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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geller, Markham J., editor.

Series:

IJS studies in Judaica ; volume 16.

IJS studies in Judaica, 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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

English

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:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: The Archaeology and Material Culture of the Babylonian Talmud / Markham J. Geller

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

2 “Recycling Economies, When Efficient, are by Their Nature Invisible.” A First Century Jewish Recycling Economy / Matthew Ponting and Dan Levene

3 The Cedar in Jewish Antiquity / Michael Stone

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

5 Rabbis in Incantation Bowls / Shaul Shaked

6 Divorcing a Demon: Incantation Bowls and bt Giṭṭin 85b / Siam Bhayro

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

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

9 Travel between Palestine and Mesopotamia during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods: A Preliminary Study / Getzel Cohen

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

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

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

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

14 Biblical ‘Archaeology’ and Babylonian Rabbis: On the Self-Image of Jews in Sasanian Babylonia / Isaiah Gafni

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

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

Index.

Notes:

Conference proceedings of the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30489-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004304895 DOI