by hadassah | Sep 13, 2016 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Roman Judean Times The Roman Judean period was a period of ultimate crisis for the Jews. There’s been no period like this first century after the Temple was destroyed. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS What do...
by hadassah | Sep 12, 2016 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Jews in Ancient Rome We don’t know a lot about what the Jews were like in ancient Rome in the second century BCE, when Jews and Romans had a mutual enemy known as the Seleucid Greeks. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures...
by hadassah | Mar 23, 2016 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Mishnah Yevamot 16-7- The Tannaitic Tradition in Babylonia Rabbi Akiva met a tanna in Babylonia, Nehemiah of Bet Deli, who had been a student of Rabban Gamliel I in the Land of Israel. He was still able to transmit traditions from his teacher that were not...
by hadassah | Mar 15, 2016 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Mask of Shapur II A mask of the Sassanian king Shapur II ruled 241-272 CE, known in rabbinic sources as “Shapur Malka.” What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
by hadassah | Mar 6, 2016 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 32b – The Great Tannaitic Sages Later traditions recognized the importance of Rabbi Judah ben Bathyra I’s teachings in Babylonia as can be seen from his presence in this list with the great figures of tannaitic tradition and...
by hadassah | Mar 6, 2016 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Jerusalem Talmud Yevamot 12-1 (12c)- The Tannaitic Movement in Babylonia Already in the tannaitic period, Rabbinic sages were to be found in Babylonia. Most prominent among them was Rabbi Judah ben Bathyra I (mid-first century C.E.) settled in Nisibis before the...
