Early Christian monastic literature and the Babylonian Talmud /

Siegal, Michal Bar-Asher, 1979-

Early Christian monastic literature and the Babylonian Talmud / Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2013 - viii, 236 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-228) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Christianity in the Babylonian Talmud: an introductory discussion; 2. Monasticism in the Persian Empire; 3. Common themes in the Apophthegmata Patrum and rabbinic literature: form, style, and themes; 4. Common themes in the Apophthegmata Patrum and rabbinic literature: narrative; 5. The making of a monk-rabbi: the stories of R. Shimon bar Yohai in the cave; 6. Repentant whore, repentant rabbi: the story of Elazar B. Dordya; Conclusions.

9781107557109

2013009971


Apophthegmata Patrum.
Talmud.


Monasticism and religious orders--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

BR195.M65 / S544 2013

261.2/609015