‘Ezra Reads the Law’
‘Ezra Reads the Law’
This project examines the implications of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in understanding Jewish leadership in the period following the destruction of the second temple in 70 C.E.
Read MoreIn a two-part series, Dr. Adam McCollum addresses the possibilities for the field of Judeo-Persian language and literature. Part Two includes a helpful bibliography and four text samples.
Read MoreIn a two-part series, Dr. Adam McCollum addresses the possibilities for the field of Judeo-Persian language and literature. Part One addresses the state of the field.
Read MoreRecently the Ancient Jew Review sat down with Dr. Seth Schwartz (Columbia University) to discuss his newest book The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad.
Read MoreSt. Felix
St. Felix
"Living in a Martyrial World" demonstrates the necessity of recognizing that, in Christian traditions, martyrdom does not always require death.
Read MorePhilip Kenrick, author of the Libya Archaeological Guides to Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, describes the threatened antiquities in Libya.
Read MoreOil lamp, photo courtesy James R. Strange.
Oil lamp, photo courtesy James R. Strange.
Brian Leport interviews Dr. James R. Strange about the excavations at Shikhin.
Read MoreLeftovers is a blog that explores historical cookbooks as a way of understanding culinary history.
Read MoreConstantine the Great presents the city (Constantinople) and Justinian the Great presents Hagia Sophia to the Virgin, mosaic
Constantine the Great presents the city (Constantinople) and Justinian the Great presents Hagia Sophia to the Virgin, mosaic
Falcasantos, Rebecca. “A Land Cleansed of Heretics”: Cult Practice and Contestation in the Christianization of Late Antique Constantinople. Ph.D. dissertation, Brown University, 2015.
Read MoreMoan Synagogue
Moan Synagogue
Mandsager, John. To Stake a Claim: The Making of Rabbinic Agricultural Spaces in the Roman Countryside. Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, 2014.
Read MoreRelief in Neumagen near Trier, a teacher with three discipuli (180-185 CE)
Relief in Neumagen near Trier, a teacher with three discipuli (180-185 CE)
As you prepare your syllabi for the upcoming academic year, consider using low-stakes writing assignments as an assessment option.
Read MoreI began writing this post after the Islamicists' rampage through the Mosul Museum, but now news reports are coming in that ISIL bulldozers are also on their way to destroy the ancient city of Hatra some 80 km away
Read MoreOlympians in D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
Olympians in D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
Find out which non-field related books Dr. Adele Reinhartz and Dr. Andrew Jacobs found influential.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announced that the Ancient Jew Review is an American Academy of Jewish Research grant recipient.
Read MoreVincent van Gogh | Stilleven
Vincent van Gogh | Stilleven
Find out which non-field related books Dr. Seth Schwartz and Dr. Steve Weitzman found influential.
Read MoreDavid and Goliath by Caravaggio
David and Goliath by Caravaggio
Stories about new biblical discoveries appear yearly in major newspapers around the world. But do all of these announcements give an accurate picture of what scholars – of archaeology, epigraphy, or the Bible – actually do?
Read MoreThe Bust of Flavius Josephus (but not actually Josephus).
The Bust of Flavius Josephus (but not actually Josephus).
There is good news and bad news for the state of Josephan studies.
Read MoreA Saturnalia celebration.
A Saturnalia celebration.
At first glance, Carpocrates looks like an unremarkable character in the history of ancient Judaism and early Christianity.
Read MoreWoodcut illustration of the story of Paulina and Decius Mundus from Josephus's Jewish Antiquities from aGerman translation by Heinrich Steinhöwel of Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, printed by Johannes Zainer at Ulm ca. 1474.
Woodcut illustration of the story of Paulina and Decius Mundus from Josephus's Jewish Antiquities from aGerman translation by Heinrich Steinhöwel of Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, printed by Johannes Zainer at Ulm ca. 1474.
My book compares Josephus’ Jewish War and Jewish Antiquities with the work of other historians in antiquity.
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