The archaeology and material culture of the Babylonian Talmud / edited by Markham J. Geller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geller, Markham J., editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 16.

IJS studies in Judaica, Conference proceedings of the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1570-1581 ; volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Talmud--Evidences, authority, etc--Congresses.

Talmud.

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425--Congresses.

Judaism.

Jews--Iraq--Babylonia--History--Congresses.

Jews.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

History.

Israel.

Iraq.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 403 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Summary:

"The Babylonian Talmud remains the richest source of information regarding the material culture and lifestyle of the Babylonian Jewish community, with additional data now supplied by Babylonian incantation bowls. Although archaeology has yet to excavate any Jewish sites from Babylonia, information from Parthian and Sassanian Babylonia provides relevant background information, which differs substantially from archaeological finds from the Land of Israel. One of the key questions addresses the amount of traffic and general communications between Jewish Babylonia and Israel, considering the great distances and hardships of travel involved"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Land behind Ctesiphon: The Archaeology of Babylonia during the Period of the Babylonian Talmud / St John Simpson Simpson, St John 6

2 "Recycling Economies, When Efficient, are by Their Nature Invisible." A First Century Jewish Recycling Economy / Matthew Pouting Pouting, Matthew, Dan Levene Levene, Dan 39

3 The Cedar in Jewish Antiquity / Michael Stone Stone, Michael 66

4 Since When Do Women Go to Miqveh? Archaeological and Rabbinic Evidence / Tal Ilan Ilan, Tal 83

5 Rabbis in Incantation Bowls / Shaul Shaked Shaked, Shaul 97

6 Divorcing a Demon: Incantation Bowls and BT Gittin 8₅b / Siam Bhayro Bhayro, Siam 121

7 Lilith's Hair and Ashmedai's Horns: Incantation Bowl Imagery in the Light of Talmudic Descriptions / Naama Vilozny Vilozny, Naama 133

8 The Material World of Babylonia as Seen from Roman Palestine: Some Preliminary Observations / Yaron Z. Eliav Eliav, Yaron Z. 153

9 Travel between Palestine and Mesopotamia during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods: A Preliminary Study / Getzel Cohen (z"l) Cohen, Getzel, (z"l) 186

10 Shopping in Ctesiphon: A Lesson in Sasanian Commercial Practice / Yaakov Elman Elman, Yaakov 225

11 Substance and Fruit in the Sasanian Law of Property and the Babylonian Talmud / Maria Macuch Macuch, Maria 245

12 Rabbinic, Christian, and Local Calendars in Late Antique Babylonia: Influence and Shared Culture / Sacha Stern Stern, Sacha 260

13 'Manasseh Sawed Isaiah with a Saw of Wood:' An Ancient Legend in Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Persian Sources / Richard Kalmin Kalmin, Richard 289

14 Biblical 'Archaeology' and Babylonian Rabbis: On the Self-image of Jews in Sasanian Babylonia / Isaiah Gafni Gafni, Isaiah 319

15 Loanwords in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: Some Preliminary Observations / Theodore Kwasman Kwasman, Theodore 333

16 The Gymnasium at Babylon and Jerusalem / Markham J. Geller Geller, Markham J., D.T. Potts Potts, D.T. 387.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9004304886

9789004304888

OCLC:

916684785

Publisher Number:

99965515544