Reading the Bavli in Iran

Recently, scholars have begun to reexamine the Babylonian Talmud in light of its Sasanian Iranian context A fair number of parallels have thus far been adduced and analyzed. However, there has been relatively little theoretical discussion regarding the implications of contextualizing the Bavli. This...

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Autore principale: Secunda, Shai (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Penn Press 2010
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Anno: 2010, Volume: 100, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 310-342
Altre parole chiave:B Babylonian Talmud
B Middle Persian
B Sasanian Iran
B Zoroastrianism
B Disputations
B Dualism
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Riepilogo:Recently, scholars have begun to reexamine the Babylonian Talmud in light of its Sasanian Iranian context A fair number of parallels have thus far been adduced and analyzed. However, there has been relatively little theoretical discussion regarding the implications of contextualizing the Bavli. This article articulates one methodological problem by, on the one hand emphasizing both the Bavli's apparent insularity from non-Jewish Sasanian literature and its indeptedness to Palestinian rabbinic Judaism, and on the other hand, by describing the dynamanism of Sasanian cultures of religious learning which flourished within roughly the same time and space. By analyzing the Bavli's discussions of "anatomical dualism" at Sanhedrin 38b-39a, this paper advances a method of interpretation which highlights the Bavli's own processes of reading Roman Palestinian rabbinic texts in a Sasanian Babylonian context.
ISSN:1553-0604
Comprende:Enthalten in: The Jewish quarterly review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/jqr.0.0081