IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1226: Traversing the Language Border: Cross-Communal Exchange between Jews, Muslims, and Christians
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Institut für jüdische Geschichte Österreichs, St Pölten |
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Organiser: | Eveline Brugger, Institut für jüdische Geschichte Österreichs, St. Pölten |
Moderator/Chair: | Eveline Brugger, Institut für jüdische Geschichte Österreichs, St. Pölten |
Paper 1226-a | Reading Others' Holy Books beyond the Qur'an / Bible: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Study and Use of Extra-Scriptural Writings of the Religious Other in Medieval Egypt (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
Paper 1226-b | The Language(s) of Debt in Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Law |
Paper 1226-c | Sephardic Poetry Crossing Borders in the Medieval Mediterranean (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Religious Life |
Abstract | This session aims at presenting different aspects of language as a boundary between Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities in Egypt, England, and on the Iberian Peninsula, and the varied attempts to traverse this boundary in written communication. Of particular interest are the reasons for overcoming (or at least trying to overcome) the language barrier, be it polemics, local customs, governmental regulation, cultural exchange, or simple practicality. To that end, both sacred and profane texts, with a focus on the fields of religion, economics, and poetry, will be analyzed and compared. |