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Early Christian monastic literature and the Babylonian Talmud / Michal Bar-Asher Siegal.
Van Pelt Library BR195.M65 S544 2013
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siegal, Michal Bar-Asher, 1979- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monasticism and religious orders--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- History.
- Monasticism and religious orders--Early church.
- Apophthegmata Patrum.
- Talmud.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- Judaism.
- Relations.
- Christianity.
- Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 236 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Christianity in the Babylonian Talmud: an introductory discussion; 2. Monasticism in the Persian Empire; 3. Common themes in the Apophthegmata Patrum and rabbinic literature: form, style, and themes; 4. Common themes in the Apophthegmata Patrum and rabbinic literature: narrative; 5. The making of a monk-rabbi: the stories of R. Shimon bar Yohai in the cave; 6. Repentant whore, repentant rabbi: the story of Elazar B. Dordya; Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107023017
- 1107023017
- OCLC:
- 843124151
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