medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
V. Kerry Inman wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture With the first paragraph I can disagree. Jurisprudence was the
> great Islamic science and punishments were discussed everywhere.
> Muslim was quite universal in the Muslim world. Spanish born Muslims,
> for example, studied frequently in Bagdad, Medina, Damascus and
> elsewhere and then returned to Spain. The works that we have from all
> these areas do not exhibit regionalism.
>
> Regarding the second paragraph. First, this is not a Muslim text.
As I said.
> Second, if the Jewish teacher was accused of polytheism it is likely
> he is being falsely accused and perhaps on both counts. Finally,
> Jewish texts from this era dispute that "burning" meant what it sounds
> like. The form of execution was sometimes said to be the pouring of
> molten lead down one's throat. In either case it is a Jewish form of
> punishment, and perhaps "Turks" meant "Jewish Turks."
>
Since the Byzantines did burn for heresy, I think one can assume that a
Byzantine writing about burning thought he was writing about the usual
style of burning. But he may have made it up. Or not. Or
misunderstood. Or lied.
Do you mean to say that Jews under Ottoman rule would have had the
option of doing their own burnings?
DW
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