Curious Case of the Jewish Sasanian Queen Šīšīnduxt
Exilarchal Propaganda and Zoroastrians in Tenth- to Eleventh-Century Baghdad
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3967529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simcha Gro (0000-0002-2684-2180), Simcha Gross (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | American Oriental Society (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7817/jameroriesoci.141.2.0365 |
| OpenAlex | W4251869568 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Provincial Capitals of Ērānšahr, a medieval Zoroastrian Middle Persian text, recounts how the daughter of the Jewish exilarch married the Sasanian king Yaz- dgird I and gave birth to Wahrām Gōr, his successor. While the historicity of the text has been largely undermined, scant attention has been given to its authorship and purpose. This article proposes that the story's creators were members of the exilarch's household in the tenth through eleventh century who internalized the broader concern with (invented) Sasanian pedigree during the period known as the Iranian intermezzo in an effort to appeal to Iranian Jews and other elites alike. Studying this text and its origins provides evidence of contact between Jews and Zoroastrians during this period and offers a new suggestion about the cultural context of the Zoroastrians who produced The Provincial Capitals
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Appeal · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Eleventh · Historicity (philosophy · Hoard · Islam · Judaism · Period (music · Persian · Political science · Queen (butterfly · Reign · Successor cardinal · Theology · Zoroastrianism · Ancient Near East History · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |