Early Christian monastic literature and the Babylonian Talmud / Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegal, Michal Bar-Asher, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apophthegmata Patrum.

Talmud.

Monasticism and religious orders--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Early Christian Monastic Literature & the Babylonian Talmud

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of striking parallels and connections between Christian monastic texts (the Apophthegmata Patrum or 'The Sayings of the Desert Fathers') and Babylonian Talmudic traditions. The importance of the monastic movement in the Persian Empire, during the time of the composition and redaction of the Babylonian Talmud, fostered a literary connection between the two religious populations. The shared literary elements in the literatures of these two elite religious communities sheds new light on the surprisingly inclusive nature of the Talmudic corpora and on the non-polemical nature of elite Jewish-Christian literary relations in late antique Persia.

Contents:

Christianity in the Babylonian Talmud: an introductory discussion

Monasticism in the Persian Empire

The Apophthegmata Patrum and rabbinic literature: form, style, and common themes

The Apophthegmata Patrum and rabbinic literature: narrative

The making of a monk-rabbi: the stories of R. Shimon bar Yoḥai in the cave

Repentant whore, repentant rabbi: the story of Elazar b. Dordya.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-46091-3

1-139-89098-0

1-107-45910-9

1-107-47303-9

1-107-47199-0

1-107-46489-7

1-107-46839-6

1-139-14941-5

OCLC:

869735881