The archaeology and material culture of the Babylonian Talmud
"The Babylonian Talmud remains the richest source of information regarding the material culture and lifestyle of the Babylonian Jewish community, with additional data now supplied by Babylonian incantation bowls. Although archaeology has yet to excavate any Jewish sites from Babylonia, informat...
| Published in: | IJS studies in Judaica |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2015]
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| In: |
IJS studies in Judaica (volume 16)
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| Series/Journal: | IJS studies in Judaica
volume 16 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Talmûd bavlî
/ Archaeology
/ Material popular culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Talmud
Criticism, interpretation, etc Congresses
B Conference program 2009 (London) B Jews (Iraq) (Babylonia) History Congresses B Excavations (archaeology) (Israel) Congresses B Talmud Evidences, authority, etc Congresses B Judaism History Talmudic period, 10-425 Congresses |
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| Summary: | "The Babylonian Talmud remains the richest source of information regarding the material culture and lifestyle of the Babylonian Jewish community, with additional data now supplied by Babylonian incantation bowls. Although archaeology has yet to excavate any Jewish sites from Babylonia, information from Parthian and Sassanian Babylonia provides relevant background information, which differs substantially from archaeological finds from the Land of Israel. One of the key questions addresses the amount of traffic and general communications between Jewish Babylonia and Israel, considering the great distances and hardships of travel involved"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben und Index Lectures at an Institute of Jewish Studies Conference at UCL on "Talmudic Archaeology", 22-24 June, 2009 "The papers in the present volume were originally given as lectures at an Institute of Jewish Studies Conference at UCL on 'Talmudic Archaeology', 22-24 June, 2009 |
| ISBN: | 9004304886 |