Name and title:
Jason Sion Mokhtarian, Associate Professor and Herbert and Stephanie Neuman Chair in Hebrew and Jewish Literature, Near Eastern Studies
Academic focus:
Rabbinic Judaism, Iranian studies, Talmud in its Sasanian context, Jews of Persia
Current research project:
I just finished a book on the medical remedies in the Babylonian Talmud and am beginning a new project on the Jewish Aramaic incantation bowls from sixth-century Mesopotamia.
Previous positions:
- Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University, 2018-2020
- Director, Olamot Center for Scholarly and Cultural Exchange with Israel, Indiana University, 2018-2020
- Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University, 2011-2018
Academic background:
- Ph.D., Late antique Judaism, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
- M.A., Ancient Iranian studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
- M.A., History of Judaism, University of Chicago Divinity School, 2004
- B.A., A.M., English and religious studies, University of Chicago, 2001
Last book read:
“The Ruined House,” by Ruby Namdar
In your own time/when not working:
Listening to music, playing soccer
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
Medicine, Magic, and Science in the Ancient Near East; Sacred Books of the Jews
What most excites you about Cornell:
Collaborating with my new colleagues in Near Eastern Studies and learning with Cornell’s amazing students
