This series delves into the rich landscape of late ancient religion, offering fresh perspectives on its complexity and diversity. It examines how texts and practices were reread and reinterpreted during a period of profound cultural and religious transformation. Each volume presents original scholarship that illuminates the dynamic interactions between various religious currents and intellectual traditions. Readers will find thought-provoking analyses that deepen our understanding of this pivotal era.
The Iranian Talmud reexamines the Babylonian Talmud-one of Judaism's most central texts-in the light of Persian literature and culture, providing an unprecedented and accessible overview to the vibrant world of pre-Islamic Iran that shaped the Bavli.
Focusing on the shared vocabulary of images and ideas with which late ancient Christians and Muslims imagined the past, present, and future, this book seeks to understand why violent expressions of religious devotion became central to the self-understandings of Christian and Muslim communities between the fourth and ninth centuries.