Esperanza Alfonso, Ph D. (1998) in Hebrew Studies, Universidad Complutense, is currently a Research Fellow at the Universidad Complutense, Spain.

'A brief, but dense and exciting book...' -Cyrille Aillet, Al-Qantara Revista de Estudios Arabes, December 2008

• Introduction  1. Attitudes toward Language: Hebrew vis-à-vis Arabic  2. Transmitting and Producing Knowledge: Jewish and Muslim Intellectuals  3. Living in the Present: The Concept of Exile and Domicile  4. Waiting for the Messiah: Self and Other in the Journey toward the End of Time.  Afterword.  Glossary

Esperanza Alfonso, Ph D. (1998) in Hebrew Studies, Universidad Complutense, is currently a Research Fellow at the Universidad Complutense, Spain.

'A brief, but dense and exciting book...' -Cyrille Aillet, Al-Qantara Revista de Estudios Arabes, December 2008

• Introduction  1. Attitudes toward Language: Hebrew vis-à-vis Arabic  2. Transmitting and Producing Knowledge: Jewish and Muslim Intellectuals  3. Living in the Present: The Concept of Exile and Domicile  4. Waiting for the Messiah: Self and Other in the Journey toward the End of Time.  Afterword.  Glossary