The Iranian Talmud: Reading the Bavli in Its Sasanian Context

The Iranian Talmud: Reading the Bavli in Its Sasanian Context

written by Shai Secunda, fl. 2014, in Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014, originally published 2014), 273 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
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.
Field of Interest
Religion & Thought
Author
Shai Secunda, fl. 2014
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013, by University of Pennsylvania Press
Content Type
General reference book
Duration
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Format
Text
Original Publication Date
2014
Page Count
273
Publication Year
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Place Published / Released
Philadelphia, PA
Subject
Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Canonical and Sacred Texts, النصوص الكنسية والمقدسية, Textes sacrés et canoniques, Kanonische und heilige Texte, טקסטים קנוניים ומקודשים, Textos Canónicos y Sagrados, Textos Canônicos e Sagrados, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Spiritual Reading, Judaism, Talmud, Iranians
Series / Program
Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Keywords and Translated Subjects
النصوص الكنسية والمقدسية, Textes sacrés et canoniques, Kanonische und heilige Texte, טקסטים קנוניים ומקודשים, Textos Canónicos y Sagrados, Textos Canônicos e Sagrados

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