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Overview"Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests examines the impact of the Persian Sasanian context on the Babylonian Talmud, perhaps the most important corpus in the Jewish sacred canon. What impact did the Persian Zoroastrian Empire, as both a real historical force and an imaginary interlocutor, have on rabbinic identity and authority as expressed in the Talmud? Drawing from the field of comparative religion, Jason Sion Mokhtarian addresses this question by bringing into mutual fruition Talmudic studies and ancient Iranology, two historically distinct disciplines. Whereas most research on the Talmud assumes that the rabbis were an insular group isolated from the cultural horizon outside their academies, this book contextualizes the rabbis and the Talmud within a broader sociocultural orbit by drawing from a wide range of sources from Sasanian Iran, including Middle Persian Zoroastrian literature, archaeological data such as seals and inscriptions, and the Aramaic magical bowl spells. Mokhtarian also includes a detailed examination of the Talmud's dozens of texts that portray three Persian ""others"": the Persians, the Sasanian kings, and the Zoroastrian priests. This book skillfully engages and demonstrates the rich penetration of Persian imperial society and culture on the Jews of late antique Iran." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jason Sion MokhtarianPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520385726ISBN 10: 0520385721 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 02 November 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Note on Translations, Transcriptions, and Manuscripts Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Sources and Methods of Talmudic and Iranian Studies 2. Comparing Sasanian Religions 3. Rabbinic Portrayals of Persians as Others 4. Rabbis and Sasanian Kings in Dialogue 5. Rabbis and Zoroastrian Priests in Judicial Settings 6. Rabbis, Sorcerers, and Priests Conclusion: Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests in Sasanian Iran Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsRecommended for scholars and students of both Jewish and Iranian literature. * Theologische Literaturzeitung * Author InformationJason Sion Mokhtarian is Associate Professor and Herbert and Stephanie Neuman Chair in Hebrew and Jewish Literature at Cornell University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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