Religious Innovation under Fatimid Rule: Jewish and Muslim Rites in Eleventh-Century Jerusalem
This paper describes religious innovations introduced by Muslims in the (arguably) holy month of Rajab, and by Jews on the High Holidays of the month of Tishrei, in eleventh-century Jerusalem. Using a comparative perspective, and grounding analysis in the particular historical context of Fatimid rul...
| Published in: | Medieval encounters |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Medieval encounters
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Fatimids 909-1171
/ Jerusalem
/ Judaism
/ Garden of Olives
/ Ritual
/ Islam
/ Temple Mount (Jerusalem)
/ Religious change
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa TG High Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
Fatimids
B Muslims B al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf B sacred time B Religious rites B Jews B Rituals B Sacred Space B Jerusalem |
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| Summary: | This paper describes religious innovations introduced by Muslims in the (arguably) holy month of Rajab, and by Jews on the High Holidays of the month of Tishrei, in eleventh-century Jerusalem. Using a comparative perspective, and grounding analysis in the particular historical context of Fatimid rule, it demonstrates how the convergence of sacred space and sacred time was conducive to "religious creativity." The Muslim rites (conducted on al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf / the Temple Mount) and the Jewish rites (on the Mount of Olives) shared a particular concern with the remission of sins and supplication on behalf of others, and a cosmological world view that envisioned Jerusalem as axis mundi. The Jewish rite was initiated "from above" by the political-spiritual leadership of the community, was dependent on Fatimid backing, and was inextricably tied to specific sites. The Muslim rite sprang "from below" and spread far, to be practiced in later periods all over the Middle East. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340044 |