The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Monika Amsler, Switzerland) Amsler, Monika (Universitat Bern

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In this book, Monika Amsler explores the historical contexts in which the Babylonian Talmud was formed in an effort to determine whether it was the result of oral transmission. Scholars have posited that the rulings and stories we find in the Talmud were passed on from one generation to the next, each generation adding their opinions and interpretations of a given subject. Yet, such an oral formation process is unheard of in late antiquity. Moreover, the model exoticizes the Talmud and disregards the intellectual world of Sassanid Persia. Rather than taking the Talmud's discursive structure as a sign for orality, Amsler interrogates the intellectual and material prerequisites of composers of such complex works, and their education and methods of large-scale data management. She also traces and highlights the marks that their working methods inevitably left in the text. Detailing how intellectual innovation was generated, Amsler's book also sheds new light on the content of the Talmud. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-04-06
Mått158 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009297332

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'In this exceptional book, Monika Amsler offers a new account of the Babylonian Talmud that centers the material dimensions of information technology and textual organization in Mediterranean antiquity. Amsler integrates a capacious range of sources from throughout Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean, spanning roughly from the first to sixth centuries CE, in order to locate rabbinic knowledge production in a broader - and often neglected - context. Amsler demonstrates exceptional command of a wide range of sources and contexts, combined with a keen sensitivity to the material and social dimensions of late ancient knowledge. The result is no less than an insightful and innovative reconceptualization of rabbinic literature.' Jeremiah Coogan, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, CA