01
NOV
2017

Temple-II. In-depth: Dalla tenda di Abramo alle dimore dei credenti. La sacralità dell’ospite nella tradizione islamica (Ida Zilio-Grandi)

 Abstract From Abraham’s tent to the homes of believers. The sacredness of the guest in Islamic tradition This essay deals with the concept of hospitality in the Islamic tradition. According to a Koranic verse dedicated to the various components of “true pity” (in Arabic birr, Q
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01
NOV
2017

Temple-II. In-depth: Il tempio e il Messia. L’escatologia teo-politica del giudaismo rabbinico (Massimo Giuliani)

Abstract The temple and the Messiah. The theo-political eschatology of rabbinic Judaism This paper discusses aspects of eschatological and halakhic thought linked to the themes of the temple and messianic redemption developed by Rabbinical Judaism, and proposes that an understanding o
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01
NOV
2017

Temple-II. In-depth: Tempio, Gerusalemme, città di asilo. La geografia dello spazio sacro trasformata in una religione senza luogo (Gian Luigi Prato)

Abstract Temple, Jerusalem, city of shelter. The geography of sacred space transformed into a religion without place. When we consider the history of the temple in Jerusalem, we realise that its holiness became a spatial template for other religious institutions, allowing them, too, t
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