Judaism in Persia's Shadow

Judaism in Persia's Shadow
Author: Jon L. Berquist
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780800628451

"This lively account of the influence of Persian history on the Hebrew Scriptures, and the people whose faith they express, places the emphasis exactly where it belongs. . . . this {is a} clear introduction . . . to the period, the time when a surprising amount of the Bible was written, but also to the issues of method that any serious study of the Bible must address".--Robert B. Coote, San Francisco Theological Seminary

Light and Shadows

Light and Shadows
Author: David Yeroushalmi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780984755028

Light and Shadows highlights the 2,700-year history of Jews in Iran. It reveals centuries of oppression, fascinating cultural borrowings, and great artistic achievements. The story is told through rare archaeological artifacts, illuminated manuscripts, beautiful ritual objects and amulets, ceremonial garments, musical instruments, photographs, and more. It examines as well the large-scale exodus of the Jewish community following the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Today, at least 25,000 practicing Jews remain in Iran, unwilling to give up their ancestral home and the distinctive way of life they have led there. Light and Shadows is a co-publication between the Fowler Museum at UCLA and Beit Hatfutsot--The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

Persian Influence on Daniel and Jewish Apocalyptic Literature

Persian Influence on Daniel and Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
Author: Vicente Dobroruka
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2022-03-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567705285

Vicente Dobroruka explores Iranian influence on Second Temple Judaism, providing a new explanation of Persian culture and history in the context of biblical accounts by focusing on the spread of Zoroastrian ideas in the period c.300 BCE–200 CE. Dobroruka begins his investigation with an overview of the problems posed by a dualistic worldview-he examines the Indo-European origins of Zarathushtra and his ideas, explores the long-term implications for the notion of free-will, and clarifies the lightness/darkness paradigm that originated in Persia. Following this, Dobroruka discusses a variety of concepts that illustrate this influence, such as the role of matter and the material world, aspects of dualism and the cosmic struggle, the perspectives on the rewards for the just and the opposing punishments for the wicked, the idea of an 'Anointed One', shamanistic visionary experience, the resurrection, and the concepts of Sheol and Paradise.

Persian Jews

Persian Jews
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230612348

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Esther, Shaul Mofaz, Mordecai, Moshe Katsav, Rego Park, Queens, Nouriel Roubini, David B. Samadi, Richard Danielpour, Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Bahar Soomekh, Zarif, Menahem Shemuel Halevy, Subliminal, Sam Nazarian, Abie Nathan, Rita, Mashallah ibn Athari, Solayman Haim, Yasmina Reza, Benjamin Nahawandi, Sarmad, Iran Eory, Jack Dellal, Paul Merage, Roya Hakakian, Shaun Toub, Sa'ad al-Dawla, Chemda Khalili, Yedidia Shofet, Menashe Amir, Jimmy Delshad, Elie Tahari, Maurice Motamed, David Alliance, Baron Alliance, The Shadow, Avshalom Elitzur, Habib Elghanian, Ciamak Moresadegh, Neil Kadisha, Janet Kohan-Sedq, Mordechai Zar, Habibollah Asgaroladi, Jonathan Ahdout, David Nahai, Uriel Davidi, Essie Sakhai, Samuel Rahbar, Dan Ahdoot, Soleyman Binafard, Dalia Sofer, Saba Soomekh, Tehran Jewish Committee, Yousef Hamadani Cohen, Sahl ibn Bishr, Amnon Netzer, Shaul Bakhash, Haroun Yashayaei, Tania Eshaghoff, Mawlana Shahin Shirazi, Liraz Charhi, Emr n, Manuchehr Eliasi, Judeo-Golpaygani language, Houshang Mashian, Habib Levy. Excerpt: Persian Jews are Jews historically associated with Iran, traditionally known as Persia in Western sources. Judaism is one of the oldest religions practiced in Iran. The Book of Esther contains some references to the experiences of Jews in Persia. Some material has been validated by Biblical scholars. Today, the three largest concentrations of Persian Jews are found in Israel, the United States and Iran respectively. Today the term Iranian Jews is mostly used to refer to Jews from the country of Iran. In various scholarly and historical texts, the term is used to refer to Jews who speak various Iranian languages. Iranian immigrants in Israel (nearly all of whom are Jewish) are referred to as Parsim (Hebrew: meaning "Persians"). In Iran, Jews and Jewish people in general are referred to by...

The Persecution of the Jews under Shah ‘Abbās II

The Persecution of the Jews under Shah ‘Abbās II
Author: Matthias J. Messerle
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2019-05-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3668948305

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Religion, Note: 1,3, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The primary source of interest when dealing with Iranian Jewry in Ṣafavid times is Bābāī ibn Luṭf’s chronicle Kitāb-i Anusī, the ‘The Book of a Forced Convert’ or ‘The Book of Forced Conversion’. Vera Basch Moreen has written an overview of this Judean-Persian account. The Kitāb-i Anusī (KA) was probably written sometime after 1661 since Bābāī ibn Luṭf draws on the Jews regaining their religious freedom which happened only after 1661. If the narrative had been composed later than 1665, one might expect to find allusions to the mystical Messiah Sabbatai Zvi and the movement that followed his person and teachings. However, this is not the case. The KA deals primarily with the persecution waves under Shah ‘Abbās II who ruled over Ṣafavid Persia from 1642 to 1666. Bābāī ibn Luṭf, a Persian Jew living in Kāshān at the time of ‘Abbās II, chronicled the occurrences he might have witnessed first-hand. Bābāī’s motives in writing the KA include the wish to leave a record of the occurrences to posterity as well as to describe the events as a means by which God tested his people ‒ in his view of course the Jews. Some of the various reasons for the Jews’ persecution are to be analyzed in this paper. In a second step, Christian travelogues and reports and their approach to the Jews’ persecution will be dealt with.