{"product_id":"babylonian-jews-and-sasanian-imperialism-in-late-antiquity-paperback-softback-9781009280501","title":"Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009280501","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBabylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffers a radically new account of Babylonian Jewish and rabbinic engagement and negotiation with Sasanian rule.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimcha Gross (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009280501, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.583 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… 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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the image offered by the Babylonian Talmud, Jewish elites were deeply embedded within the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE). The Talmud is replete with stories and discussions that feature Sasanian kings, Zoroastrian magi, fire temples, imperial administrators, Sasanian laws, Persian customs, and more quotidian details of Jewish life. Yet, in the scholarly literature on the Babylonian Talmud and the Jews of Babylonia , the Sasanian Empire has served as a backdrop to a decidedly parochial Jewish story, having little if any direct impact on Babylonian Jewish life and especially the rabbis. Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity advances a radically different understanding of Babylonian Jewish history and Sasanian rule. Building upon recent scholarship, Simcha Gross portrays a more immanent model of Sasanian rule, within and against which Jews invariably positioned and defined themselves. Babylonian Jews realized their traditions, teachings, and social position within the political, social, religious, and cultural conditions generated by Sasanian rule.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Toward a new history of Jews and the Sasanian Empire\u003cbr\u003e 1. Jewish society under Sasanian rule: from isolation to integration\u003cbr\u003e 2. Competing for power: Jewish elites and Sasanian culture\u003cbr\u003e 3. Beyond 'tolerance': the logics of Sasanian violence against Jews\u003cbr\u003e 4. Forgetting persecution: memory and anti-martyrdom in the Babylonian Talmud\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rabbis and fire temples: navigating a Zoroastrian empire\u003cbr\u003e 6. Kings and religion in the Talmud and in the imagination of Sasanian communities\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the Sasanian Empire from the perspective of the Jews.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Judaism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism%20%5BHRJ%5D%22\"\u003eHRJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173730480408,"sku":"9781009280501","price":24.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009280501i.jpg?v=1781168883","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/babylonian-jews-and-sasanian-imperialism-in-late-antiquity-paperback-softback-9781009280501","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}