Tserenchunt Legden: Faculty: Department of Central Eurasian Studies

Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC)		Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (SRIFIAS)		Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR)		Summer Language Workshop (SWSEEL)

Jason Mokhtarian :: Faculty

Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies
Adjunct Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Office: Sycamore Hall 334
Phone: (812) 855-8358
E-mail: jmokhtar@indiana.edu

Education

Ph.D. University of California, 2011

Research Interests

Ancient Judaism
Rabbinics
Jews of Ancient Persia
Talmud in its Iranian Context
Ancient Iranian Studies

Courses Recently Taught

Introduction to Judaism
Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to the Spanish Expulsion
Torah, Temple, and God in Ancient Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs

Publication Highlights

"Empire and Authority in Sasanian Babylonia: The Rabbis and King Shapur in Dialogue," Jewish Studies Quarterly, Volume 19.2 (2012), 148-180.

“Rabbinic Depictions of the Achaemenid King Cyrus the Great: The Babylonian Esther Midrash (bMeg. 10b-17a) in its Iranian Context,” in The Talmud in its Iranian Context, eds. Carol Bakhos and M. Rahim Shayegan (Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, 2010), 112-139.