Directions in Jewish-Shīʿī Studies

So far Jewish-Shīʿī Studies have failed to receive clear and wide recognition from the community of scholars of both Jewish and Shīʿī Studies. In an effort to substantiate the case for clearer and wider scholarly recognition of Jewish-Shīʿī Studies, the present article provides a survey of the state of art of these studies, especially regarding the period of the 1st /7th-7th/13th centuries. While the survey testifies to the diversity and the manifold directions included in this field of studies, the article also addresses the question of what can be considered the unique features in Jewish-Shīʿī affinities.