The Continuous History of the Jewish People

Years Covered: 502-590Our last glimpse at the Menorah, our first glimpse of Jewish life in Western Europe.CAST OF CHARACTERSJewsMar Zutra II — XMar Zutra III — XDhu Nuwas — XTheodosiusPriscus — XHanan of IsikiyaSamaritansJulianus ben Sabbar — XJustasus — XBaba Rabbah — XPersiansKavad I — XKhosrow I — XHormizd IV — XBahram ChobinKhosrow IIRomansBelisarius — XJustinian I — XJustin II — XMauriceGreeksProcopius of Caesarea — XOthersSimon of Beth Arsham — XGregory of ToursAvitusPhilipChilperic — XPhatir — X

Years covered: 500-530A Christian King attempts to sodomize a Jewish claimant, and the Jewish claimant takes the kingship, and revenge.Cast of CharactersJewsMar Zutra II — XMar Zutra IIIDhu Nuwas / Yusuf son of Sharhabil — XPersiansKavad IMazdak — XKhosrow IRomansAnastasius I — XJustin I — XGreeksProcopius of CaesareaOthersElesbaan / Elesbaas / Kaleb of AksumArethas — XRuhm — XSimeon / Simon of Beth ArshamDhu Shanatir — X

Years covered: 428-499The end of the Western Roman Empire coincides with the end of Jewish ascendance in Persia, and the fall is going to be hard.Cast of charactersJewsRav Yemar XRavina II XMar bar Rav Ashi XMoses of CreteHuna IV XHuna V XRabbah JoseMar Zutra IIRomansTheodosius II XAelia Pulcheria XValentinian III XEudocia XLicinia Eudoxia XFlavius Aetius XPetronius Maximus XRomulus AugustulusZeno XAugustine of Hippo XPersiansBahram V XYazdegerd II XHormizd III XPeroz I XBalash XKavad ISukhra XMazdakJamaspGreeksSocrates Scholasticus XCyril of Alexandria XBarbariansAttila the Hun XGenseric XHuneric XOdoacer XClovis IOtherYegishe X

Years covered: 389-427The Jews of Babylon achieve unprecedented acceptance from the Sassanian Empire, just as the Jews of the Roman Empire have their acceptance revoked.Cast of CharactersJewsRav Ashi XJudah IVGamliel VI XShushandakt / ShushandakhtHuna bar NathanAmemarMar Zutra XPersiansBahram IV XYazdegerd I XShapur IV XBahram VRomansTheodosius I XHonorius XArcadius XTheodosius IIAnthemiusAmbrose XAugustine of HippoOrestesAelia Eudoxia XGreeksTheophilus of Alexandria XHypatia of Alexandria XJohn Chrysostom XEpiphanius of Salamis XCyril of AlexandriaSocrates ScholasticusHeiraxBarbariansButheric XArbogast XStilicho XAlaric X

Years covered: 353-388A plan to rebuild the Temple comes from an unlikley source, just as Judaism becomes more...portable.Cast of CharactersJewsHillel II — XRav AshiRav Kahana IIIGamliel VRabbi HilkiyaPersiansShapur II — XRomansConstantius II — XConstantius Gallus — XJulian — XAlypius of Antioch — XJovian — XValentinian I — XValens — XTheodosius IAmbrose of MilanJerome of StridonGreeksJohn ChrysostomAmmianus Marcellinus

Need a 2 week break. Sorry :-(

Years covered: 314-352The creation of the portable Jewish calendar ushers in the shift to Babylonia as the centre of the Jewish world. But its a world on the move, as the centre of the Roman world moves out of Italy.

Years Covered: 236-279The law of the land is the law. But when two Rabbis disagree, how do you determine the law? Sometimes when two Rabbis disagree, the results can be tragic.