Creation by emission
Reconstructing Adam and Eve in the Babylonian Talmud in light of Zoroastrian and Manichaean literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4006626 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yishai Kiel (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 295-316 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2097 • E-ISSN: 2056-6689 |
| Publisher | Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.18647/3236/jjs-2015 |
| OpenAlex | W2322824244 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This study attempts to broaden the Judeo-Christian prism through which the rabbinic legends of Adam and Eve are frequently examined in scholarship, by offering a contextual and synoptic reading of Babylonian rabbinic traditions pertaining to the first human couple against the backdrop of the Zoroastrian and Manichaean creation myths. The findings demonstrate that, while some of the themes and motifs found in the Babylonian rabbinic tradition are continuous with the ancient Jewish and Christian heritage, others are absent from, or occupy a peripheral role in, ancient Jewish and Christian traditions and, at the same time, are reminiscent of Iranian mythology. The study posits that the syncretic tendencies that pervaded the Sasanian culture facilitated the incorporation of Zoroastrian and Manichaean themes into the Babylonian legends, which were in turn creatively repackaged and adapted to the rabbinic tradition and world-view
Art · Judaism · Literature · Talmud · Theology · Zoroaster · Zoroastrianism · Ancient Near East History · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |