Talmudic Judaism in Sasanian Babylonia: essays and studies

The Babylonian Talmud as a historical document.--Archaeology and the study of Babylonian Judaism.--The religious uses of history.--The phenomenon of the rabbi.--The rabbi and the magus.--The rabbi and the Jewish community.--The rabbi and the exilarch.--How much Iranian in Jewish Babylonia?--Babyloni...

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Published in:Studies in Judaism in late antiquity from the 1. to the 7. century
Main Author: Neusner, Jacob 1932-2016 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Brill 1976
In: Studies in Judaism in late antiquity from the 1. to the 7. century (14)
Reviews:Neusner, Jacob, Talmudic Judaism in Sasanian Babylonia (1979) (Stemberger, Günter, 1940 -)
Series/Journal:Studies in Judaism in late antiquity from the 1. to the 7. century 14
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Babylonia / Talmud
B Babylonia / Judaism / History 200-400
B Babylonia / Judaism / History 224-642
B Sassaniden / Jews
B Babylonia / Jews
B Iran (Antiquity) / Jews
Further subjects:B Jews (Iraq) (Babylonia)
B Babylonia History
B Talmud Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Rabbis (Iraq) (Babylonia)
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Summary:The Babylonian Talmud as a historical document.--Archaeology and the study of Babylonian Judaism.--The religious uses of history.--The phenomenon of the rabbi.--The rabbi and the magus.--The rabbi and the Jewish community.--The rabbi and the exilarch.--How much Iranian in Jewish Babylonia?--Babylonian Jewry and Shapur II's persecution of Christianity from 339 to 379
ISBN:9004044531