Jewish Babylonia Between Persia And Roman Palestine
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Jewish Babylonia Between Persia And Roman Palestine
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Author : Richard Kalmin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-10-26
Jewish Babylonia Between Persia And Roman Palestine written by Richard Kalmin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-26 with Bibles categories.
The Babylonian Talmud was compiled in the third through sixth centuries CE, by rabbis living under Sasanian Persian rule in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. What kind of society did these rabbis inhabit? What effect did that society have on important rabbinic texts? In this book Richard Kalmin offers a thorough reexamination of rabbinic culture of late antique Babylonia. He shows how this culture was shaped in part by Persia on the one hand, and by Roman Palestine on the other. The mid fourth century CE in Jewish Babylonia was a period of particularly intense "Palestinianization," at the same time that the Mesopotamian and east Persian Christian communities were undergoing a period of intense "Syrianization." Kalmin argues that these closely related processes were accelerated by third-century Persian conquests deep into Roman territory, which resulted in the resettlement of thousands of Christian and Jewish inhabitants of the eastern Roman provinces in Persian Mesopotamia, eastern Syria, and western Persia, profoundly altering the cultural landscape for centuries to come. Kalmin also offers new interpretations of several fascinating rabbinic texts of late antiquity. He shows how they have often been misunderstood by historians who lack attentiveness to the role of anonymous editors in glossing or emending earlier texts and who insist on attributing these texts to sixth century editors rather than to storytellers and editors of earlier centuries who introduced changes into the texts they learned and transmitted. He also demonstrates how Babylonian rabbis interacted with the non-rabbinic Jewish world, often in the form of the incorporation of centuries-old non-rabbinic Jewish texts into the developing Talmud, rather than via the encounter with actual non-rabbinic Jews in the streets and marketplaces of Babylonia. Most of these texts were "domesticated" prior to their inclusion in the Babylonian Talmud, which was generally accomplished by means of the rabbinization of the non-rabbinic texts. Rabbis transformed a story's protagonists into rabbis rather than kings or priests, or portrayed them studying Torah rather than engaging in other activities, since Torah study was viewed by them as the most important, perhaps the only important, human activity. Kalmin's arguments shed new light on rabbinic Judaism in late antique society. This book will be invaluable to any student or scholar of this period.
Jewish Babylonia Between Persia And Roman Palestine
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Author : Richard Lee Kalmin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014-05-14
Jewish Babylonia Between Persia And Roman Palestine written by Richard Lee Kalmin and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with History categories.
'The Babylonian Talmud' is the most important text of Rabbinic Judaism. This book probes the fault lines between Palestinian and Babylonian sources, and demonstrates how the differences between them reflect the divergent social attitudes of these two societies.
Migrating Tales
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Author : Richard Kalmin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2021-05-25
Migrating Tales written by Richard Kalmin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-25 with History categories.
Migrating Tales situates the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, in its cultural context by reading several rich rabbinic stories against the background of Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, and Mesopotamian literature of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, much of it Christian in origin. In this nuanced work, Richard Kalmin argues that non-Jewish literature deriving from the eastern Roman provinces is a crucially important key to interpreting Babylonian rabbinic literature, to a degree unimagined by earlier scholars. Kalmin demonstrates the extent to which rabbinic Babylonia was part of the Mediterranean world of late antiquity and part of the emerging but never fully realized cultural unity forming during this period in Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, and western Persia. Kalmin recognizes that the Bavli contains remarkable diversity, incorporating motifs derived from the cultures of contemporaneous religious and social groups. Looking closely at the intimate relationship between narratives of the Bavli and of the Christian Roman Empire, Migrating Tales brings the history of Judaism and Jewish culture into the ambit of the ancient world as a whole.
Jewish Babylonia Between Persia And Roman Palestine
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Author : Richard Kalmin
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2006-10-26
Jewish Babylonia Between Persia And Roman Palestine written by Richard Kalmin and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-26 with Bibles categories.
"In this book Richard Kalmin offers a thorough reexamination of rabbinic culture in late antique Babylonia. He shows how this culture was shaped in part by Persia on the one hand and by Roman Palestine on the other. Kalmin also offers new interpretations of several rabbinic texts of late antiquity."--BOOK JACKET.
A History Of The Jews In Babylonia
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1969
A History Of The Jews In Babylonia written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Babylon (Extinct city) categories.
A Companion To Late Ancient Jews And Judaism
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Author : Gwynn Kessler
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-03-26
A Companion To Late Ancient Jews And Judaism written by Gwynn Kessler and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-26 with History categories.
An innovative approach to the study of ten centuries of Jewish culture and history A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism explores the Jewish people, their communities, and various manifestations of their religious and cultural expressions from the third century BCE to the seventh century CE. Presenting a collection of 30 original essays written by noted scholars in the field, this companion provides an expansive examination of ancient Jewish life, identity, gender, sacred and domestic spaces, literature, language, and theological questions throughout late ancient Jewish history and historiography. Editors Gwynn Kessler and Naomi Koltun-Fromm situate the volume within Late Antiquity, enabling readers to rethink traditional chronological, geographic, and political boundaries. The Companion incorporates a broad methodology, drawing from social history, material history and culture, and literary studies to consider the diverse forms and facets of Jews and Judaism within multiple contexts of place, culture, and history. Divided into five parts, thematically-organized essays discuss topics including the spaces where Jews lived, worked, and worshiped, Jewish languages and literatures, ethnicities and identities, and questions about gender and the body central to Jewish culture and Judaism. Offering original scholarship and fresh insights on late ancient Jewish history and culture, this unique volume: Offers a one-volume exploration of “second temple,” “Greco-Roman,” and “rabbinic” periods and sources Explores Jewish life across most of the geographic places where Jews or Judaeans were known to have lived Features original maps of areas cited in every essay, including maps of Jewish settlement throughout Late Antiquity Includes an outline of major historical events, further readings, and full references A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism: 3rd Century BCE - 7th Century CE is a valuable resource for students, instructors, and scholars of Jewish studies, religion, literature, and ethnic identity, as well as general readers with interest in Jewish history, world religions, Classics, and Late Antiquity.
History Of The Jews In Babylonia
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1966-06-01
History Of The Jews In Babylonia written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966-06-01 with History categories.
Jewish Travel In Antiquity
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Author : Catherine Hezser
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 2011
Jewish Travel In Antiquity written by Catherine Hezser and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Eretz Israel categories.
This book provides the first comprehensive study of Jewish travel and mobility in Hellenistic and Roman times, based on a critical analysis of Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and early Christian literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources and a social-historical evaluation of the material. Catherine Hezser shows that certain segments of ancient Jewish society were quite mobile. Mobility seems to have increased in the later Roman period, when an extensive road system facilitated travel within the province of Syria-Palestine and the neighbouring Middle Eastern regions. Second Temple Judaism was centralized, with Jerusalem as its central space and seat of priestly authority. In post-70 rabbinic Judaism, on the other hand, connections between rabbis could be established through mutual visits and second- and third-degree contacts only. Mobility formed the basis of the establishment of a decentralized rabbinic network in Palestine and Babylonia in late antiquity. Numerous narrative and halakhic traditions indicate the importance of mobility for communication and the exchange of knowledge amongst rabbis. It is argued that the rabbis who were most mobile sat at the nodal points of the rabbinic network and elicited the largest amount of influence. They would have combined business travel with scholarly exchange. Scholars' journeys between Palestine and Babylonia are viewed within the wider context of Rome and Persia's economic and cultural exchange in which Jews, just like Christians, may have played the role of intermediaries.
A History Of The Jews In Babylonia Later Sasanian Times
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
A History Of The Jews In Babylonia Later Sasanian Times written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Jews categories.
A History Of The Jews In Babylonia 1 5
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1984
A History Of The Jews In Babylonia 1 5 written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Jews categories.