' (Cambridge Middle East Studies)
by Professor Meir Litvak, Professor Israel Gershoni, Judith E. Tucker
Paperback, 270 Pages, Published 2002 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-89296-4, ISBN: 0-521-89296-1

"The shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in nineteenth-century Ottoman Iraq were the most important Shi'i centers of learning. In the first in-depth study of the period, Meir Litvak explores the social and political dynamics of these communities and the historical development of Shi'i leadership. In this context, the book not only contributes to the historical debates, but also more broadly to an understanding of modern Shi'ism. It will a ..."






Inglorious Revolutions
State Cohesion in the Middle East after the Arab Spring
by Duygu Atlas, Irit Back, Gideon Gera, Ephraim Lavie, Uzi Rabi, Paul Rivlin, Yehudit Ronen, Asher Susser, Mira Tzoreff, Esther Webman, Ronen Zeidel, Daniel Zisenwine, Eyal Zisser, Elisheva Machlis, Professor Meir Litvak, Joel D. Parker, C. Richard Pennell, Professor Menachem Klein, Ofra Bengio, Brandon Friedman, Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Menachem Klein, Meir Litvak
Hardcover, 394 Pages, Published 2014 by Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies
ISBN-13: 978-965-224-101-6, ISBN: 965-224-101-6

"The Middle East state system, which was largely an artificial construct of the post World War I international order, has faced enormous challenges since Arab uprisings erupted in December 2010. The collection of essays in this volume, based on a seminar held by The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies in the 2012 13 academic year, examines the state of the Middle East in the aftermath of the uprisings and seeks to e ..."






Middle Eastern Societies and the West
Accomodation of Clash of Civilizations?
by Professor Meir Litvak, Mark Litvak
Hardcover, 319 Pages, Published 2007 by Syracuse University Press
ISBN-13: 978-965-224-073-6, ISBN: 965-224-073-7

"For many Middle Eastern Muslims the "West" came to personify the ultimate "other," occupying a space that was simultaneously appealing, intimidating, and often abhorrent. The multilayered, ambivalent interaction between Middle Eastern societies and the West has been a major theme in the history of this region for the past two centuries. The al-Qa eda terrorist attack against the United States on September 11, 2001, the 2003 U.S. i ..."






The Sunna and Shi'a in History
Division and Ecumenism in the Muslim Middle East
by Ofra Bengio , Meir Litvak
Paperback, 278 Pages, Published 2014 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-48558-8, ISBN: 1-137-48558-2






The Sunna and Shi'a in History(1st Edition)
Division and Ecumenism in the Muslim Middle East
by Ofra Bengio , Meir Litvak
Hardcover, 286 Pages, Published 2011 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-230-12092-1, ISBN: 0-230-12092-X

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