The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture

Amsler, Monika (2023). The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781009297349

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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.

Item Type:	Book (Monograph)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Ancient History and Reception History of the Ancient World
UniBE Contributor:	Amsler, Monika Rosmarie
Subjects:	900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
ISBN:	9781009297349
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Funders:	[UNSPECIFIED] Schweizer Nationalfonds SNF
Projects:	Projects 0 not found.
Language:	English
Submitter:	Monika Rosmarie Amsler
Date Deposited:	08 Mar 2024 16:38
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2024 16:38
Publisher DOI:	10.1017/9781009297349
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/193902