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Judaism and Zoroastrianism at the Dusk of Late Antiquity: How Two Ancient Faiths Wrote Down Their Great Traditions »

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Authors: Jacob Neusner
ISBN-13: 9781555408893, ISBN-10: 1555408893
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of South Florida
Date Published: September 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Jacob Neusner

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Table of Contents

Preface
1Judaism and Zoroastrianism at the Dusk of Late Antiquity1
2Writing Down the Great Tradition17
3The Bavli: Form and Program. A Sample33
Pt. 1The Pahlavi Rivayat of Aturfarnbag and the Talmud
4The Pahlavi Rivayat of Aturfarnbag and the Bavli: Description and Comparison53
5Episodic Comparisons: The Family87
IExercising the Right of Refusal89
IIWhen Equal Shares in an Inheritance Have Been Guaranteed94
IIIDisposing of an Inheritance of Thievery98
6Episodic Comparisons: The Social Order105
IRelations to the Outside World106
IIOaths Imposed on Children in Connection with the Father's Estate's Debts113
IIICan One Transfer Ownership of What Has Not Yet Come into Existence?116
IVSome Preliminary Generalizations122
Pt. 2The Pahlavi Rivayat Accompanying the Dadestan I Denig and the Talmud
7The Pahlavi Rivayat Accompanying the Dadestan i Denig: Form and Program Compared to the Bavli127
8Episodic Comparisons143
IThe Transmission of Uncleanness143
IIMaster-Disciple Relationships145
IIIFather-Son or Master-Disciple Relationships149
IVHusband-Wife Relationships: The Wife's Perfect Obedience152
VCommercial Relationships: True Value156
VIThe Relationship between Zoroaster and God, and between Our Sages of Blessed Memory and God159
Pt. 3Perspective on the Great Traditions
9Ways of Writing Down Great Traditions in Israel and Iran165
I[1] The Rule Unadorned, [2] the Rule Attached to a Myth, and [3] the Rule Joined to Its Reason: The Three Types of Re-Presenting Great Tradition in Late Antique Iran and Israel165
IIMyth and Rule in the Rivayats and in the Torah (Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy). The Mishnah168
IIIThe Rule and Its Amplification in the Yerushalmi170
IVThe Rule and Its Reason in the Bavli177
VThe Bavli's Definition of Tradition191
Index193

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