Poverty And Charity In Medieval Islam
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Poverty And Charity In Medieval Islam
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Author : Adam Sabra
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-12-21
Poverty And Charity In Medieval Islam written by Adam Sabra and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-21 with History categories.
A full-length treatment of poverty and charity in medieval Islamic society.
Poverty And Charity In Middle Eastern Contexts
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Author : Michael Bonner
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2003-07-02
Poverty And Charity In Middle Eastern Contexts written by Michael Bonner and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-02 with Social Science categories.
Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor.
Poverty And Charity In The Jewish Community Of Medieval Egypt
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Author : Mark R. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
Poverty And Charity In The Jewish Community Of Medieval Egypt written by Mark R. Cohen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with History categories.
What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book, by one of the top scholars in the field, is the first comprehensive book to study poverty in a premodern Jewish community--from the viewpoint of both the poor and those who provided for them. Mark Cohen mines the richest body of documents available on the matter: the papers of the Cairo Geniza. These documents, located in the Geniza, a hidden chamber for discarded papers situated in a medieval synagogue in Old Cairo, were preserved largely unharmed for more than nine centuries due to an ancient custom in Judaism that prohibited the destruction of pages of sacred writing. Based on these papers, the book provides abundant testimony about how one large and important medieval Jewish community dealt with the constant presence of poverty in its midst. Building on S. D. Goitein's Mediterranean Society and inspired also by research on poverty and charity in medieval and early modern Europe, it provides a clear window onto the daily lives of the poor. It also illuminates private charity, a subject that has long been elusive to the medieval historian. In addition, Cohen's work functions as a detailed case study of an important phenomenon in human history. Cohen concludes that the relatively narrow gap between the poor and rich, and the precariousness of wealth in general, combined to make charity "one of the major agglutinates of Jewish associational life" during the medieval period.
Charity And Giving In Monotheistic Religions
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Author : Miriam Frenkel
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2009
Charity And Giving In Monotheistic Religions written by Miriam Frenkel and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Charity categories.
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.
Poverty And Charity In The Jewish Community Of Medieval Egypt
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Poverty And Charity In The Jewish Community Of Medieval Egypt written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book, by one of the top scholars in the field, is the first comprehensive book.
Charity Endowments And Charitable Institutions In Medieval Islam
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Author : Yaacov Lev
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Charity Endowments And Charitable Institutions In Medieval Islam written by Yaacov Lev and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
In this first comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East, Yaacov Lev mines a variety of primary sources, including Arabic chronicles, dictionaries,waqf(pious endowment) deeds, and epigraphic evidence. The book is not only broad in scope, covering a range of periods in medieval Islam--including the Fatimids, Abbasids, Ayyubids, and the early Ottoman period--but is also relevant to a range of issues and institutions, such as statecraft and political authority, urban society, law, education, health care, and gender ... Lev examines three main topics: the meaning of charity to the individual, the social and political ramifications of alms-giving, and the impact of the institutionalized forms of charity (theawqafsystem) on urban and rural societies. He analyzes the motives and attitudes of the donors (the caliphs, sultans, emirs, and the wealthy); the recipients of charity (the poor and the educated class); and the charitable institutions and services that provided the framework for conveyance (hospitals, Koranic schools, and law colleges, the ransom of captives, and support of orphans and widows).
Caring For The Poor
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Author : Cihan Tugal
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-06-26
Caring For The Poor written by Cihan Tugal and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-26 with Social Science categories.
Based on several years of fieldwork in Egypt and Turkey, Caring for the Poor tells the stories of charity providers and volunteers. The book also places their stories within the overall development of Islamic ethics. Muslim charity, Tuğal argues, has interacted with Christian and secular Western ethics over the centuries, which themselves have a conflict-ridden and still evolving history. The overall arch that connects all of these distinct elements is (a combined and uneven) liberalization. Liberalization tends to transform care into a cold, calculating, and individualizing set of practices. Caring for the Poor meticulously documents this insidious process in Egypt and Turkey, while also drawing attention to its limits and contradictions (by using the American case to highlight the contested nature of liberalization even in its world leader). However, as historians have shown, charitable actors have intervened in decisive ways in the rise and demise of social formations. Tuğal raises the possibility, especially through his study of two controversial Turkish organizations, that Islamic charity might appropriate elements of liberalism to shift the world in a post-liberal direction.
Jewish Self Government In Medieval Egypt
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Author : Mark R. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
Jewish Self Government In Medieval Egypt written by Mark R. Cohen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Religion categories.
Under three successive Islamic dynasties--the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks--the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of medieval Jewish autonomy in the Islamic world. To determine the origins of this institution, Mark Cohen concentrates on the complex web of internal and external circumstances during the latter part of the eleventh century. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Voice Of The Jewish Poor In The Middle Ages From The Cairo Geniza
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Author : Mark R. Cohen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Voice Of The Jewish Poor In The Middle Ages From The Cairo Geniza written by Mark R. Cohen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Jews categories.
The Medieval Islamic Hospital
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Author : Ahmed Ragab
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-10-14
The Medieval Islamic Hospital written by Ahmed Ragab and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-14 with Architecture categories.
The first monograph on Islamic hospitals, this volume examines their origins, development, architecture, social roles, and connections to non-Islamic institutions.