The archaeology and material culture of the Babylonian Talmud / edited by Markham J. Geller.
Contributor(s): Geller, Markham J [editor.] | Institute of Jewish Studies (London, England)
Series: : v. 16.Publisher: Leiden : Brill, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: xii, 403 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004304888 (hardback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Talmud -- Evidences, authority, etc. -- Congresses | Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425 -- Congresses | Jews -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History -- Congresses | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Congresses | Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- CongressesDDC classification: 296.1/25009 LOC classification: BM177 | .A73 2015Summary: "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.Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Conference proceedings of the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.