Excommunication in Jewish Babylonia: Comparing Bavli Moʿ‘ed Qaṭan 14b-17b and the Aramaic Bowl Spells in a Sasanian Context

According to rabbinic literature of late antiquity, a Jew could be excommunicated or banished from the community for around twenty-four spiritual and social violations. The Talmuds' list of sins that necessitated the separation of a transgressor includes, for instance, profaning the name of God...

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Main Author: Mokhtarian, Jason Sion 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2015, Volume: 108, Issue: 4, Pages: 552-578
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Talmûd bavlî. Moʿed Katan 14b-17b / Mesopotamia / Judaism / Bowl (Vessel) / Incantation / Herem / History 400-700
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
KBL Near East and North Africa
TD Late Antiquity
TE Middle Ages
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