TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mokhtarian,Jason Sion
TI  - Rabbis, sorcerers, kings, and priests: the culture of the Talmud in ancient Iran 
SN  - 9780520961548
AV  - BM501 
U1  - 296.1/2506 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Talmud
KW  - Iranian influences
KW  - Influence iranienne
KW  - fast
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Talmudic period, 10-425
KW  - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 10-425 (Période talmudique)
KW  - 425-1789
KW  - 11.21 Jewish religious literature
KW  - bcl
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Medieval and early modern period
KW  - Talmudic period
KW  - Talmoed
KW  - gtt
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-258) and indexes; The sources and methods of Talmudic and Iranian studies -- Comparing Sasanian religions -- Rabbinic portrayals of Persians as others -- Rabbis and Sasanian kings in dialogue -- Rabbis and Zoroastrian priests in judicial settings -- Rabbis, sorcerers, and priests -- Conclusion : rabbis, sorcerers, kings, and priests in ancient Iran
N2  - "Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests brings into mutual fruition the fields of Talmudic Studies and Ancient Iranology, two historically distinct disciplines. Mokhtarian offers a revisionist history of the rabbis of late antique Persia who produced the Babylonian Talmud, perhaps the most important corpus in the Jewish sacred canon. While most research on the Talmud assumes that the rabbis were an insular group isolated from the cultural horizon outside of the rabbinic academies, this book contextualizes the rabbis and Talmud within a broader socio-cultural orbit by drawing from a wide range of sources from Sasanian Iran, including Middle Persian Zoroastrian literature, archaeological evidence, and the Jewish Aramaic magical bowls"--Provided by publisher
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