The Talmud's Red Fence: Menstrual Impurity And Difference In Babylonian Judaism And Its Sasanian Context
Awards:   Winner of Finalist, 2022 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History and Culture in Antiquity.
Author:   Shai Secunda (Jacob Neusner Professor of Jewish Studies, Jacob Neusner Professor of Jewish Studies, Bard College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 June 2020
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The Talmud's Red Fence: Menstrual Impurity And Difference In Babylonian Judaism And Its Sasanian Context


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  • Winner of Finalist, 2022 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History and Culture in Antiquity.

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Author:   Shai Secunda (Jacob Neusner Professor of Jewish Studies, Jacob Neusner Professor of Jewish Studies, Bard College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780198856825


ISBN 10:   0198856822
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface: Reading Nidah in its Sasanian Context 1. Like a Hedge of Lilies: Menstruation and Difference in the Iranian Talmud 2. Lifeblood and Deathblood: The Physiology, Etiology, and Demonology of Menstruation in Sasanian Judaism and Zoroastrianism 3. Impure Gates: Menstruation and Identity in Sasanian Religious Life 4. The Sasanian Queen-mother and Her Bloodstains: Talmudic Menstrual Purity and Competing Ritual Systems 5. Inside-out and Outside-in: The Segregation of Menstruants in the Talmud and its Sasanian Context 6. She Counts for Herself: Peering Beyond the Talmudic Discourse of Menstrual Impurity Conclusion: Nidah: An Enduring Difference

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Secunda's Irano-talmudic research breathes new life into the way we study rabbinic literature, with potential for expanding our understanding of the Babylonian Talmud (Bavli) in comparison to corpora such as the Mishnah and the Jerusalem Talmud (Yerushalmi) redacted by Jews in the Land of Israel in a Greco-Roman context. * Marjorie Lehman, Jewish Theological Seminary *


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Shai Secunda is Jacob Neusner Chair in Jewish Studies at Bard College, USA, where he directs the Religious Studies program.

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