The Talmud in its Iranian Context PDF
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Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum 1 lerausgegeben von / Hdited by Peter Schafer (Princeton, NJ) Annette Y. Reed (Philadelphia, PA) Seth Schwartz (New York, NY) Azzan Yadin (New Brunswick, NJ) 135 The Talmud in Tts Iranian Context Edited by Carol Bakhos and M. Rahim Shayegan Mohr Siebeck To om׳ Teachers Richard Kalmin and Pr ods Oktor Skjcen and to Yaakov Elman Carol Bakhos is Associate Professor of Late Antique Judaism at UCLA. M. Rahim Shayegan is Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies at UCLA. ISBN 978-3-16-150187-6 ISSN 0721-8753 (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism) Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbiblio- graphie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. ©2010 by Mohr Siebeck Tubingen. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that permitted by copyright law) without the publisher’s written permission. This applies particularly to reproductions, translations, microfilms and storage and processing in electronic systems. The book was printed by Gulde-Druck in Tubingen on non-aging paper and bound by GroBbuchbinderei Spinner in Ottersweier. Printed in Germany. Acknowledgments Wc are gratefi.il to our colleagues who have contributed to this volume and have patiently endured the painstaking process of publishing an edited vol- ume. We also ovve a debt of thanks to other colleagues who partook in the conference as moderators and respondents; these are: Aryeh Cohen, Touraj Daryaee, Steven Fraade, Isaiah Gafni, Clarisse Herrenschmidt, Gail Labo- vitz, Dvora Weisberg, and Hossein Ziai. We are also grateful to the staff of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, Vivian Holenbeck and David Wu, and to the Center’s brilliant Director, David Myers, who graciously gave of their time and resources to making the event a success. We would like to acknowledge the unstinting generosity of the Sabi Fam- ily and the Musa Sabi Chair of Iranian (2004-2009) that made this event possible. We are deeply indebted to Arieh Saposnik for his generous help, Carlene Demiany, our assistant editor, who gave enormous time and energy to this project, as well as Ilana Grinblat and Candice Levy who provided invaluable support at the final stages of publication. Wc also would like to thank Hen- ning Ziebritzki and Tanja Mix from Mohr Siebeck for their assistance throughout the publication process. Finally, we would like to dedicate this volume to our teachers, Richard Kalmin and Prods Oktor Skjærvø, and to Yaakov Elman. Carol Bakhos M. Rahim Shayegan Table of Contents Acknowlcdgments.............................................................................................. VII List of Abbreviations......................................................................................... XI Introduction......................................................................................................... XIII A Generation of Talmudic Studies David Goodblatt............................................................................................................... 1 Toward an Intellectual History of Sasanian Law: An Intergenerational Dispute in Hérbedestm1 9 and Its Rabbinic and Roman Parallels Yaakov Elm a n ......................................................................: ......................................... 21 Persia in Light of the Babylonian Talmud: Echoes of Contemporary Society and Politics: havgbed and bidaxs Geoffrey Herman............................................................................................................... 58 Talmudic Attitudes Toward Dream Interpreters: Preliminary Thoughts on Their Iranian Cultural Context Richard Kalmin .................................................................................................................. 83 Allusions to Sasanian Law in the Babylonian Talmud Maria Macuch ...................................................................................................................... 100 The Iranian Context of the Babylonian Talmud Jason Sion Mokhtarian ............................................................................................... 112 The Sasanian ‘Stam Orality and the Composition of Babylonian Rabbinic and Zoroastrian Legal Literature ShaiSecunda ......................................................................................................................... 140 “No Talking During a Meal”: Zoroastrian Themes in the Babylonian Talmud ShaulShaked......................................................................................................................... I6l
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