Indo-Judaic Parallels: Notes on Similar Motifs in Judaism and Hinduism

While perusing various writings on Hindu myths, practices, and folkloristic rituals, Rabbi Daniel Sperber was frequently reminded of apparent parallels in Jewish sources and began keeping random notes on the similarities. Indo-Judaic Parallels is an orderly collection of these notes, which the author hopes will encourage analysis in greater depth and detail. Indeed, this material is presented as the first step in a possible developmental process to produce cumulative conclusions on such int...