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: 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

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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: 280-314JewsRavaAbayeRav Huna ✗Rabbah bar Nahmani ✗Abaye's foster motherRav ChisdaRabbi AbbahuGamliel IVJudah III (?)PersiansBahram II ✗KartirNarseh ✗Hormizd II ✗ ShapurRomansCarus ✗Carinus ✗Numerian ✗Diocletian ✗Maximian xGalerius ✗Constantius ✗LiciniusMaximinus Daza ✗Constantine Maxentius ✗ GreeksEusebius of CaesareaOtherIfra Hormizd

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.