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Author:   Markham J. Geller
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.765kg
ISBN:  

9789004304888

ISBN 10:   9004304886
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   13 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements The Contributors Introduction: The Archaeology and Material Culture of the Babylonian Talmud, Markum. J. Geller Land behind Ctesiphon: the Archaeology of Babylonia during the Period of the Babylonian Talmud, St John Simpson ‘Recycling economies, when efficient, are by their nature invisible.’ A First Century Jewish Recycling Economy, Matthew Ponting and Dan Levene The Cedar in Jewish Antiquity, Michael Stone Since when do Women go to Miqveh? Archaeological and Rabbinic Evidence, Tal Ilan Rabbis in Incantation Bowls, Shaul Shaked Divorcing a Demon: Incantation Bowls and BT Giṭṭin 85b, Siam Bhayro Lilith’s Hair and Ashmedai’s Horns: Incantation Bowl Imagery in the Light of Talmudic Descriptions, Naama Vilozny The Material World of Babylonia as seen from Roman Palestine: Some Preliminary Observations, Yaron Eliav Travel Between Palestine and Mesopotamia during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods: A Preliminary Study, Getzel Cohen (z’’l) Shopping in Ctesiphon: A Lesson in Sasanian Commercial Practice, Yaakov Elman Substance and Fruit in the Sasanian Law of Property and the Babylonian Talmud, Maria Macuch Rabbinic, Christian, and Local Calendars in Late Antique Babylonia: Influence and Shared Culture, Sacha Stern ‘Manasseh sawed Isaiah with a Saw of Wood:’ an Ancient Legend in Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Persian Sources, Richard Kalmin Biblical ‘Archaeology’ and Babylonian Rabbis: On the Self-Image of Jews in Sasanian Babylonia, Isaiah Gafni Loanwords in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: Some Preliminary Observations, Theodore Kwasman The Gymnasium at Babylon and Jerusalem, Markham J. Geller and D. T. Potts Index

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Markham J. Geller, Ph.D (1974), Brandeis University, is Professor of Semitic Languages and Director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London, currently on secondment to the Freie University Berlin as Professor für Wissensgeschichte. He is Principal Investigator of BabMed, an Advanced ERC Project.

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