In 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 MoreThe Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad | Interview with Seth Schwartz
Recently 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 MoreDissertation Spotlight | Diane Fruchtman
St. Felix
St. Felix
"Living in a Martyrial World" demonstrates the necessity of recognizing that, in Christian traditions, martyrdom does not always require death.
Read MoreCultural Heritage at Risk in Libya
Philip Kenrick, author of the Libya Archaeological Guides to Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, describes the threatened antiquities in Libya.
Read MoreShikhin Excavations with James R. Strange
Oil 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: Understanding Culinary History
Leftovers is a blog that explores historical cookbooks as a way of understanding culinary history.
Read MoreDissertation Spotlight | Rebecca Falcasantos
Constantine 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 MoreDissertation Spotlight | John Mandsager
Moan 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 MoreKosmin, The Land of the Elephant Kings
Paul Kosmin’s Land of the Elephant Kings is an attempt to understand the royal ideology of the Seleucid dynasty, examining how this vast empire was constituted and imagined by its rulers.
Read MoreStudents Think Better with Thinking Pieces: Why You Should Consider Using Low- Stakes Writing Assignments in Your Class
Relief 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 MoreElegy for Hatra: The City of the Sun God
I 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 MoreEdelman and Ben Zvi, Remembering Biblical Figures in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods: Social Memory and Imagination
Remembering Biblical Figures in the Later Persian & Early Hellenistic Periods is a new edited volume examining the biblical texts through the theoretical lens of social or collective memory.
Read MoreBreed, Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History
In Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History, Brennan Breed argues that the way we describe the Hebrew Bible’s original text and reception is fundamentally flawed.
Read More"Unexpected Influences" with Adele Reinhartz and Andrew Jacobs
Olympians 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 MoreAJR receives American Academy for Jewish Research Grant
We are pleased to announced that the Ancient Jew Review is an American Academy of Jewish Research grant recipient.
Read MoreRe-Enacting Nicaea
Weekly Roundup for March 13th
Anthony Le Donne reviews The Lost Gospel in the LA Review of Books, finds that it is better than dinosaur erotica.
Read More"Unexpected Influences" with Seth Schwartz and Steven Weitzman
Vincent 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’s Kingdom and the Province of Academic and Popular Discussion
David 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 MorePearce and Wunsch, Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia
Tribute Bearers, the Apadana Relief, Persepolis
Tribute Bearers, the Apadana Relief, Persepolis
In their new book, Pearce and Wunsch publish 103 tablets from Babylonia for the first time, dating from roughly the years 572-477 BCE, but mostly from the 6th century BCE
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