Download or read book Judaism and Zoroastrianism at the Dusk of Late Antiquity written by Jacob Neusner and published by South Florida Studies in the H. This book was released on 1993 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and contrasts how two major religions approached the problem of writing down the traditions of the ages. Just before 700 A. D., Judaic sages compiled the Talmud of Babylonia; just after 800 A. D., Zoroastrian priests compiled the Pahlavi books. In both cases, the projects codified thought and became authorities for the later development o