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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457574203321

Autore

Brockopp Jonathan E

Titolo

Judaism and Islam in Practice [[electronic resource] ] : A Sourcebook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

1-134-60554-4

1-280-22119-4

9786610221196

0-203-98101-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NeusnerJacob <1932-2016>

SonnTamara

Disciplina

296.7

Soggetti

Judaism

Judaism - Relations - Islam - Sources

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

JUDAISM AND ISLAM IN PRACTICE A Sourcebook; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I Between the Faithful and God: Prayer, Fasting, Ablutions; 1 Introduction; 2 Prayer in Islam; 3 Prayer in Judaism; 4 Fasting in Islam; 5 Fasting in Judaism; 6 Ablutions in Islam; 7 Ablutions in Judaism; 8 Conclusions; II Among the Faithful [I]: Betrothal, Marriage, Inheritance, Divorce: How the Family is Regulated; 1 Introduction; 2 Betrothal in Judaism; 3 Betrothal in Islam; 4 Marriage in Judaism; 5 Marriage in Islam; 6 Inheritance in Judaism; 7 Inheritance in Islam; 8 Divorce in Judaism; 9 Divorce in Islam

10 Conclusions III Among the Faithful [II]: Almsgiving and Charity; 1 Introduction; 2 Charity in Islam; 3 Almsgiving in Judaism; 4 Support for the Poor in Judaism; 5 Conclusions; IV Between the Faithful and the Outsider: Defining the Community and the Other; 1 Introduction; 2 Defining the Community in the Law of Judaism; 3 How the Outsider is Treated in the Law of Judaism; 4 Defining the Community in Islamic Sources: The Qur'an, Hadith, Fiqh; 5 How the Outsider is Treated in the Law of Islam; 6 Conclusions; Notes; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Judaism and Islam compare because they concur that God cares deeply not only about attitudes but actions, not only about what one says to God but how one conducts affairs at home and in the village.In this sourcebook, the authors have selected key passages from the laws of Judaism and Islam which allow a close examination of their mode of expression and medium of thought as well as the substance of the laws themselves. The selected passages concentrate on areas critical to the life of piety and faith as actually practiced within the two faith-communities - the relationship between