IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 314: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Charity: A Comparative Perspective, II
Monday 11 July 2011, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan |
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Organiser: | Yaacov Lev, Department of Middle Eastern History, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan |
Paper 314-a | Isaak Or Saruas Regulations on Charity: A Pre-Maimonidian Text? (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Religious Life |
Paper 314-b | Medieval Jewish and Muslim Charity: A Comparative Approach (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
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. |