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The Iranian Talmud

Author : Shai Secunda / Yitz Landes
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812209044
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Book Synopsis The Iranian Talmud by : Shai Secunda / Yitz Landes

Download or read book The Iranian Talmud written by Shai Secunda / Yitz Landes and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, has been a text central and vital to the Jewish canon since the Middle Ages, the context in which it was produced has been poorly understood. Delving deep into Sasanian material culture and literary remains, Shai Secunda pieces together the dynamic world of late antique Iran, providing an unprecedented and accessible overview of the world that shaped the Bavli. Secunda unites the fields of Talmudic scholarship with Old Iranian studies to enable a fresh look at the heterogeneous religious and ethnic communities of pre-Islamic Iran. He analyzes the intercultural dynamics between the Jews and their Persian Zoroastrian neighbors, exploring the complex processes and modes of discourse through which these groups came into contact and considering the ways in which rabbis and Zoroastrian priests perceived one another. Placing the Bavli and examples of Middle Persian literature side by side, the Zoroastrian traces in the former and the discursive and Talmudic qualities of the latter become evident. The Iranian Talmud introduces a substantial and essential shift in the field, setting the stage for further Irano-Talmudic research.

Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests

Author : Jason Sion Mokhtarian
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520286200
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests written by Jason Sion Mokhtarian and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 important corpus in the Jewish sacred canon. While most research on the Talmud assumes that the rabbis were an insular group isolated from the cultural horizon outside of the rabbinic academies, this book contextualizes the rabbis and Talmud within a broader socio-cultural orbit by drawing from a wide range of sources from Sasanian Iran, including Middle Persian Zoroastrian literature, archaeological evidence, and the Jewish Aramaic magical bowls"--Provided by publisher.

The Talmud in Its Iranian Context

Author : Carol Bakhos
Publisher : Mohr Siebrek Ek
ISBN 13 : 9783161501876
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Talmud in Its Iranian Context written by Carol Bakhos and published by Mohr Siebrek Ek. This book was released on 2010 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars of rabbinics and Iranists are increasingly turning to the orbit of Iranian civilization in order to explore the extent to which the Babylonian Talmud was exposed to the theological and liturgical discourse of the Zoroastrian religion, as well as Sasanian legal practices. Here possibly for the first time, scholars within these fields are brought together in concert to examine the interaction between Jewish and Iranian cultures in terms of legal exegesis, literature, and religious thought. The implications of this groundbreaking effort are vastly significant for Jewish and Iranian Studies. With contributions by: Yaakov Elman, David Goodblatt, Geoffrey Herman, Richard Kalmin, Maria Macuch, Jason Sion Mokhtarian, Shai Secunda, Shaul Shaked, Prods Oktor SkjAervo, Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina

The Iranian Talmud

Author : Shai Secunda
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812245709
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Book Synopsis The Iranian Talmud by : Shai Secunda

Download or read book The Iranian Talmud written by Shai Secunda and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud

Author : Yishai Kiel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107155517
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud by : Yishai Kiel

Download or read book Sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud written by Yishai Kiel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores sex and sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud within the context of competing cultural discourses, for students of comparative religion.

Iran, Israel, and the Jews

Author : Aaron Koller
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532661703
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Iran, Israel, and the Jews written by Aaron Koller and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iran, Israel, and the Jews have a relationship that is in the news all the time. But it cannot be understood just in modern terms. Its roots are 2,500 years old. This volume surveys that history through case studies and broad overviews—from the first intensive contacts under Cyrus the Great, through Persian influence on Judaism evident in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Babylonian Talmud, into the Middle Ages and the flourishing of Judeo-Persian literature and culture, and finally into modern times, when the political, social, and cultural ties are multifaceted and profound. Written by experts in both Iranian and Jewish studies, these essays convey the richness and complexity of a long and tumultuous relationship between two ancient and great civilizations, which continues to shape the world today.

Shoshannat Yaakov

Author : Shai Secunda
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004235450
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Shoshannat Yaakov written by Shai Secunda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoshannat Yaakov includes studies by leading scholars on Ancient Jewish and Iranian Studies and essays that combine both fields in the new discipline of Irano-Talmudica.

Moses and Garšāsp, Ārdašīr and Herod

Author : Azadeh Ehsani Chombeli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781568594033
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Moses and Garšāsp, Ārdašīr and Herod written by Azadeh Ehsani Chombeli and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers a comparative study between a number of Talmudic and Middle Persian narratives. The present work seeks first and foremost to examine Talmudic narratives in their Iranian context, and secondly to examine the Talmudic background of Iranian narratives where applicable. The first and second chapters will offer an analysis of the alteration of historical and biblical figures in the Bavli (the Babylonian Talmud) based on the influence of Iranian mythical and historical figures, while the third chapter will provide an account of how Iranists can learn from Talmudic studies. Here we suggest that a Talmudic narrative may have encouraged Zoroastrian priests to compose an extensive work of religious literature, namely the Ardā Wīrāz-nāmag, an idea which will be further explored in the appendix. The relationship between Iranian and Jewish materials in the Talmudic era is merely a piece of a larger puzzle, a piece that a number of scholars-such as Elman, Secunda, Mokhtarian, Her-man, Kiel, Kalmin, to name a few-have recently begun to focus on. By focusing on Talmudic narratives that have not yet been sufficiently examined for Iranian themes and ideas, this book represents a contribution towards piecing this puzzle together"--

The Bundahi%sn

Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019087905X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Bundahi%sn written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bundahisn, meaning primal or foundational creation, is the central Zoroastrian account of creation, cosmology, and eschatology. Compiled sometime in the ninth century CE, it is one of the most important surviving testaments to Zoroastrian literature in the Middle Persian language and to pre-Islamic Iranian culture. Despite having been composed some two millennia after the Prophet Zoroaster's revelation, it is nonetheless a concise compendium of ancient Zoroastrian knowledge that draws on and reshapes earlier layers of the tradition. Well known in the field of Iranian Studies as an essential primary source for scholars of ancient Iran's history, religions, literatures, and languages, the Bundahisn is also a great work of literature in and of itself, ranking alongside the creation myths of other ancient traditions. The book's thirty-six diverse chapters, which touch on astronomy, eschatology, zoology, medicine, and more, are composed in a variety of styles, registers, and genres, from spare lists and concise commentaries to philosophical discourses and poetic eschatological visions. This new translation, the first in English in nearly a century, highlights the aesthetic quality, literary style, and complexity and raises the profile of pre-Islamic Zoroastrian literature.

Comprehensive History of the Jews of Iran

Author : Ḥabīb Lavī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Comprehensive History of the Jews of Iran written by Ḥabīb Lavī and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, the first comprehensive source on an important topic, not only describes briefly the history of Jews in ancient Iran (Persia) but covers all periods, particularly the 19th and 20th centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

Sasanian Jewry and Its Culture

Author : Daniel M. Friedenberg
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252033671
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Sasanian Jewry and Its Culture by : Daniel M. Friedenberg

Download or read book Sasanian Jewry and Its Culture written by Daniel M. Friedenberg and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An impressive collection of Jewish signet rings and seals from the Sasanian Empire

The Formation of the Talmud

Author : Ari Bergmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110709961
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis The Formation of the Talmud by : Ari Bergmann

Download or read book The Formation of the Talmud written by Ari Bergmann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the talmudic writings, politics, and ideology of Y.I. Halevy (1847-1914), one of the most influential representatives of the pre-war eastern European Orthodox Jewish community. It analyzes Halevy’s historical model of the formation of the Babylonian Talmud, which, he argued, was edited by an academy of rabbis beginning in the fourth century and ending by the sixth century. Halevy's model also served as a blueprint for the rabbinic council of Agudath Israel, the Orthodox political body in whose founding he played a leading role. Foreword by Jay M. Harris, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University and the author of How Do We Know This? Midrash and the Fragmentation of Modern Judaism, among other works.

Medicine in the Talmud

Author : Jason Sion Mokhtarian
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520389417
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Medicine in the Talmud written by Jason Sion Mokhtarian and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine on the margins -- Trends and methods in the study of Talmudic medicine -- Precursors of Talmudic medicine -- Empiricism and efficacy -- Talmudic medicine in its Sasanian context.

Zohar, the Book of Enlightenment

Author : Daniel Chanan Matt
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809123872
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Zohar, the Book of Enlightenment written by Daniel Chanan Matt and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first translation with commentary of selections from The Zohar, the major text of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. This work was written in 13th-century Spain by Moses de Leon, a Spanish scholar.

Between Foreigners and Shi‘is

Author : Daniel Tsadik
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804779481
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Between Foreigners and Shi‘is written by Daniel Tsadik and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-09 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on archival and primary sources in Persian, Hebrew, Judeo-Persian, Arabic, and European languages, Between Foreigners and Shi'is examines the Jews' religious, social, and political status in nineteenth-century Iran. This book, which focuses on Nasir al-Din Shah's reign (1848-1896), is the first comprehensive scholarly attempt to weave all these threads into a single tapestry. This case study of the Jewish minority illuminates broader processes pertaining to other religious minorities and Iranian society in general, and the interaction among intervening foreigners, the Shi'i majority, and local Jews helps us understand Iranian dilemmas that have persisted well beyond the second half of the nineteenth century.

Esther's Children

Author : Houman Sarshar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Esther's Children written by Houman Sarshar and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Demonic Desires

Author : Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812204204
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Demonic Desires written by Ishay Rosen-Zvi and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Demonic Desires, Ishay Rosen-Zvi examines the concept of yetzer hara, or evil inclination, and its evolution in biblical and rabbinic literature. Contrary to existing scholarship, which reads the term under the rubric of destructive sexual desire, Rosen-Zvi contends that in late antiquity the yetzer represents a general tendency toward evil. Rather than the lower bodily part of a human, the rabbinic yetzer is a wicked, sophisticated inciter, attempting to snare humans to sin. The rabbinic yetzer should therefore not be read in the tradition of the Hellenistic quest for control over the lower parts of the psyche, writes Rosen-Zvi, but rather in the tradition of ancient Jewish and Christian demonology. Rosen-Zvi conducts a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the evil yetzer in classical rabbinic literature to explore the biblical and postbiblical search for the sources of human sinfulness. By examining the yetzer within a specific demonological tradition, Demonic Desires places the yetzer discourse in the larger context of a move toward psychologization in late antiquity, in which evil—and even demons—became internalized within the human psyche. The book discusses various manifestations of this move in patristic and monastic material, from Clement and Origin to Antony, Athanasius, and Evagrius. It concludes with a consideration of the broader implications of the yetzer discourse in rabbinic anthropology.