Iranian Talmud - Reading the Bavli in Its Sasanian Context

Shai Secunda is Jacob Neusner Associate Professor in the History and Theology of Judaism at Bard College.

List of contents

Note on Abbreviations, Citations, and Terminology

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Sea of Talmud and Its Shore: The Talmud and Other Sasanian Remains

Chapter 2. In the Temple and Synagogue: Locating Jewish-Zoroastrian Encounters in Sasanian Mesopotamia

Chapter 3. Constructing "Them": Rabbinic and Zoroastrian Discourses of the "Other"

Chapter 4. Closer Than "They" May Appear: Alternative Descriptions of Sasanians and Zoroastrian Priests in the Bavli

Chapter 5. In Iran: Reading the Talmud in Its Iranian Context

In Lieu of a Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Shai Secunda is Jacob Neusner Associate Professor in the History and Theology of Judaism at Bard College.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Shai Secunda / Yitz Landes, Shai Secunda
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780812223736
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2373-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Divinations: Rereading Late An
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism