Although the Babylonian Talmud, or Bavli, has been a text central and vital to the Jewish canon since the Middle Ages, the context in which it was produced has been poorly understood….
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The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran
Mokhtarian, Jason Sion. 2015. Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran. Berkeley. University of California Press. Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests examines the impact of the…
A Textual and Historico-Religious Analysis
Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag, a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities, this book explores the spiritual principles and physical realities associated with them. Introducing the book is…
Dating, Definition and Distribution
A specialist workshop at The British Museum Organised by Seth Priestman & St John SimpsonDepartment of the Ancient Near EastThe British Museum The purpose of this workshop was to discuss current issues…
Military Operations of Rome and Sasanian Iran
Military Operations of Rome and Sasanian Iran Maksymiuk, Katarzyna. Geography of Roman-Iranian Wars. Military Operations of Rome and Sasanian Iran. Siedlce: Instytut Historii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego w Siedlcach, 2015. Until…
Ancient Golden Treasure Found at Foot of Temple Mount
Ancient Golden Treasure Found at Foot of Temple Mount “Ophel Treasure” includes gold medallion with Menorah, Torah and Shofar etchings Jerusalem, September 9, 2013 — In summer excavations at the foot of…
Mehr-Narseh Inscription at Firuzabad (MNFd)
This inscription is by a bridge in the province of Persis/Pārs (Firuzabad), which was constructed by the order of the Wuzurg Framadār, Mehr-Narseh in the fifth century CE. The bridge has now…
Newsletter 8
Recent Books & Journals on the Sasanians & Related Topics Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Text and Translation Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac is a series of Syriac martyrological texts composed from…
The Flesh and Bones of Ancient Iran
“Tat vîspem frînâmahi tat vîspem fraêshyâmahi tat vîspem nemah’yâmahi avi imãm tanûm ýãm mashyânãm” “All this do we achieve; all this do we order; all these prayers do we utter, for the…
Archeological Remains and Nation Afflicted with Drought
By Soodabeh Malekzadeh Neither time nor natural phenomena are friends of ancient archeological remains. Daily reports, websites, and blogs bear news that narrates the gradual demise of one ancient archeological site or…