Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud
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Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud

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Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud

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This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of striking parallels and connections between Christian monastic texts (the Apophthegmata Patrum or 'The Sayings of the Desert Fathers') and Babylonian Talmudic traditions. The importance of the monastic movement in the Persian Empire, during the time of the composition and redaction of the Babylonian Talmud, fostered a literary connection between the two religious populations. The shared literary elements in the literatures of these two elite religious communities sheds new light on the surprisingly inclusive nature of the Talmudic corpora and on the non-polemical nature of elite Jewish-Christian literary relations in late antique Persia.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1 Christianity in the Babylonian Talmud: An Introductory Discussion
  8. 2 Monasticism in the Persian Empire
  9. 3 The Apophthegmata Patrum and Rabbinic Literature: Form, Style, and Common Themes
  10. 4 The Apophthegmata Patrum and Rabbinic Literature: Narrative
  11. 5 The Making of a Monk-Rabbi: The Stories of R. Shimon bar Yo.ai in the Cave
  12. 6 Repentant Whore, Repentant Rabbi: The Story of Eleazar b. Dordya
  13. Conclusion
  14. Bibliography
  15. Subject Index
  16. Index of Sources