A History of the Jews in Babylonia, Part 1. The Parthian period

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Chronology
List of Abbrevations
I From Mithridates I to Orodes II, Ca. 140-40 b.c.e.
	i. Babylonia
	ii. Survival of Babylonian Civilization
	iii. Greeks in Babylonia
	iv. Jews in Babylonia
	v. Parthians in Babylonia
	vi. Parthians and Jews
II From Phraates IV to Vologases I, Ca 40 b.c.e. to 79 c.e.
	i. Herod and Babylonian Jewry
	ii. Hillel
	iii. Zamaris
	iv. Babylonian Jewry and Jerusalem
	v. Judah ben Bathyra in Nisibis
	vi. Nehemiah of Bet Deli in Nehardea
	vii. Jewish Self-Government in First-Century Babylonia
	viii. The Conversion of Adiabene
	ix. Babylonian Jewry and the War of 66-73
III From Pacorus II to Artabanus V, Ca. 80-227 c.e.
	i. Babylonian Jewry and Parthian Foreign Policy
	ii. The Revolt Against Trajan. Babylonian Jewry and Bar Kokhba's War
	iii. Rabbi Nathan and Preparations for the Invasion of Vologases III
	iv. The Third and Fourth "Jewish Wars Against Rome," ca. 161-165 and 193-197
	v. Rabbi Judah the Prince and Ardavan V, Ca. 215-216
	vi. Babylonian Jews in International Commerce
	vii. Babylonian Jews and Parthian Culture
	viii. Jewish Self-Government in Second-Century Babylonia: To the time of Rabbi Judah the Prince
	ix. Exilarch and Patriarch at the End of the Second Century
IV The Tannaitic movement in Babylonia, 70-226 c.e.
	i. Ḥananiah the Nephew of Rabbi Joshua in Nehar Pekod
	ii. Rabbi Judah ben Bathyra (II) in Nisibis
	iii. The Students of Rabbi Akiba in Nisibis
	iv. R. Josiah and R. Jonathan, Students of R. Ishmael, and R. Nathan in Huẓal
	v. Babylonian Tannaitic Contemporaries of Rabbi Judah the Prince
	vi. Babylonian Judaism at the End of the Tannaitic Period: Schools, Courts, Curriculum
Appendix
	I Seleucid, Parthian, and Roman Rulers
	II Christianity East of the Euphrates
	III Classical Views of Tannaitic Judaism in Babylonia
	IV On Rav's Ordination
	V Tannaim and the Davidic Line
	VI The Problem of "Our Rabbis in the South"
	VII Literary Remnants of Huẓal, Ca. 135-150 c.e.
	VIII The Problem of Joseph the Babylonian
Bibliography
Index of Talmud Passages Cited
Index