
Demons in the Details
Demonic Discourse and Rabbinic Culture in Late Antique Babylonia
By: Sara Ronis
Hardcover | 9 August 2022 | Edition Number 1
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In this book, Sara Ronis takes the reader on a journey across the rabbinic canon, exploring how late antique rabbis imagined, feared, and controlled demons. Ronis contextualizes the Talmud's thought within the rich cultural matrix of Sasanian Babylonia, placing rabbinic thinking in conversation with Sumerian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Syriac Christian, Zoroastrian, and Second Temple Jewish texts about demons to delve into the interactive communal context in which the rabbis created boundaries between the human and the supernatural, and between themselves and other religious communities.
Demons in the Details explores the wide range of ways that the rabbis participated in broader discussions about beliefs and practices with their neighbors, out of which they created a profoundly Jewish demonology.
About the Author
Sara Ronis is Associate Professor of Theology at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.
Industry Reviews
"Sara Ronis's determination to take seriously the diversity of cultural contexts that are necessary for understanding Babylonian rabbinic literature is salutary, and her study is superior to many earlier, more one-sided attempts."—Richard Kalmin, Theodore R. Racoosin Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, The Jewish Theological Seminary
"This is a well-researched and much-needed project that contributes tremendously to our understanding of rabbinic culture and how it fits into its surrounding and preceding cultures. In it, Sara Ronis compares demons in the Babylonian Talmud to their near and distant relatives throughout Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean. If you thought all demons were alike or all societies related to demons in the same way, this book will be an eye-opener."—David Brodsky, Chair, Department of Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College, CUNY
ISBN: 9780520386174
ISBN-10: 0520386175
Published: 9th August 2022
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 316
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: University of California Press
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 23.6 x 15.5 x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.53
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