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Simcha Gross specializes in ancient early medieval Jewish history, with a particular focus on the contextual study of rabbis and rabbinic literature in Persian and Islamic contexts. His research emphasizes the intersection of Jews during the millennium of the common era within Roman, Sasanian, and Islamicate contexts. His monograph, 'Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity,' published by Cambridge University Press in 2024, centers on the formative aspects of Sasanian imperialism and its impact on Babylonian Jewish society and culture. He is also the co-author of a translation and comprehensive introduction to the Syriac martyr act featuring a Jewish convert, entitled 'History of the Slave Christ: Jewish Child Christian Martyr' (PMAS 6; Gorgias Press, 2016), and an edited volume titled 'Jews and Syriac Christians: Intersections of a Millennium' (Mohr Siebeck, 2020). Gross teaches courses on Jewish history, ancient Jewish literature, Syriac Christianity, Jewish magic, and the dynamics of ancient empires and violence. He has held prestigious fellowships, including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study, and is currently a fellow at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA
Teaching courses focused on Jewish history, ancient Jewish literature, and Syriac Christianity.
University of California, Irvine • Irvine, CA
Taught courses related to Jewish history and culture.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Taught courses in the Religious Studies Department.
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