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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Shai Secunda - Iran is Closer Than You Think: The ‘Iranian’ Talmud
Description: Professor Shai Secunda, Jacob Neusner Associate Professor of Judaism at Bard College (http://religion.bard.edu/), presents his lecture "Iran is Closer Than You Think: The ‘Iranian’ Talmud" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ.
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: As its very name indicates, the Talmud Bavli was produced in Babylonia in the centuries following the compilation of the Mishnah. But politically and culturally speaking, Talmudic Babylonia was actually at the center of a powerful Iranian Empire. What happens when we approach the Talmud as a product of Iran – for our learning, and for our self-u...