The Iranian Talmud: Locating the Bavli in the Sasanian Empire
The Iranian Talmud: Locating the Bavli in the Sasanian Empire
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, The Nathan and Jannette Miller Center, and The Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park Present:
The Iranian Talmud: Locating the Babylonian Talmud in the Sasanian Empire
Speaker: Professor Shai Secunda, Bard College
Structured as a commentary on the Mishnah - a legal work compiled in c. 200 CE Roman Palestine - the Babylonian Talmud is a product of the neighboring Sasanian Empire. How might locating theTalmud in its Sasanian context reorient the way we read this central Jewish text, and help us better understand Babylonian Jewry and its medieval and modern inheritors?
Shai Secunda is Jacob Neusner Associate Professor of Judaism at Bard College, where he teaches Judaism and Zoroastrianism in the Religion Department.
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