The historical development and application of Islamic law and legal theory concerning slavery pervades the legacy of Islamic marriage contracts and divorce in Shīʿī and Sunnī jurisprudence.…
Prof. Wasserman will lead us through readings of three
narratives from the Babylonian Talmud's Tractate Avoda Zara, the section of the
rabbinic corpus that treats interactions between Jews and non-Jews. Moving…
