num_pages: 266
description: Provides a survey of stories of rabbinic literature from late antiquity and early medieval times that relates to the political condition of the Babylonian and Mesopotamian Jews. The author juxtaposes these stories, which record rabbinical opinion concerning the politics of each era, against the actual events. This volume represents an abbreviated treatment by the author of the topics originally covered in his History of the Jews in Babylonia, published by E.J. Brill. Co-published with Studies in Judaism.
language: English
title: Israel and Iran in Talmudic Times: A Political History
titlecomplete: Israel and Iran in Talmudic Times: A Political History
ratings_count: 2
publisher: University Press Of America