Noam (Norman) A. Stillman
The Origins, Evolution, and Spread of Anti-Semitism in the Arab World
Summary
Although Islam has its own traditional corpus of negative attitudes toward Jews and Judaism, the classic, medieval Christian anti-Jewish fantasies such as the blood libel and the modern European political and pseudo-scientific anti-Semitism of clandestine Jewish world control were foreign imports that made their appearance in the Arab world in the 19th century and spread widely in the 20th century, becoming fundamental articles of belief for pan-Arab and pan-Islamic movements up to the present day.
Noam (Norman) A. Stillman
Noam (Norman) A. Stillman is Schusterman/Josey Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma and an internationally recognized authority on the history and culture of the Islamic world and on Sephardi and Oriental Jewry. His books include The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book and The Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times, among others. He is executive editor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. He is chair of the Academic Council of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) and sits on numerous boards of academic organizations, think tanks, and journals. He came to Israel permanently in 2016 and teaches each spring semester at the Hebrew University.