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  1. Moses and Garšāsp, Ārdašīr and Herod
    narratives of the Babylonian Talmud in their Iranian context
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa, California

    "This book offers a comparative study between a number of Talmudic and Middle Persian narratives. The present work seeks first and foremost to examine Talmudic narratives in their Iranian context, and secondly to examine the Talmudic background of... more

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    "This book offers a comparative study between a number of Talmudic and Middle Persian narratives. The present work seeks first and foremost to examine Talmudic narratives in their Iranian context, and secondly to examine the Talmudic background of Iranian narratives where applicable. The first and second chapters will offer an analysis of the alteration of historical and biblical figures in the Bavli (the Babylonian Talmud) based on the influence of Iranian mythical and historical figures, while the third chapter will provide an account of how Iranists can learn from Talmudic studies. Here we suggest that a Talmudic narrative may have encouraged Zoroastrian priests to compose an extensive work of religious literature, namely the Ardā Wīrāz-nāmag, an idea which will be further explored in the appendix. The relationship between Iranian and Jewish materials in the Talmudic era is merely a piece of a larger puzzle, a piece that a number of scholars-such as Elman, Secunda, Mokhtarian, Her-man, Kiel, Kalmin, to name a few-have recently begun to focus on. By focusing on Talmudic narratives that have not yet been sufficiently examined for Iranian themes and ideas, this book represents a contribution towards piecing this puzzle together"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781568594033; 1568594038
    RVK Categories: BD 3650
    Series: Bibliotheca Iranica. Zoroastrian Studies Series ; no. 5
    Subjects: Narrativität; Erzählung; Textvergleich; Mittelpersisch
    Other subjects: Iran / Civilization / Jewish influences; Talmud / Iranian influences; Talmud / Criticism, Narrative; Talmud / Comparative studies; Zoroastrianism / Comparative studies; Persian literature / History and criticism; Judaism / Relations / Zoroastrianism; Zoroastrianism / Relations / Judaism; Talmud; Civilization / Jewish influences; Interfaith relations; Judaism; Persian literature; Zoroastrianism; Iran; Comparative studies; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: liv, 149 Seiten, Illustration
    Notes:

    Chapter 1. Ardaxšer ī Pābagān and Herod -- Chapter 2. Solomon and Jamšīd, Moses and Garšāsp -- Chapter 3. The world to come in Pahlavi literature and the Babylonian Talmud

  2. Moses and Garšāsp, Ārdašīr and Herod
    narratives of the Babylonian Talmud in their Iranian context
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa, California

    "This book offers a comparative study between a number of Talmudic and Middle Persian narratives. The present work seeks first and foremost to examine Talmudic narratives in their Iranian context, and secondly to examine the Talmudic background of... more

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    "This book offers a comparative study between a number of Talmudic and Middle Persian narratives. The present work seeks first and foremost to examine Talmudic narratives in their Iranian context, and secondly to examine the Talmudic background of Iranian narratives where applicable. The first and second chapters will offer an analysis of the alteration of historical and biblical figures in the Bavli (the Babylonian Talmud) based on the influence of Iranian mythical and historical figures, while the third chapter will provide an account of how Iranists can learn from Talmudic studies. Here we suggest that a Talmudic narrative may have encouraged Zoroastrian priests to compose an extensive work of religious literature, namely the Ardā Wīrāz-nāmag, an idea which will be further explored in the appendix. The relationship between Iranian and Jewish materials in the Talmudic era is merely a piece of a larger puzzle, a piece that a number of scholars-such as Elman, Secunda, Mokhtarian, Her-man, Kiel, Kalmin, to name a few-have recently begun to focus on. By focusing on Talmudic narratives that have not yet been sufficiently examined for Iranian themes and ideas, this book represents a contribution towards piecing this puzzle together"--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781568594033; 1568594038
    RVK Categories: BD 3650
    Series: Bibliotheca Iranica. Zoroastrian Studies Series ; no. 5
    Subjects: Narrativität; Erzählung; Textvergleich; Mittelpersisch
    Other subjects: Iran / Civilization / Jewish influences; Talmud / Iranian influences; Talmud / Criticism, Narrative; Talmud / Comparative studies; Zoroastrianism / Comparative studies; Persian literature / History and criticism; Judaism / Relations / Zoroastrianism; Zoroastrianism / Relations / Judaism; Talmud; Civilization / Jewish influences; Interfaith relations; Judaism; Persian literature; Zoroastrianism; Iran; Comparative studies; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: liv, 149 Seiten, Illustration
    Notes:

    Chapter 1. Ardaxšer ī Pābagān and Herod -- Chapter 2. Solomon and Jamšīd, Moses and Garšāsp -- Chapter 3. The world to come in Pahlavi literature and the Babylonian Talmud