The Convergence of Judaism and Islam. Religious, Scientific, and Cultural Dimensions

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al-Shaba ̇ot (Holy Book of Praises)
and, 242–44, 266–68
Parody. See Jewish parody and allegory
Passover, 241, 288
Pastille, 197, 198 , 199, 204
Paul, 24
Pehlavi dynasty, 17
Pela†iah, Rabbi, 153
Pellat, Charles, 273–74
Pentateuch, 48, 67, 96
Pentecost, 241
People of Israel, 53–54, 254, 259, 261;
destiny, 59; motifs, 60
People of the Book, 78, 90, 91, 120;
narratives, 94, 95, 105n34; safeguard-
ing, 92
People of the Torah, 37
Persecution, 11
Persians, 148; Jews, 277, 281
Pharmacopoeias, 7; for hospital and
shop, 190–201
Philo of Alexandria, 186
Philosophy, 171, 174, 272; adopting, 15;
Greek, 148; Islamic, 8, 243; Jewish,
148, 253
Phonetic-syllabic meter (PSM), 259–60
Pilgrimage, 49; Israelite, 28; to Mecca,
33; for offerings, 34–35; as penance,
33; rituals, 29, 34; to sanctuaries, 36
Pill, 205
Pillars, 31
Pious endowments, 302–3, 320n59,
321n71; claims, 131; domain of, 6;
non-Muslim, 135, 139; poverty and,
306–8; synagogues as, 129, 133. See
also Waqf
Piyyut, 242–43, 277, 289–90, 291
Piyyutim, 109–10, 112–13, 116–17
Place, 102n1
Pleroma, 156
Plotinus, 253
PLS. See Para-liturgical song
Poetry, 171; Andalusia, 208–11, 213, 234;
Arabic, 7–8, 219, 243, 253–54; Arabo-
Islamic culture and, 244, 258–61;
Bible, 230; Hebrew, 7–8, 16, 211, 219,
230–31, 243–44, 252, 254, 259; love,
209–10; of Miß ̇af al-Shaba ̇ot (Holy

Book of Praises), 242; women’s voices

in, 224, 230, 232. See also Jewish parody

and allegory

Poets, 245–46, 246. See also specific poets

Pogrom, 11

Poll taxes, 90, 307; Christians and, 99; Jews

and, 92–93, 97, 98

Pontifical Institute for Sacred Music, 274

Por La Libertad, 293

Portugal Synagogues, 292

Poultice, 205

Poverty, 9; attitudes toward, 304; deter-

mining, 302–4; in Meknes, 299–315;

modern and traditional approaches,

316; pious endowments and, 306–8; pre-

vention, 309–12; sumptuary laws and,

310–12; in taqanot, 302, 304, 308, 310–11.

See also Beggars

Prayer rites, 128, 130, 141n11

Preordination, 11

Professions, 6–7, 317n16

Prophecy: Arab, 25–30; conception of,

37–38; Islam, 4

Prophethood: Abraham, 37; image, 33,

36; model, 37; Moses, 28; Muhammad,

25–26, 28, 30, 69

Prophetic cycle, 24

Prophet of Islam, 68–69, 71, 74, 77

Prophets, 4–5; Abraham as, 46–48; ancient

Arab, 30–36; Arab, 25–30; conception

of, 38; cultic activities, 27–28; histo-

rocity of, 24; metaphors and, 23–24;

Muhammad as last of, 60; Muhammad

as seal, 94

Protected People, 95; concerns of, 101;

symbiosis with caliphates, 97–98, 100.

See also Ahl-al-dhimma

PSM. See Phonetic-syllabic meter

Psuqah, 255

Pti ̇ah, 260

Ptwr, 27

Purity, 13

al-Qā ̔ida, 10

Al-Qabanjī, Mohammed, 279

Qā∂īs, 6

Qajar dynasty, 17

Qashisha ̓, Rabbi, 151–52