Introduction -- The Sea of Talmud and its shore : The Talmud and other Sasanian remains -- In the temple and synagogue : locating Jewish-Zoroastrian encounters in Sasanian Mesopotamia -- Constructing "them" : rabbinic and Zoroastrian discourses of the "other" -- Closer than they may appear : alternative descriptions of Sasanians and Zoroastrain priests in the Bavli -- In Iran : reading the Talmud in its Iranian context -- In lieu of a conclusion
Summary
This book reexamines the Babylonian Talmud - one of Judaism's most central texts - in the light of Persian literature and culture, providing an accessible overview to the vibrant world of pre-Islamic Iran that shaped the Bavli
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes
Print version record; title from online title page (ebrary, viewed November 3, 2013)
