About the Author

Alexander Altmann (1906-87) was the founder of the Institute of Jewish Studies and professor at Brandeis University and Harvard University, among other institutions. He authored many books, including Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study. Samuel M. Stern (1920-69) was a senior research fellow of All Souls College and university lecturer in the history of Islamic civilization at the University of Oxford. He coauthored Muslim Studies (v. 1).

Reviews

"Altmann and Stern are due our gratitude for illuminating with such considerable scholarship a corner of that remarkable interplay between Greek, Muslim, and Jewish ideas that constitutes one of the most exciting and happy consequences of the spread of Islam." - Philosophical Quarterly"