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Jan

25 2016

Muslim and Christian Influence on Jewish Law in the Middle Ages

5:00PM - 7:00PM  

The Ida and Cecil Green UCSD Faculty Club
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=z9er95BlSoT0.kuG3y_KwxELc 9500 Gilman Dr #0121
La Jolla, CA 92093 (858) 534-0876
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Contact Amanda Izaguirre-Lumm
http://jewishstudies.ucsd.edu/events/2015-16/16-01-25_muslim_and_christian_influence_on_jewish_law.html
8585344551
jewishstudies@ucsd.edu
http://jewishstudies.ucsd.edu/

As a rule, people think that legal systems and religions are closed. In reality, legal systems and religions borrow laws and customs from each other. In this lecture, we shall see that Judaism borrowed laws and customs from Christianity and Islam during the Middle Ages (500-1600 c.e).

Sponsor: UC San Diego Jewish Studies Program