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DESCRIPTION:Over the course of late antiquity\, many Jews lived in the Sasa
 nian Empire\, a Persian and Zoroastrian power that rivaled the Romans to th
 eir west in size and strength. Among these Jews were a community of rabbis 
 who are featured in\, and were responsible for\, the Babylonian Talmud\, on
 e of the most influential texts in Jewish history. How did life under the S
 asanian Empire affect Jews\, the rabbis\, and the nature of the Talmud? To 
 date\, the answer to these questions has been relatively straightforward: t
 he Sasanian Empire impacted Jews precisely by leaving them to thrive in sec
 lusion. Based on Simcha Gross' recently published book\, Babylonian Jews an
 d Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity\, this lecture offers a new unders
 tanding of both Jewish society and Sasanian rule\, opening new vistas on th
 e social\, cultural\, and historical dimensions of their intertwined histor
 ies.\n\n\n\nSimcha Gross is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pen
 nsylvania\, interested in the religious\, social\, and cultural development
 s of Jewish communities in the Near East set within their Roman\, Persian\,
  and Islamic contexts. He was formerly a member of the School of Historical
  Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study\, Princeton\, and is currently
  an Honorary Fellow at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University 
 and a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experience Rese
 archers.\n\nIf you need a disability-related accommodation for this event\,
  please contact us at iranianstudies@stanford.edu.  Requests should be made
  by November 27\, 2024.
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SUMMARY:Rabbis in Zoroastrian Fire Temples: A New History of Jews in the Sa
 sanian Empire
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