LEADER 04592nam 2200901 450 001 9910814301203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-96154-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520961548 035 $a(CKB)3710000000461309 035 $a(EBL)1974903 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001531210 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12647798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001531210 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11533136 035 $a(PQKB)11178535 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001370984 035 $a(OCoLC)917889000 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47181 035 $a(DE-B1597)520397 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520961548 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1974903 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11088071 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL821176 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1974903 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000461309 100 $a20150822h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRabbis, sorcerers, kings, and priests $ethe culture of the Talmud in ancient Iran /$fJason Sion Mokhtarian 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-28620-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAbbreviations --$tNote on Translations, Transcriptions, and Manuscripts --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Sources and Methods of Talmudic and Iranian Studies --$t2. Comparing Sasanian Religions --$t3. Rabbinic Portrayals of Persians as Others --$t4. Rabbis and Sasanian Kings in Dialogue --$t5. Rabbis and Zoroastrian Priests in Judicial Settings --$t6. Rabbis, Sorcerers, and Priests --$tConclusion. Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests in Sasanian Iran --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tSource Index --$tGeneral Index 330 $aRabbis, 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. 606 $aJudaism$xHistory$yTalmudic period, 10-425 606 $aJudaism$xHistory$yMedieval and early modern period, 425-1789 610 $aancient iranology. 610 $aancient syncretism. 610 $aaramaic magical bowl spells. 610 $ababylonian talmud. 610 $acomparative religion. 610 $aearly modern judaism. 610 $agod and religion. 610 $airanian studies. 610 $ajewish history. 610 $ajewish studies. 610 $ajudaism. 610 $amiddle persian zoroastrianism. 610 $apersia. 610 $apersian imperial society. 610 $apersian others. 610 $apersian syncretism. 610 $asacred jewish texts. 610 $asasanian empire. 610 $asasanian kings. 610 $asasanian religions. 610 $atalmud. 610 $atalmudic studies. 610 $atalmudic study. 610 $azoroastrian priests. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 676 $a296.1/2506 700 $aMokhtarian$b Jason Sion$f1978-$01686540 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814301203321 996 $aRabbis, sorcerers, kings, and priests$94059459 997 $aUNINA