Describes and contrasts how two major religions approached the problem of writing down the traditions of the ages. Just before 700 A. D., Judaic sages compiled the Talmud of Babylonia; just after 800 A. D., Zoroastrian priests compiled the Pahlavi books. In both cases, the projects codified thought and became authorities for the later development o
| ISBN: | 9781555408893 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1993 |
| Author: | Jacob Neusner |
| Publisher: | University of South Florida |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 202 pages |
| Series: | South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism |
| Genres: |
Judaism |