The Archaeology and Material Culture of the Babylonian Talmud

The material culture of the Babylonian Talmud remains an important question in the absence of any archaeological finds from Jewish Babylonia. In The Archaeology and Material Culture of the Babylonian Talmud, Markham Geller explores the links between Jewish Babylonia and Israel.

About the author

Markham J. Geller, Ph.D (1974), Brandeis University, is Professor of Semitic Languages and Director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London, currently on secondment to the Freie University Berlin as Professor für Wissensgeschichte. He is Principal Investigator of BabMed, an Advanced ERC Project.

Product details

• Assisted by: Markham J Geller (Editor), Markham J. Geller (Editor)
• Publisher: de Gruyter Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2015
• EAN: 9789004304888
• ISBN: 978-90-04-30488-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 798 g
• Series: IJS Studies in Judaica
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity