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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2014]
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Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | Divinations.
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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.