IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 337: Apocalypse Now: Medieval Millennialism across Time and Cultures, II

Sponsor:	Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals, Universitat de Barcelona
Organiser:	Delfi-Isabel Nieto-Isabel, Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals, Universitat de Barcelona
Moderator/Chair:	David Zbíral, Department for the Study of Religions, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Paper 337-a	Jewish Messianism: From Medieval Iberia to the Ottoman Empire (Language: English) Jordi Casals-Pares, Departamento de Filología Semítica, Universitat de Barcelona Index terms: Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Theology
Paper 337-b	'Better than One Thousand Months' (Qur'an 97:3): Awaiting the Mahdi in 6th/12th-Century al-Andalus (Language: English) José Bellver, Departament Història de la Filosofia, Estètica i Filosofia de la Cultura, Universitat de Barcelona
Abstract	The concern about the end of all time is deeply rooted in our psyche. Within the Jewish-Christian framework, God created the world and, with it, time, which, eventually, will come to an end. In medieval Europe, this belief was shared by the three great religions, which surrounded the 'last days' with specific textual corpora, traditions, and myths. The aim of our two sessions is to explore the intricacies of such models from a comparative perspective that takes into account their evolution in time as well as their influence on the daily life and perceptions of Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.