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Jerusalem Talmud Baba Metzi‘a 2:4, 8c

Alexander Macedon and his evil, greed-driven legal system

Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 3:1, 6a; Nazir 7:1, 56a

Emperor Diocletian and the sage who wanted to see him

Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 4:3, 8a; Taanit 2:2, 65c

Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 5:1, 9a

Ursicinus and the sages in Antioch

Jerusalem Talmud Bikkurim 1:4, 64a

Can a convert recite the declaration for first fruits and the liturgical phrase “O God of our fathers” – are converts full members of the Israelite community?

Jerusalem Talmud Kil’ayim 9:4, 32c; Ketubbot 12:3, 35b

Diocletian and the Sea of Emesa

Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 1:10, 72b

Antoninus and Rabbi Yehudah the Patriarch

Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 3:1, 73d

Vespasian as the destroyer of the study houses in Jerusalem

Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 3:1, 74a

Ursicinus and the burned Torah scroll

Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 3:2, 74a

Antoninus and Rabbi Yehudah the Patriarch

Jerusalem Talmud Nedarim 3:4, 38a

Roman taxes and customs

Jerusalem Talmud Peah 7:1, 20a

Hadrian the wicked

Jerusalem Talmud Pe’ah 1:1, 16a-b

Jewish informants

Jerusalem Talmud Rosh Hashanah1:2, 57b

Imagining a heavenly court that reflects a Greco-Roman model rather than rabbinic procedures

Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 3:3, 21b (= Shevi’it 4:2, 35a)

Martyrdom, Pappus and Lulianus, and Ursicinus

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 6:1, 7d

Special permissions granted to the patriarchal family due to their need to interact effectively with Roman authorities

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 6:2, 8a

Explanations for the decree against wearing nailed sandals

Jerusalem Talmud Shevi‘it 4:3, 35b

The blessings that are bestowed upon the entire world are actually for the sake of Israel

Jerusalem Talmud Sotah 9:14, 24c (= Pe’ah 1:1, 15c)

The rabbinic ban on teaching Greek to sons

Jerusalem Talmud Sukkah 5:1, 55a-b

Trajan and the destruction of the great synagogue of Alexandria

Judaism and Rome