The fatal chamber pot and the idol of Pe?or - covert anti-Zoroastrian polemic in the Bavli?

Through the analysis of five aggadic traditions in the Bavli and Palestinian parallels, the article explores intercultural exchange between Babylonian rabbinic Jews and Zoroastrian Persians relating to ritual impurity, most specifically the impurity of excrement. While current research on such inter...

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Main Author: Polzer, Natalie C. 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Liverpool University Press [2016]
In: Journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 267-290
Further subjects:B Iranians
B Assyro-Babylonian religion
B Periodicals
B Zoroastrianism
B Byzantine Empire
B Jewish Studies
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)