Charity and Giving in Monotheistic Religions

Published by De Gruyter 2009

Charity and Giving in Monotheistic Religions

Edited by: Miriam Frenkel and Yaacov Lev

Volume N.F. 22 in the series Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110216837

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About this book

This book deals with various manifestations of charity or giving in the contexts of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim societies in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages. Monotheistic charity and giving display many common features. These underlying similarities reflect a commonly shared view about God and his relations to mankind and what humans owe to God and expect from him. Nevertheless, the fact that the emphasis is placed on similarities does not mean that the uniqueness of the concepts of charity and giving in the three monotheistic religions is denied. The contributors of the book deal with such heterogeneous topics like the language of social justice in early Christian homilies as well as charity and pious endowments in medieval Syria, Egypt and al-Andalus during the 11th-15th centuries. This wide range of approaches distinguish the book from other works on charity and giving in monotheistic religions.

Author / Editor information

Miriam Frenkel, Hebrew University and The Ben Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, Jerusalem, Israel; Yaacov Lev, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Reviews

"A specialist collection, but fascinating in its sociological insights."
John Turnbull in: New Directions 3/2010

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One. The World of Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages
The Early Byzantine State and the Christian Ideal of Voluntary Poverty Avshalom Laniado Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Charitable Ministrations (Diakoniai), Monasticism, and the Social Aesthetic of Sixth-Century Byzantium Daniel Caner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Charity and Piety as Episcopal and Imperial Virtues in Late Antiquity Claudia Rapp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Healing the world with righteousness ? The language of social justice in early Christian homilies Susan R. Holman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Almsgiving, Donatio Pro Anima and Eucharistic Offering in the Early Middle Ages of Western Europe (4th–9th century) Eliana Magnani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Part Two. Medieval Islam
Christian Pious Foundations as an Element of Continuity between Late Antiquity and Islam Johannes Pahlitzsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Charity and Piety for the Transformation of the Cities The New Direction in Taxation and Waqf Policy in Mid-Twelfth-Century Syria and Northern Mesopotamia Stefan Heidemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Piety and Charity in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria Yehoshua Frenkel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Forms and Functions of Charity in Al-Andalus Ana María Carballeira Debasa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
“When Death Will Fall Upon Him”: Charitable Legacies in 15th Century Granada. Amalia Zomeño Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Charity and Gift Giving in Medieval Islam Yaacov Lev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Charity and Repentance in Medieval Islamic Thought and Practice Daniella Talmon-Heller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Part Three. The Jewish World
Geniza Documents for the Comparative History of Poverty and Charity Mark R. Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Charity in Jewish Society of the Medieval Mediterranean World Miriam Frenkel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
Benefaction (Ni ma), Gratitude (Shukr), and the Politics of Giving and Receiving in Letters from the Cairo Geniza Marina Rustow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
An Indigent Scholar’s Plea for Charity: A Geniza Letter Yvonne Friedman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 413
Keywords: Charity; Christian; Charity; Jewish; Charity; Muslim; Charity; medieval and ancient; Giving

eBook

Published: August 17, 2009
ISBN: 9783110216837

Hardcover

Published: August 19, 2009
ISBN: 9783110209464