 | Ninety-Two Poems and Hymns of Yehuda Halevi by Franz Rosenzweig
Buy new: £61.57 / Used from: £21.80 Yehuda Haleví was born in Tudela although he lived all his life in Toledo. One of the greatest mystical writers. Died in Jerusalem in mysterious circumstances.
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 | The Kuzari: An Argument for the Faith of Israel by Judah Halevi
Buy new: £5.90 / Used from: £6.90 Explanation of judaism as compared to christianity, islam and Greek philosophy, written in the form of a narration. Haleví wrote the original in Arabic. Beware of the translation.
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 | The Guide of the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £1.90 This very impotant philosopher tried to reconcile faith and reason in this influential work. He was born in Cordova.
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 | Homo Mysticus: Guide to Maimonides's "Guide of the Perplexed" by Jose Faur
Buy new: £8.53 / Used from: £8.00 You may need a guide to read the Guide.
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 | The Medical Legacy of Moses Maimonides by Fred Rosner
Buy new: £18.08 / Used from: £24.68 He was also a very important and influential physician.
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 | Maimonides (Lives & legacies) by Ilil Arbel
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £3.95 If you want to know more about this fascinating man.
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 | Zohar: The Masterpiece of Kabbalah with Facing Page Commentary That Brings the Text to Life for You: 0 (Skylight Illuminations) by Translated by Daniel C. Matt
Buy new: £4.31 / Used from: £4.32 The Zohar, core of the kabbalistic mysticism, was written in Spain in the 13th century. This is a good introduction.
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 | Mystic Tales from the Zohar (Mythos)
Buy new: £11.95 / Used from: £6.00 Eight of the esoteric story-lines found in the Zohar, narrated and commented.
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 | Convivencia: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Medieval Spain
Buy new: £16.74 / Used from: £15.50 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Jewish museum in New York. If you want to know more about the fruits of "coexistence".
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 | Moorish Spain by Richard Fletcher
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £7.00 A history of islamic Spain written by an expert in Spanish history of the period.
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 | The Ring of the Dove by Ibn Hazm
Buy used from: £57.95 This writer from Cordova wrote the Arabic version af Ovidio's The Art of Love.
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| Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible: From Ibn Rabban to Ibn Hazm (Islamic Philosophy, Theology & Science: Texts & Studies) by Camilla Adang
Buy new: £97.56 / Used from: £123.71 How medieval muslim intellectuals viewed judaism.
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 | Averroes: A Rationalist in Islam by Roger Arnaldez
Buy new: £9.27 / Used from: £11.47 Like Maimonides, Averroes took part in the medieval polemic on how to reconcile faith and reason (there are many people nowadays that CAN'T)
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 | Faith and Reason in Islam: Averroes' Exposition of Religious Arguments (Great Islamic Thinkers): Averroes' Exposition of Religious Arguments (Great Islamic thinkers) by Averroes
Buy new: £7.67 / Used from: £8.34 Maybe Averroes and Maimonides would be considered revolutionaries in our times. I think many people should read them.
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 | Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf
Buy used from: £3.38 Leo was born in Granada,then fleed with his family to Fes after the edict of expulsion of muslims and jewish. He travelled and had many adventures, and ended up as the Pope's adoptive son.
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 | Iberian Garden - MedievaSpanish Music by Altramar
Buy used from: £33.48 Ibn Quzman was a famous Andalusí poet. Here you find some of his poems, since there is no English translation this is a good way to get acquainted with andalusí poetry.
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