Crossing Enemy Lines: Network Connections Between Palestinian and Babylonian Sages in Late Antiquity

The Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds transmit stories about sages who crossed the boundaries between the Roman and Persian empires in late antiquity to sojourn in the “enemy” territory for a certain amount of time. These sages, who were members of local rabbinic networks, established inter-regiona...

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Main Author: Hezser, Catherine 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal for the study of Judaism
Year: 2015, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 224-250
Further subjects:B Rabbis late antiquity Roman Palestine Sasanian Babylonia Talmud network mobility travel
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