A History of the Jews in Babylonia, Part 1

By: Jacob Neusner

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Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles, both scholarly and academic and popular and journalistic, and is the most published humanities scholar in the world. He has been awarded nine honorary degrees, including seven US and European honorary doctorates. He received his AB from Harvard College in 1953, his PhD from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in 1961, and rabbinical ordination and the degree of Master of Hebrew Letters from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1960.

Neusner is editor of the 'Encyclopedia of Judaism' (Brill, 1999. I-III) and its Supplements; Chair of the Editorial Board of 'The Review of Rabbinic Judaism,' and Editor in Chief of 'The Brill Reference Library of Judaism', both published by E. J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. He is editor of 'Studies in Judaism', University Press of America.

Neusner resides with his wife in Rhinebeck, New York. They have a daughter, three sons and three daughters-in-law, six granddaughters and two grandsons.

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Preface	p. IX
Preface to Second Printing, Revised	p. XVI
Chronology	p. XIX
List of Abbrevations	p. XXII
From Mithridates I to Ordes II, Ca. 140-40 b.c.e.	p. 1
Babylonia	p. 1
Survival of Babylonian Civilization	p. 3
Greeks in Babylonia	p. 6
Jews in Babylonia	p. 10
Parthians in Babylonia	p. 15
Parthians and Jews	p. 23
Summary	p. 31
From Phraates IV to Vologases I, Ca. 40 b.c.e. to 79 c.e.	p. 34
Herod and Babylonian Jewry	p. 34
Hillel	p. 39
Zamaris	p. 41
Babylonian Jewry and Jerusalem	p. 44
Judah ben Bathyra in Nisibis	p. 46
Nehemiah of Bet Deli in Nehardea	p. 52
Jewish Self-Government in First-Century Babylonia	p. 53
The Conversion of Adiabene	p. 61
Babylonian Jewry and the War of 66-73	p. 67
Summary	p. 70
From Pacorus II to Artabanus V, Ca. 80-227 c.e.	p. 74
Babylonian Jewry and Parthian Foreign Policy	p. 74
The Revolt Against Trajan. Babylonian Jewry and Bar Kokhba's War	p. 76
Rabbi Nathan and Preparations for the Invasion of Vologases III	p. 79
The Third and Fourth "Jewish Wars Against Rome," Ca. 161-165 and 193-197	p. 86
Rabbi Judah the Prince and Ardavan V, Ca. 215-216	p. 88
Babylonian Jews in International Commerce	p. 94
Babylonian Jews and Parthian Culture	p. 100
Jewish Self-Government in Second-Century Babylonia: To the Time of Rabbi Judah the Prince	p. 103
Exilarch and Patriarch at the End of the Second Century	p. 107
Summary	p. 119
The Tannaitic Movement in Babylonia, 70-226 c.e.	p. 122
Hananiah the Nephew of Rabbi Joshua in Nehar Pekod	p. 122
Rabbi Judah ben Bathyra (II) in Nisibis	p. 130
The Students of Rabbi Akiba in Nisibis	p. 134
R. Josiah and R. Jonathan, Students of R. Ishmael, and R. Nathan in Huzal	p. 137
Babylonian Tannaitic Contemporaries of Rabbi Judah the Prince	p. 144
Babylonian Judaism at the End of the Tannaitic Period: Schools, Courts, Curriculum	p. 156
Summary	p. 172
Appendix
Seleucid, Parthian, and Roman Rulers	p. 178
Christianity East of the Euphrates	p. 180
Classical Views of Tannaitic Judaism in Babylonia and a New Hypothesis	p. 184
On Rav's Ordination	p. 188
Tannaim and the Davidic Line	p. 190
Literary Remnants of Huzal, Ca. 135-150 c.e.	p. 192
The Problem of Joseph the Babylonian	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 204
Index of Talmud Passages Cited	p. 227
Index	p. 233
List of Maps
The Middle East in Parthian Times between 12 and	p. 13
Babylonia	p. 35
Jewish Sites in Babylonia and Mesopotamia between 108 and	p. 109
Jewish Sites in Babylonia (detailed map)	p. 123
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