Migrating Tales : The Talmud's Narratives and Their Historical Context /

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This study situates the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, in its cultural context by reading several rich rabbinic stories against the background of Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, and Mesopotamian literature of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, much of it Christian in origin. The book argues tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kalmin, Richard Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Talmud.
Talmud > Critique narrative.
Talmud > Criticism, Narrative.
Narration in rabbinical literature.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Narration dans la litterature rabbinique.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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