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Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests

The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran

By: Jason Sion Mokhtarian

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Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests

The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran

By: Jason Sion Mokhtarian

Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests brings into mutual fruition the fields of Talmudic Studies and Ancient Iranology, two historically distinct disciplines. Mokhtarian offers a revisionist history of the rabbis of late antique Persia who produced the Babylonian Talmud, perhaps the most important corpus in the Jewish sacred canon. While most research on the Talmud assumes that the rabbis were an insular group isolated from the cultural horizon outside of the rabbinic academies, this book contextualizes the rabbis and Talmud within a broader socio-cultural orbit by drawing from a wide range of sources from Sasanian Iran, including Middle Persian Zoroastrian literature, archaeological evidence, and the Jewish Aramaic magical bowls"--Provided by publisher.

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0520286200

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Medicine in the Talmud

Natural and Supernatural Therapies between Magic and Science

By: Jason Sion Mokhtarian

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Medicine in the Talmud

Natural and Supernatural Therapies between Magic and Science

By: Jason Sion Mokhtarian

Despite the Talmud being the richest repository of medical remedies in ancient Judaism, this important strain of Jewish thought has been largely ignored—even as the study of ancient medicine has exploded in recent years. In a comprehensive study of this topic, Jason Sion Mokhtarian recuperates this obscure genre of Talmudic text, which has been marginalized in the Jewish tradition since the Middle Ages, to reveal the unexpected depth of the rabbis’ medical knowledge. Medicine in the Talmud argues that these therapies represent a form of rabbinic scientific rationality that relied on human observation and the use of nature while downplaying the role of God and the Torah in health and illness. Drawing from a wide range of both Jewish and Sasanian sources—from the Bible, the Talmud, and Maimonides to texts written in Akkadian, Syriac, and Mandaic, as well as the incantation bowls—Mokhtarian offers rare insight into how the rabbis of late antique Babylonia adapted the medical knowledge of their time to address the needs of their community. In the process, he narrates an untold chapter in the history of ancient medicine.

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Medicine in the Talmud

Natural and Supernatural Therapies Between Magic and Science

By: Jason Sion Mokhtarian

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Medicine in the Talmud

Natural and Supernatural Therapies Between Magic and Science

By: Jason Sion Mokhtarian

Medicine on the margins -- Trends and methods in the study of Talmudic medicine -- Precursors of Talmudic medicine -- Empiricism and efficacy -- Talmudic medicine in its Sasanian context.

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Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests

The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran

By: Jason Sion Mokhtarian

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The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran

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...examines the impact of the Persian Zoroastrian Empire on rabbinic identity and authority as expressed in the Babylonian Talmud."--

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0520385721

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Signs and Secrets of the Messiah

A Fresh Look at the Miracles of Jesus

By: Rabbi Jason Sobel

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Signs and Secrets of the Messiah

A Fresh Look at the Miracles of Jesus

By: Rabbi Jason Sobel

Are you or someone you love desperate for a miracle? As witnessed through Scripture, the God who was and is and is to come has been performing miracles from the beginning of time—so you can trust that Jesus wants to do something miraculous in your life today. In this follow-up to his book Mysteries of the Messiah, Rabbi Jason Sobel dives deep into Scripture, biblical culture, and ancient texts to help you better understand the truths and the power behind God’s miracles, and to increase your faith that Jesus can perform miracles in your life. By taking a deeper look at Yeshua’s miracles, Rabbi Jason reveals promises for all Christ followers based on miracles throughout Scripture: Jesus takes the ordinary and turns it into something extraordinary, because He wants you to live out of His overflow (He turned water into wine). Jesus wants to renew you so that He can do something new in you (He revealed to Nicodemus the miracle of rebirth). You can stop wandering aimlessly or feeling stuck in your current situation, but instead experience abundant life and healing (He healed the man at the Pool of Bethesda). God wants to bless you abundantly so you, in turn, can bless others and sow into His kingdom (Jesus multiplied the loaves and fish). As you go on this journey with Rabbi Jason, a Messianic Jew, he is praying that God will lead you to new insights and breakthroughs in your life. And as God reveals Himself to you in a fresh and powerful way, you will be filled with a sense of His presence and shalom.

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Thomas Nelson

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0785240241

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Book's by Jason Sion Mokhtarian

Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests

Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests

Medicine in the Talmud

Medicine in the Talmud

Medicine in the Talmud

Medicine in the Talmud

Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests

Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests

Signs and Secrets of the Messiah

Signs and Secrets of the Messiah

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