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.
- ISBN10 0819157295
- ISBN13 9780819157294
- Publish Date 4 November 1986 (first published 23 October 1986)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 266
- Language English