Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity

Author:   Simcha Gross (University of Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   360
Publication Date:   11 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity


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Author:   Simcha Gross (University of Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9781009280525


ISBN 10:   100928052
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   11 April 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Toward a new history of Jews and the Sasanian Empire; 1. Jewish society under Sasanian rule: from isolation to integration; 2. Competing for power: Jewish elites and Sasanian culture; 3. Beyond 'tolerance': the logics of Sasanian violence against Jews; 4. Forgetting persecution: memory and anti-martyrdom in the Babylonian Talmud; 5. Rabbis and fire temples: navigating a Zoroastrian empire; 6. Kings and religion in the Talmud and in the imagination of Sasanian communities; Conclusion: the Sasanian Empire from the perspective of the Jews.

Reviews

'Simcha Gross's brilliant new book.' Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Jewish Review of Books


'Simcha Gross's brilliant new book.' Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Jewish Review of Books 'A seminal, erudite, and ground-breaking study …' James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review 'For specialists this volume is essential reading and will maintain that status well into the future. But even those without such training will benefit as much from Gross's methodological meticulousness as from his academic argumentation. … Essential.' L. J. Greenspoon, CHOICE '… gives the specialist much to think about and assists the process with a bibliography of some fifty pages and helpful indexes.' Stefan C. Reif, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament


'Simcha Gross's brilliant new book.' Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Jewish Review of Books 'A seminal, erudite, and ground-breaking study …' James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review 'For specialists this volume is essential reading and will maintain that status well into the future. But even those without such training will benefit as much from Gross's methodological meticulousness as from his academic argumentation. … Essential.' L. J. Greenspoon, CHOICE


Author Information

Simcha Gross is Assistant Professor of Ancient Rabbinics in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Coauthor of The History of the 'Slave of Chris': From Jewish Child to Christian Martyr and co-editor of Jews and Syriac Christians, he was an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Assistant Professors at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; and a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship for experienced researchers.

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