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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Secunda, Shai
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Divinations.
Subjects:
Talmud > Iranian influences.
Talmud > Influence iranienne.
Talmud.
To 640
Zoroastrianism.
Sassanids > Intellectual life.
Zoroastrisme.
Sassanides > Vie intellectuelle.
RELIGION > Judaism > Talmud.
Intellectual life.
Iran > Intellectual life > To 640.
Iran.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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