Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests : The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran /

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"Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests brings into mutual fruition the fields of Talmudic Studies and Ancient Iranology, two historically distinct disciplines. Mokhtarian offers a revisionist history of the rabbis of late antique Persia who produced the Babylonian Talmud, perhaps the most impor...

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Main Author: Mokhtarian, Jason Sion, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Talmud.
Talmud > Influence iranienne.
Talmud > Iranian influences.
Talmoed.
Judaism > Talmudic period.
Judaism > Medieval and early modern period.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
11.21 Jewish religious literature.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 425-1789.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 10-425 (Periode talmudique)
Judaism > History > Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789.
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The sources and methods of Talmudic and Iranian studies
  • Comparing Sasanian religions
  • Rabbinic portrayals of Persians as others
  • Rabbis and Sasanian kings in dialogue
  • Rabbis and Zoroastrian priests in judicial settings
  • Rabbis, sorcerers, and priests
  • Conclusion : rabbis, sorcerers, kings, and priests in ancient Iran.

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