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The Archaeology and Material Culture of the Babylonian Talmud

By Markham J. Geller

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2015
ISBN
9789004304888, 9789004304895, 2015030276
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6722033 bytes)
Series
IJS Studies in Judaica, 16
Pages
403\415
Topic
History Archaeology
Time added
2023-01-26 22:24:19

Description

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.

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