RT Book
T1 Moses and Garšāsp, Ārdašīr and Herod: narratives of the Babylonian Talmud in their Iranian context
T2 Bibliotheca Iranica Zoroastrian studies series
A1 Ehsani Chombeli, Azadeh
LA English
PP Costa Mesa, California
PB Mazda Publishers
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1694228258
AB Chapter 1. Ardaxšer ī Pābagān and Herod -- Chapter 2. Solomon and Jamšīd, Moses and Garšāsp -- Chapter 3. The world to come in Pahlavi literature and the Babylonian Talmud.
AB "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"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BM537
SN 9781568594033
K1 Talmud : Iranian influences
K1 Talmud : Criticism, Narrative
K1 Talmud : Comparative studies
K1 Zoroastrianism : Comparative studies
K1 Persian literature : History and criticism
K1 Judaism : Relations : Zoroastrianism
K1 Zoroastrianism : Relations : Judaism
K1 Iran : Civilization : Jewish influences