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Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians : Religious Dynamics in a Sasanian Context.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Judaism in ContextPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (325 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781463202507
  • 9781463224547
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200.955/09015 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2270 .J49 2015
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Political Theology And Religious Diversity In The Sasanian Empire -- Another ‘Split Diaspora’? How Knowledgeable (Or Ignorant) Were Babylonian Jews About Roman Palestine And Its Jews? -- Antizoroastrische Polemik In Den Syro-Persischen Märtyrerakten -- The Last Years Of Yazdgird I And The Christians -- To Convert A Persian And Teach Him The Holy Scriptures: A Zoroastrian Proselyte In Rabbinic And Syriac Christian Narratives -- The Cologne Mani Codex And The Life Of Zarathushtra -- Dynamics Of Christian Acculturation In The Sasanian Empire: Some Iranian Motifs In The Cave Of Treasures -- Zechariah And The Bubbling Blood: An Ancient Tradition In Jewish, Christian, And Muslim Literature -- Bibliography -- List Of Contributors -- Index
Summary: The Sasanian Empire was home to many religious communities. It was also a place of meeting and transformation. The studies in this volume encompass a diverse array of topics concerning these religious communities inhabiting the Sasanian Empire. Some include the Roman East in their deliberations. Most, however, deal with the interaction of one or other religious community based in the Sasanian Empire with the dominant religion of the empire, Zoroastrianism.
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Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Political Theology And Religious Diversity In The Sasanian Empire -- Another ‘Split Diaspora’? How Knowledgeable (Or Ignorant) Were Babylonian Jews About Roman Palestine And Its Jews? -- Antizoroastrische Polemik In Den Syro-Persischen Märtyrerakten -- The Last Years Of Yazdgird I And The Christians -- To Convert A Persian And Teach Him The Holy Scriptures: A Zoroastrian Proselyte In Rabbinic And Syriac Christian Narratives -- The Cologne Mani Codex And The Life Of Zarathushtra -- Dynamics Of Christian Acculturation In The Sasanian Empire: Some Iranian Motifs In The Cave Of Treasures -- Zechariah And The Bubbling Blood: An Ancient Tradition In Jewish, Christian, And Muslim Literature -- Bibliography -- List Of Contributors -- Index

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The Sasanian Empire was home to many religious communities. It was also a place of meeting and transformation. The studies in this volume encompass a diverse array of topics concerning these religious communities inhabiting the Sasanian Empire. Some include the Roman East in their deliberations. Most, however, deal with the interaction of one or other religious community based in the Sasanian Empire with the dominant religion of the empire, Zoroastrianism.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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