Title

Fasting

Authors

Peter Feldmeier
Adil Ozdemir

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Description

Fasting from eating and abstinence from certain foods has a long and venerable history in Judaism and Christianity. While the Mosaic Law established only the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) as a fast day (Lv 16:29-34; Nm 29:7), fasting is widely witnessed in the Old Testament as providing a certain spiritual force to one’s prayers or intensity to one’s interior life.

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Recommended Citation

Feldmeier, Peter and Ozdemir, Adil, "Fasting" (2021). Muslim-Christian Dialogues. 9.
https://ir.stthomas.edu/encounteringislam/9