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Dear Friends,
MEMS continues to sponsor the Premodern Colloquium (meets Sunday afternoons once a month) as well as occasional MEMS Lectures.
We hope you will join us, and watch the website calendar of events for upcoming lectures and other activities of interest!
Thursday, February 11, 2021
12:00-1:00 PM
Off Campus Location
In contemporary parlance, the term “Abrahamic religions” serves to indicate the common ground of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The designation of these three religions as “Abrahamic” is used as a shorthand for their supposed common ancestry as well as for their assumed shared religious principles and values. Since its very purpose is to highlight the commonality of the three religions, the term is always used in the plural.
For medieval thinkers in the Islamicate world, however, the Abrahamic model of religion was radically different from the contemporary one. This lecture will try to show, they referred to Abraham either in order to highlight the exclusive veracity of one specific religion, or, at times, to transcend all conventional religiosity.
Advanced Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/1816105512605/WN_hjo-P71UROGJ4_Opr1n6gA
For medieval thinkers in the Islamicate world, however, the Abrahamic model of religion was radically different from the contemporary one. This lecture will try to show, they referred to Abraham either in order to highlight the exclusive veracity of one specific religion, or, at times, to transcend all conventional religiosity.
Advanced Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/1816105512605/WN_hjo-P71UROGJ4_Opr1n6gA
| Building: | Off Campus Location |
|---|---|
| Location: | Virtual |
| Event Type: | Livestream / Virtual |
| Tags: | Jewish Studies |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Judaic Studies, Department of Middle East Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) |
