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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
Organiser:Yaacov Lev, Department of Middle Eastern History, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
Paper 314-aIsaak Or Saruas Regulations on Charity: A Pre-Maimonidian Text?
(Language: English)
Rainer Josef Barzen, Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität Trier / Martin Buber Society of Fellows / Hebrew University Jerusalem
Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Religious Life
Paper 314-bMedieval Jewish and Muslim Charity: A Comparative Approach
(Language: English)
Yaacov Lev, Department of Middle Eastern History, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
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.