IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 214: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Charity: A Comparative Perspective, I

Sponsor:	Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan
Organiser:	Yaacov Lev, Department of Middle Eastern History, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
Paper 214-a	Charity and Family in Byzantium (Language: English) Johannes Pahlitzsch, Historisches Seminar, Abteilung Byzantinistik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 214-b	Medieval Jewish Legal Sources on Charity for Jewish Mumarim (Language: English) Alyssa Gray, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, New York Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Religious Life
Paper 214-c	Communal Charity in Jewish Society of Medieval France: Preliminary Observations (Language: English) Judah D. Galinsky, Department of Talmud, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Law, Religious Life, Social History
Abstract	The notion of charity, in the most basic sense of giving, is deeply embedded in the religious thought and ethics of the three monotheistic religions and was central to the lives of medieval Jews, Muslims and Christians. It presented the essence of their piety and quest for nearness to God.