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Arnold E. Franklin


Arnold E. Franklin is associate professor of history and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Queens College in New York. He is the author of This Noble House: Jewish Descendants of King David in the Medieval Islamic East (2012) and co-editor of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern Times (2015).

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  1. Observation ·

    How to Situate Maimonides: An Exchange

    By Lawrence J. Kaplan, Arnold E. Franklin

    To where and what language does the great Jewish philosopher and his name belong?

    How to Situate Maimonides: An Exchange
  2. Observation ·

    The Mystery of Maimonides’ Puzzling Name

    By Arnold E. Franklin

    Why would the most famous Jewish philosopher of all not have a Jewish name? Or did he?

    The Mystery of Maimonides’ Puzzling Name