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"The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity" explores the social
position of rabbis in Palestinian (Roman) and Babylonian (Persian)
society from the period of the fall of the Temple to late
antiquity. Author Richard Kalmin argues that ancient rabbinic
sources depict comparable differences between Palestinian and
Babylonian rabbinic relationships with non-Rabbis." The Sage in
Jewish Society of Late Antiquity" provides a cultured and
stimulating analysis of the role of the sage in late antiquity and
sheds new light on rabbinic comments on such diverse topics as
biblical heroes and genealogy and lineage.
"The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity" explores the social
position of rabbis in Palestinian (Roman) and Babylonian (Persian)
society from the period of the fall of the Temple to late
antiquity. Author Richard Kalmin argues that ancient rabbinic
sources depict comparable differences between Palestinian and
Babylonian rabbinic relationships with non-Rabbis." The Sage in
Jewish Society of Late Antiquity" provides a cultured and
stimulating analysis of the role of the sage in late antiquity and
sheds new light on rabbinic comments on such diverse topics as
biblical heroes and genealogy and lineage.
"Migrating Tales" situates the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, in its
cultural context by reading several rich rabbinic stories against
the background of Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, and Mesopotamian
literature of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, much of it
Christian in origin. In this nuanced work, Richard Kalmin argues
that non-Jewish literature deriving from the eastern Roman
provinces is a crucially important key to interpreting Babylonian
rabbinic literature, to a degree unimagined by earlier scholars.
Kalmin demonstrates the extent to which rabbinic Babylonia was part
of the Mediterranean world of late antiquity and part of the
emerging but never fully realized cultural unity forming during
this period in Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, and western Persia.
Kalmin recognizes that the Bavli contains remarkable diversity,
incorporating motifs derived from the cultures of contemporaneous
religious and social groups. Looking closely at the intimate
relationship between narratives of the Bavli and of the Christian
Roman Empire, "Migrating Tales" brings the history of Judaism and
Jewish culture into the ambit of the ancient world as a whole.
Migrating Tales situates the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, in its
cultural context by reading several rich rabbinic stories against
the background of Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, and Mesopotamian
literature of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, much of it
Christian in origin. In this nuanced work, Richard Kalmin argues
that non-Jewish literature deriving from the eastern Roman
provinces is a crucially important key to interpreting Babylonian
rabbinic literature, to a degree unimagined by earlier scholars.
Kalmin demonstrates the extent to which rabbinic Babylonia was part
of the Mediterranean world of late antiquity and part of the
emerging but never fully realized cultural unity forming during
this period in Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, and western Persia.
Kalmin recognizes that the Bavli contains remarkable diversity,
incorporating motifs derived from the cultures of contemporaneous
religious and social groups. Looking closely at the intimate
relationship between narratives of the Bavli and of the Christian
Roman Empire, Migrating Tales brings the history of Judaism and
Jewish culture into the ambit of the ancient world as a whole.
The Talmud is the repository of thousands of years of Jewish
wisdom. It is a conglomerate of law, legend, and philosophy, a
blend of unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of history and
science, of anecdotes and humor. Unfortunately, its sometimes
complex subject matter often seems irrelevant in today's world. In
this edited volume, sixteen eminent North American and Israeli
scholars from several schools of Jewish thought grapple with the
text and tradition of Talmud, talking personally about their own
reasons for studying it. Each of these scholars and teachers
believes that Talmud is indispensible to any serious study of
modern Judaism and so each essay challenges the reader to engage in
his or her own individual journey of discovery. The diverse
feminist, rabbinic, educational, and philosophical approaches in
this collection are as varied as the contributors' experiences.
Their essays are accessible, personal accounts of their individual
discovery of the Talmud, reflecting the vitality and profundity of
modern religious thought and experience.
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