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A History of the Jews in Babylonia: The Parthian Period »

Authors: Jacob Neusner
ISBN-13: 9780788506055, ISBN-10: 0788506056
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of South Florida
Date Published: May 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jacob Neusner

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	Preface	ix
	Preface to Second Printing, Revised	xvi
	Chronology	xix
	List of Abbrevations	xxii
I	From Mithridates I to Orodes II, Ca. 140-40 b.c.e.	1
i.	Babylonia	1
ii.	Survival of Babylonian Civilization	3
iii.	Greeks in Babylonia	6
iv.	Jews in Babylonia	10
v.	Parthians in Babylonia	15
vi.	Parthians and Jews	23
vii.	Summary	31
II	From Phraates IV to Vologases I, Ca. 40 b.c.e. to 79 c.e.	34
i.	Herod and Babylonian Jewry	34
ii.	Hillel	39
iii.	Zamaris	41
iv.	Babylonian Jewry and Jerusalem	44
v.	Judah ben Bathyra in Nisibis	46
vi.	Nehemiah of Bet Deli in Nehardea	52
vii.	Jewish Self-Government in First-Century Babylonia	53
viii.	The Conversion of Adiabene	61
ix.	Babylonian Jewry and the War of 66-73	67
x.	Summary	70
III	From Pacorus II to Artabanus V, Ca. 80-227 c.e.	74
i.	Babylonian Jewry and Parthian Foreign Policy	74
ii.	The Revolt Against Trajan. Babylonian Jewry and Bar Kokhba's War	76
iii.	Rabbi Nathan and Preparations for the Invasion of Vologases III	79
iv.	The Third and Fourth "Jewish Wars Against Rome," Ca. 161-165 and 193-197	86
v.	Rabbi Judah the Prince and Ardavan V, Ca. 215-216	88
vi.	Babylonian Jews in International Commerce	94
vii.	Babylonian Jews and Parthian Culture	100
viii.	Jewish Self-Government in Second-Century Babylonia: To the Time of Rabbi Judah the Prince	103
ix.	Exilarch and Patriarch at the End of the Second Century	107
x.	Summary	119
IV	The Tannaitic Movement in Babylonia, 70-226 c.e.	122
i.	Hananiah the Nephew of Rabbi Joshua in Nehar Pekod	122
ii.	Rabbi Judah ben Bathyra (II) in Nisibis	130
iii.	The Students of Rabbi Akiba in Nisibis	134
iv.	R. Josiah and R. Jonathan, Students of R. Ishmael, and R. Nathan in Huzal	137
v.	Babylonian Tannaitic Contemporaries of Rabbi Judah the Prince	144
vi.	Babylonian Judaism at the End of the Tannaitic Period: Schools, Courts, Curriculum	156
vii.	Summary	172
	Appendix
I	Seleucid, Parthian, and Roman Rulers	178
II	Christianity East of the Euphrates	180
III	Classical Views of Tannaitic Judaism in Babylonia and a New Hypothesis	184
IV	On Rav's Ordination	188
V	Tannaim and the Davidic Line	190
VI	Literary Remnants of Huzal, Ca. 135-150 c.e.	192
VII	The Problem of Joseph the Babylonian	201
	Bibliography	204
	Index of Talmud Passages Cited	227
	Index	233

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