Charity and Giving in Monotheistic Religions (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients)

Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
The Early Byzantine State and the Christian Ideal of Voluntary Poverty
Charitable Ministrations (Diakoniai), Monasticism, and the Social Aesthetic of Sixth-Century Byzantium
Charity and Piety as Episcopal and Imperial Virtues in Late Antiquity
Healing the world with righteousness ? The language of social justice in early Christian homilies
Almsgiving, Donatio Pro Anima and Eucharistic Offering in the Early Middle Ages of Western Europe (4th–9th century)
Christian Pious Foundations as an Element of Continuity between Late Antiquity and Islam
Charity and Piety for the Transformation of the Cities
Piety and Charity in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria
Forms and Functions of Charity in Al-Andalus
“When Death Will Fall Upon Him”: Charitable Legacies in 15th Century Granada.
Charity and Gift Giving in Medieval Islam
Charity and Repentance in Medieval Islamic Thought and Practice
Geniza Documents for the Comparative History of Poverty and Charity
Charity in Jewish Society of the Medieval Mediterranean World
Benefaction (Ni˘ma), Gratitude (Shukr), and the Politics of Giving and Receiving in Letters from the Cairo Geniza
An Indigent Scholar’s Plea for Charity: A Geniza Letter