Babylonian Jewry (586 BCE-7th century CE)

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1. From Text to Tradition
   1. The Early History of Babylonian Jewry
   2. By The Rivers of Babylon
2. Historical surveys
   1. James D. Purvis, and Eric Meyers. “Exile and Return: From the Babylonian Destruction to the Reconstruction of the Jewish State.” Part IV
   2. Isaiah M. Gafni. “The World of the Talmud: From the Mishnah to the Arab Conquest.” Part V. Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: a Parallel History of their Origins and Early Development. Ed. Hershal Shanks. Washington D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1993.
3. Primary sources
   1. Josephus, Antiquities XX, 17-95: The Conversion of the House of Adiabene
   2. Josephus, Antiquities XVIII, 310-79: A Jewish Babylonian Principalit
   3. Jerusalem Talmud Yevamot 12:1 (12c): The Tannaitic Movement in Babylonia
   4. Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 32b: The Great Tannaitic Sages
   5. Mishnah Yevamot 16:7: The Tannaitic Tradition in Babylonian
   6. Genesis Rabbah 46:11: The Circumcision of the Sons of Ptolemy
   7. Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon 9-10: The Amoraim
   8. Seder Olam Zuta, 9-10: History of the Exilarchs
   9. Babylonian Talmud Horayot 11b: The Status of the Exilarch vs. the Patriarch
   10. Babylonian Talmud Hullin 92a: The Two Princes
   11. Babylonian Talmud, Bava Qamma 58b: Judgement of the Exilarch
   12. Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 48a: Lax Observance in the Home of the Exilarch
   13. Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 55a: The Law of the Land
   14. Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon 11: The Last if the Amoraim and the Savoraim
4. Images
   1. Rock relief portraying the Sassanian king Shapur II ruled 241-272 CE, known in rabbinic sources as “Shapur Malka.”
   2. A mask of the Sassanian king Shapur II ruled 241-272 CE, known in rabbinic sources as “Shapur Malka.”