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Kiddushin: A Service For Yom Hashoah, David M. Freidenreich
Kiddushin: A Service For Yom Hashoah, David M. Freidenreich
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Sharing Meals With Non-Christians In Canon Law Commentaries, Ca. 1160-1260: A Case Study In Legal Development, David M. Freidenreich
Sharing Meals With Non-Christians In Canon Law Commentaries, Ca. 1160-1260: A Case Study In Legal Development, David M. Freidenreich
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Canon law scholarship flourished in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and its practitioners left a remarkable paper trail. Surviving documents capture the intellectual evolution that occurred during this formative period and offer historians a rare opportunity to trace legal development in premodern times. This article examines the evolution of laws regulating the sharing of meals with non-Christians, with particular attention to the ways in which medieval canonists conceptualized foreigners. These canonists struggle to fit Islam into traditional legal categories, concluding that Muslims are “judaizing pagans” on account of their dietary practices. This outcome, and its implications for the way canonists …
Take A Deep Breath: On Not Losing The Turtle In The Technology, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Take A Deep Breath: On Not Losing The Turtle In The Technology, Marilyn R. Pukkila
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Understanding media messages and selecting worthwhile sources of information require the ability to analyze and deconstruct messages.