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Ever wonder about the strange Aramaic invitation at the beginning of the Passover Haggadah? Check out my piece in the newest issue of Jewish Review of Books! Many thanks to @shaisecunda for his friendship and editorial wizardry! jewishreviewofbooks.com/jewish-history…

I wrote a short piece about some of the immediate and larger historiographical interventions I tried to make in my recent book!

This evening! Register and join!

Uploaded an overview of Parthian history that I wrote for the Getty's Ancient Iran and the Classical World exhibition a couple of years ago: academia.edu/127894060/The_…

Coming this July. cambridge.org/au/universityp…

Very excited about this day long conference "The Scales of Suffering: Neo-Lachrymosity and the Writing of Jewish History" being held on Monday Penn, where we engage historiographic shifts as they happen, not just in hindsight. Register to join via Zoom! jwst.sas.upenn.edu/index.php/even…

Thrilled that my friend Jake Nabel's brilliant book is now out! A free ebook version is generously available for download, and the paperback version is very affordable. Get your copy! luminosoa.org/site/books/m/1…

It's officially publication day! press.princeton.edu/.../how-rabbis…

It's officially publication day! With the correct link this time press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/97…

Join us tonight for Cate Bonesho's talk!

Among the discoveries from Masada were what seem to be Herod's stash of garum Acc. to chemical analysis, it was made of anchovies & herring, two kosher fish This resonates with Pliny (NH 31.95) who says kosher garum existed, though he flubs the details academia.edu/17375034/Fish_…

New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Mike Motia interviews Krista Dalton about her book, How Rabbis Became Experts. newbooksnetwork.com/how-rabbis-bec…

In newest HDS Bulletin = Ishay Rosen-Zvi on "What Is Midrash?" (our Harvard Divinity List Lecture for 2025) + my piece on "Empire and Epistemicide"--and much more too! bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/what-is-midras…

Congratulations to James Redfield on the publication of his new book! It is available here, and use the discount code IM2025 until the end of the month! cart.sbl-site.org/books/140375P

Check out my new (co-authored) article in Jewish History, "Unwanted Children and Invented Families in Early Modern Jewish Communities": link.springer.com/article/10.100… /1

Not an auspicious moment for this, but the paperback version of my book – about a very different chapter in the history of Jews and Iran - is now available & the discount code valid until the end of June I hope that engaging the past frees us to imagine more hopeful futures.

Now available in paperback: • Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity Simcha Gross amzn.to/448Sysm

I’m thrilled to say that my new book, Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World’s Mightiest Empire, is available for pre-order now. Publication date is August 19. bit.ly/40hEuf3 .

I translated nearly 380 pages of a two-volume set. The work offers a detailed theological analysis of Karbala as well as historical criticism. I don’t have time to publish it but I’d be happy to share a copy.