Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
84,2 (2021) 219-236
Keywords:
Talmud Bavli Language, style
;
Talmud Bavli Manuscripts
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Cairo Genizah
;
Jewish magic
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Aramaic language, Talmudic Terms and phrases
;
Persian language Influence on Aramaic
Abstract:
The Persian lexeme pahrēz-, pahrēxtan (inf.), “to avoid, to abstain” and also “to care, to protect”, is found in Jewish, Christian, and Mandaic magical literature. It is also current in Mandaic works, and is found in some Geonic works in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic. It has not yet been found in the Babylonian Talmud itself. In this article I discuss a recently discovered occurrence of this word in a reconstructed codex of chapters of Babylonian Talmud, found in the Cairo Genizah (GM). I begin with a reading of the talmudic sugiya. I then discuss other uses of pahrēz in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, in other dialects of Eastern Aramaic, and in Middle Persian. I end with a re-reading of the talmudic sugiya in GM in light of the meaning of pahrēz.
DOI:
10.1017/S0041977X21000434
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