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Podcast: New Books in Medieval History
Episode: Lev Weitz, âBetween Christ and Caliph: Law, Marriage, and Christian Community in Early Islamâ (U Pennsylvania Press, 2018)
Description: Recent years have seen new waves of research in Syriac studies, the medieval Middle East, and family history. Combining all three, Lev Weitzâs Between Christ and Caliph: Law, Marriage, and Christian Community in Early Islam (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018), revisits the early years of Islamic civilization by looking at an oft-neglected population in the secondary literature, Syriac Christians. Weitzâs study uses marital practice from the seventh through tenth centuries to illustrate how Islamic law influenced the development of Christian law and the role religious authorities âthat is the Christian bishopsâ had to play in it. We talk through po...