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Migrating tales the Talmud's narratives and their historical context

Title
Migrating tales [electronic resource] : the Talmud's narratives and their historical context / Richard Kalmin.
Author
Kalmin, Richard Lee.
Publication
Oakland : University of California Press, [2014]

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Description
1 online resource (xxii, 282 pages) : map.
Uniform Title
Migrating tales (Online)
Alternative Title
Migrating tales (Online)
Subject
  • Talmud > Criticism, Narrative
  • Narration in rabbinical literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-267) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
"Manasseh sawed Isaiah with a saw of wood": an ancient legend in Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Persian sources -- R. Shimon bar Yohai meets St. Bartholomew: peripatetic traditions in late antique Judaism and Christianity East of Syria -- The miracle of the Septuagint in ancient rabbinic and Christian literature -- The demons in Solomon's Temple -- Zechariah and the bubbling blood: an ancient tradition in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim literature -- Pharisees -- Astrology -- The Alexander romance.
LCCN
2014002050
OCLC
ssj0001289331
Author
Kalmin, Richard Lee.
Title
Migrating tales [electronic resource] : the Talmud's narratives and their historical context / Richard Kalmin.
Imprint
Oakland : University of California Press, [2014]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-267) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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