Lecture on Persian Influences on Judaism and Islam
One of the great features of Israeli radio is האוניברסיטה המשודרת, The Broadcast University, which broadcasts lectures on numerous topics on Galei Tzahal, Israel Army Radio. Usually these lectures are published as books which serve as very good introductions. They have just finished a series by Dr. Thamar E. Gindin on Early Persian Culture. The most recent lecture can be listened to here. Her lectures have discussed Persian cultural and linguistic influences on Judaism, Hebrew, and Jewish literature. It is too bad that they don’t archive all of the lectures, I guess that we’ll have to wait for the book.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Not Anymore. In case you haven’t heard, the Ministry of Defence’s publishing house was closed down a few months ago, so they won’t be publishing the Broadcast University’s books anymore.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
What a pity, they have published some great books. Hopefully someone else will publish them.