Between christ and caliph: law, marriage, and christian community in early islam

In Between Christ and Caliph, Lev E. Weitz examines the multiconfessional society of early Islam through the lens of shifting marital practices of Syriac Christian communities, arguing that interreligious negotiations lie at the heart of the history of the medieval Islamic empire

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Autor principal: Weitz, Lev E. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2018]
En:Año: 2018
Colección / Revista:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser
Otras palabras clave:B Marriage (Canon law)-Eastern churches-History-To 1500
B Syriac Christians-Legal status, laws, etc.-Middle East-History-To 1500
B Islamic Empire-Social life and customs
B Marriage (Islamic law)-Middle East-History-To 1500
B Electronic books
B Marriage law-Middle East-History-To 1500
B Islam-Relations-Christianity-History-To 1500
B Domestic relations-Middle East-History-To 1500
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Weitz, Lev E: Between Christ and Caliph : Law, Marriage, and Christian Community in Early Islam. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2018. - 9780812250275
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Sumario:In Between Christ and Caliph, Lev E. Weitz examines the multiconfessional society of early Islam through the lens of shifting marital practices of Syriac Christian communities, arguing that interreligious negotiations lie at the heart of the history of the medieval Islamic empire
Cover -- Contents -- A Note on Transliteration, Translations, and Dates -- Introduction -- PART I. EMPIRE, HOUSEHOLD, AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE ABBASID CALIPHATE -- 1. Marriage and the Family Between Religion and Empire in Late Antiquity -- 2. Christianizing Marriage Under Early Islam -- 3. Forming Households and Forging Religious Boundaries in the Abbasid Caliphate -- PART II. CHRISTIAN FAMILY LAW IN THE MAKING OF CALIPHAL SOCIETY AND INTELLECTUAL CULTURE -- 4. The Ancient Roots and Islamic Milieu of Syriac Family Law -- 5. Islamic Institutions, Ecclesiastical Justice, and the Practical Shape of Christian Communities -- 6. Can Christians Marry Their Cousins? Kinship, Legal Reasoning, and Islamic Intellectual Culture -- 7. The Many Wives of Ahona: Christian Polygamy in Islamic Society -- 8. Interreligious Marriage and the Multiconfessional Social Order -- PART III. ISLAMIC LAW AND CHRISTIAN JURISTS AFTER IMPERIAL FRAGMENTATION -- 9. "Christian Shariʿa" in Confrontation and Accommodation with Islamic Law in the Later Medieval Period -- Conclusion. Christians and Christian Law in the Making of the Medieval Islamic Empire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments
ISBN:0812295110