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The Iranian Talmud : reading the Bavli in its Sasanian context /

This book reexamines the Babylonian Talmud - one of Judaism's most central texts - in the light of Persian literature and culture, providing an accessible overview to the vibrant world of pre-Islamic Iran that shaped the Bavli.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Secunda, Shai
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Divinations.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Sea of Talmud and its shore : The Talmud and other Sasanian remains
  • In the temple and synagogue : locating Jewish-Zoroastrian encounters in Sasanian Mesopotamia
  • Constructing "them" : rabbinic and Zoroastrian discourses of the "other"
  • Closer than they may appear : alternative descriptions of Sasanians and Zoroastrain priests in the Bavli
  • In Iran : reading the Talmud in its Iranian context
  • In lieu of a conclusion.