Bees in the Medieval Maghreb: Wax, Honey and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Western Mediterranean

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Medieval Encounters Pub Date : 2021-12-22 DOI:10.1163/15700674-12340115

Alexandra Sapoznik

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Abstract

Believed to originate in Paradise and set apart in their chastity, bees were potent religious symbols in medieval Christianity and Islam. This article explores how these beliefs drove an extensive trade in wax and honey, and examines the role of Jews, conversos, Christians, and Muslims in this trade. Further, it considers the environmental context and the extent to which religious prohibitions against trade between Christians and Muslims may have provided economic opportunities for Jewish merchants, while examining the economic and cultural relationships between members of the three Abrahamic religions.

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中世纪马格里布的蜜蜂：西地中海的蜡、蜂蜜和跨文化贸易

蜜蜂被认为起源于天堂，因其贞洁而与众不同，是中世纪基督教和伊斯兰教中强有力的宗教象征。本文探讨了这些信仰是如何推动蜡和蜂蜜的广泛贸易的，并考察了犹太人、皈依者、基督徒和穆斯林在这一贸易中的作用。此外，它还考虑了环境背景以及禁止基督徒和穆斯林之间贸易的宗教禁令可能在多大程度上为犹太商人提供了经济机会，同时考察了三种亚伯拉罕宗教成员之间的经济和文化关系。

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期刊介绍： Medieval Encounters promotes discussion and dialogue accross cultural, linguistic and disciplinary boundaries on the interactions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures during the period from the fourth through to the sixteenth century C.E. Culture is defined in its widest form to include art, all manner of history, languages, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, religion and science. The geographic limits of inquiry will be bounded only by the limits in which the traditions interacted. Confluence, too, will be construed in its widest form to permit exploration of more indirect interactions and influences and to permit examination of important subjects on a comparative basis.