The Religious and Spiritual Life of the Jews of Medina

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-25062-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 132 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism

In The Religious and Spiritual Life of the Jews of Medina Haggai Mazuz offers an account of the halakhic character of the Jewish community of Medina in the seventh century CE. Making use of a unique methodology of comparison between Islamic and Jewish sources, Mazuz convincingly argues that the Jews of Medina were Talmudic-Rabbinic Jews in almost every respect. Their sages believed in using homiletic interpretation of the Scriptures, as did the sages of the Talmud. On many halakhic issues, their observations were identical to those of the Talmudic sages. In addition, they held Rabbinic beliefs, sayings and motifs derived from the Midrashic literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazuz, Haggai

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas

Über Autor(innen)

Haggai Mazuz, Ph.D. (2010), Bar-Ilan University, is lecturer of Islamic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He has published several articles on the relationship between Judaism and Islam, Qur’an commentary and Islamic jurisprudence. His forthcoming monograph, Menstruation and Its Legislation: The Evolution and Crystallization of the Law of Menses in the Islamic Juristic Tradition (Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press) is scheduled to be published in 2014.