JASON SION MOKHTARIAN
Cornell University
Neuman Associate Professor
in Hebrew and Jewish Literature
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Director, Jewish Studies Program
Cornell University
Neuman Associate Professor
in Hebrew and Jewish Literature
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Director, Jewish Studies Program
Jason Sion Mokhtarian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University, where he holds the Herbert and Stephanie Neuman Chair in Hebrew and Jewish Literature. Professor Mokhtarian's research focuses on rabbinic literature, the Talmud in its Sasanian context, ancient magic and medicine, Iranian studies, Judeo-Persian, and the history of the Jews of Persia. Research languages include Hebrew and Aramaic, as well as Old, Middle, and New Persian.
He is the author of two books. Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran was published by University of California Press in 2015 and was named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Scholarship. Medicine in the Talmud is being published by University of California Press in 2022. He is also a co-editor of the Olamot Series at Indiana University Press, which translates innovative books by Israeli scholars on a range of topics in Jewish Studies.
The son of Jewish emigrants from Tehran, Professor Mokhtarian grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and was educated at the University of Chicago and University of California, Los Angeles.
He is the author of two books. Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran was published by University of California Press in 2015 and was named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Scholarship. Medicine in the Talmud is being published by University of California Press in 2022. He is also a co-editor of the Olamot Series at Indiana University Press, which translates innovative books by Israeli scholars on a range of topics in Jewish Studies.
The son of Jewish emigrants from Tehran, Professor Mokhtarian grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and was educated at the University of Chicago and University of California, Los Angeles.