Jewish and Muslim Studies. CJS Hon. Research Fellow Michael Hilton
announces the coming programme for the course 'Judaism and Islam: A shared history' that he is
leading with Dr Harith Ramli. 25 January: 'Is every Torah scroll/Quran mushaf the same?' This will
focus on the drive to establish definitive texts in each faith. We'll
compare the evolution of the vowel systems in Hebrew and Arabic in the
early centuries of Islam, and their implications for meaning and
interpretation.
1 March: 'The duties and nourishment of the heart.' We will explore texts
from the 10th to 11th centuries which developed notions of spiritual
medicine and which influence our thinking about tikkun/islah (repairing
the world) today.
10 May: 'Why we love Jerusalem.' Jewish and Muslim traditions and
teachings about the holy city.
14 June: 'The Jewish Orientalists.' The little-known story of the leading
Western scholars of, and enthusiasts for Islam, who came from Jewish
backgrounds. This lecture, the culmination of the course, is the Rabbi
Dr David J. Goldberg Memorial Lecture. On Zoom and
in-person. Liberal Jewish Synagogue. Booking and further details from Debi Penhey.
