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Sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud : Christian and Sasanian contexts in late antiquity / Yishai Kiel, Yale University.
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Kiel, Yishai
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English
Published/Created
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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x, 302 pages ; 24 cm
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BM496.9.S48 K54 2016
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Sex in rabbinical literature
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Christianity
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Summary note
Within this close textual analysis of the Babylonian Talmud, Yishai Kiel explores rabbinic discussions of sex in light of cultural assumptions and dispositions that pervaded the cultures of late antiquity and particularly the Iranian world. By negotiating the Iranian context of the rabbinic discussion alongside the Christian backdrop, this groundbreaking volume presents a balanced and nuanced portrayal of the rabbinic discourse on sexuality and situates rabbinic discussions of sex more broadly at the crossroads of late antique cultures. The study is divided into two thematic sections: the first centers on the broader aspects of rabbinic discourse on sexuality while the second hones in on rabbinic discussions of sexual prohibitions and the classification of permissible and prohibited partnerships, with particular attention to rabbinic discussions of incest. Essential reading for scholars and graduate students of Judaic studies, early Christianity, and Iranian studies, as well as those interested in religious studies and comparative religion.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-297) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction
Overview
Babylonian Talmud as a Sasanian Work
Sexuality and Religious Demarcation
Sex and the Interplay of Law and Narrative
Mythologizing Sexuality
Textual Stratification and Synoptic Reading of the Talmud
Pahlavi Literature
PART I
1. Talmudic, Christian, and Zoroastrian Notions of Sexual Desire
Introduction
Sexual Gratification in Babylonian Rabbinic Culture
Demonic Reification of Sexual Desire
Extinguishing Desire with Sex
Paul on Sexual Desire
Sex and Desire in Zoroastrianism
Conclusion
2. Sex and the Sages
Between Palestine and Babylonia
Marriage versus Study in Zoroastrianism
Models of Moses and Zarathustra
Was Ben Azzai Really Celibate?
3. Sexual Etiquette and Identity Demarcation
Persian Modesty
Daytime Sex and Adiabenian Converts
4. Mythologization of Sexuality
Adam and the Demons: Between Palestine and Babylonia
Creation by Emission
PART II
5. Pahlavi Doctrine of Xwedodah
Objections to Xwedodah
Xwedodah as Positive Law
Purity of Lineage
Increasing Love
Cultural and Moral Relativism
Battle against Evil
Rectification of Sin
Mythical Prototypes
Legal Concerns
6. Noahide Law and the Inclusiveness of Sexual Ethics
Noahide Law: Natural or Positive
Biblical Foundations
Sinaitic and Noahide Codes of Sexual Conduct
Palestinian Rabbinic Discussion
Babylonian Discussion
Explaining the Differences
7. Incestuous Riddles
Talmudic Riddles
Zoroastrian Connections
8. Incest between Law, Narrative, and Myth
Mythical Origins of Xwedodah
Cain, Abel, and their Sisters
Lot's Daughters and Jam
9. Confessing Incest to a Rabbi
Internal Difficulties and Anomalies
Early Rabbinic Interpretation
Confessing to a Religious Authority
Confessing to a Rad
Rav Hisda as Rad
"Xwedodah Cancels a Death Sentence"
Conclusion.
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ISBN
9781107155510 ((hbk.))
1107155517 ((hbk.))
LCCN
2016024216
OCLC
949872085
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