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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW

September 16, 2015

Dissertation Spotlight | Peter Anthony Mena

by Peter Anthony Mena in Articles


El Mestizaje by Oswaldo Guayasamin

El Mestizaje by Oswaldo Guayasamin

El Mestizaje by Oswaldo Guayasamin

El Mestizaje by Oswaldo Guayasamin

In Borderlands/La Frontera of the Late Ancient Egyptian Desert: Space, Identity, and the Ascetic Imagination, I consider the descriptions of desert space in Christian hagiography from Late Antiquity.

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TAGS: dissertation


September 9, 2015

Wilkinson, Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity

by Krista Dalton in Book Notes


Kate Wilkinson’s Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity argues that Christian ascetic modesty was challenging work. 

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September 2, 2015

Dissertation Spotlight: Shayna Sheinfeld

by Shayna Sheinfeld in Articles


‘Ezra Reads the Law’ 

‘Ezra Reads the Law’ 

‘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. 

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TAGS: dissertation


August 26, 2015

On Judeo-Persian Language and Literature | Part Two: Texts and Bibliography

by Adam Bremer-McCollum in Articles


In 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.

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TAGS: judeopersian, state of the field, essays


August 19, 2015

On Judeo-Persian Language and Literature | Part One: State of the Field

by Adam Bremer-McCollum in Articles


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.

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TAGS: judeopersian, state of the field, essays


August 13, 2015

The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad | Interview with Seth Schwartz

by Ancient Jew Review in Articles


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.

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TAGS: interviews, conversations


August 5, 2015

Dissertation Spotlight | Diane Fruchtman

by Diane Fruchtman in Articles


St. Felix 

St. Felix 

St. Felix 

St. Felix 

"Living in a Martyrial World" demonstrates the necessity of recognizing that, in Christian traditions, martyrdom does not always require death.

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TAGS: dissertation


July 28, 2015

Cultural Heritage at Risk in Libya

by Philip Kenrick in Articles


Philip Kenrick, author of the Libya Archaeological Guides to Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, describes the threatened antiquities in Libya. 

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TAGS: archaeology, essays


July 22, 2015

Shikhin Excavations with James R. Strange

by Brian Leport in Articles


Oil lamp, photo courtesy James R. Strange.

Oil lamp, photo courtesy 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. 

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TAGS: archaeology, interviews, conversations


July 15, 2015

Leftovers: Understanding Culinary History

by Ancient Jew Review in Articles


Leftovers is a blog that explores historical cookbooks as a way of understanding culinary history. 

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TAGS: essays


July 8, 2015

Dissertation Spotlight | Rebecca Falcasantos

by Rebecca Falcasantos in Articles


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

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. 

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TAGS: dissertation


June 25, 2015

Dissertation Spotlight | John Mandsager

by John Mandsager in Articles


Moan Synagogue 

Moan Synagogue 

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.

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TAGS: dissertation, essays


June 10, 2015

Kosmin, The Land of the Elephant Kings

by Nathan Schumer in Book Notes


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.

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May 27, 2015

Students Think Better with Thinking Pieces: Why You Should Consider Using Low- Stakes Writing Assignments in Your Class

by Shayna Sheinfeld and Meredith Warren in Articles


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)

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. 

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TAGS: pedagogy


May 21, 2015

Elegy for Hatra: The City of the Sun God

by Judith Weingarten in Articles


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

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TAGS: archaeology, essays


April 30, 2015

Edelman and Ben Zvi, Remembering Biblical Figures in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods: Social Memory and Imagination

by Nathan Schumer in Book Notes


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. 

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April 22, 2015

Breed, Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History

by Krista Dalton in Book Notes


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.

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TAGS: hebrew bible


April 15, 2015

"Unexpected Influences" with Adele Reinhartz and Andrew Jacobs

by Ancient Jew Review in Articles


Olympians in D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

Olympians in D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

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. 

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TAGS: Unexpected Influences, essays


March 23, 2015

AJR receives American Academy for Jewish Research Grant

by Ancient Jew Review in Articles


We are pleased to announced that the Ancient Jew Review is an American Academy of Jewish Research grant recipient. 

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March 18, 2015

Re-Enacting Nicaea

by Erin Galgay Walsh in Articles


Learn what happens when students embody the council of Nicaea and "debate Jesus." 

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TAGS: pedagogy


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