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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW

March 4, 2019

Paul, the Gentiles, and the Other(s) in Jewish Discourse

by Cavan Concannon in Articles


The Apostle Paul in St. Sophia of Kyiv via Wiki Commons.

The Apostle Paul in St. Sophia of Kyiv via Wiki Commons.

The Apostle Paul in St. Sophia of Kyiv via Wiki Commons.

The Apostle Paul in St. Sophia of Kyiv via Wiki Commons.

Cavan Concannon responds to Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s book, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile in the AJR review forum.

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February 27, 2019

The Goy: A Synchronic Proposal

by Christine Hayes in Articles


“Moses receiving the law” in the Basilica of San Vitale is a church in Ravenna, Italy,

“Moses receiving the law” in the Basilica of San Vitale is a church in Ravenna, Italy,

“Moses receiving the law” in the Basilica of San Vitale is a church in Ravenna, Italy,

“Moses receiving the law” in the Basilica of San Vitale is a church in Ravenna, Italy,

Christine Hayes responds to Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s book, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile in the AJR review forum.

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February 25, 2019

Ethnic and Cultural Identities in the Rabbinic Goy Discourse

by Yair Furstenberg in Articles


Isaac, Jacob, and Esau at Cathedral of Monreale, Italy via Wiki Commons.

Isaac, Jacob, and Esau at Cathedral of Monreale, Italy via Wiki Commons.

Isaac, Jacob, and Esau at Cathedral of Monreale, Italy via Wiki Commons.

Isaac, Jacob, and Esau at Cathedral of Monreale, Italy via Wiki Commons.

Yair Furstenberg responds to Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s book, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile in the AJR review forum.

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February 20, 2019

The Perils of Polarization

by Cynthia Baker in Articles


Portrait of Ezra, from folio 5r of The Codex Amiatinus. © Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana

Portrait of Ezra, from folio 5r of The Codex Amiatinus. © Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana

Portrait of Ezra, from folio 5r of The Codex Amiatinus. © Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana

Portrait of Ezra, from folio 5r of The Codex Amiatinus. © Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana

Cynthia Baker responds to Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s book, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile in the AJR review forum.

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February 18, 2019

Goy: An AJR Forum

by Ancient Jew Review in Articles


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The AJR review forum of Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s book, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile. With responses from Cynthia Baker, Yair Furstenberg, Christine Hayes, and Cavan Concannon.

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TAGS: forum


February 18, 2019

Why Goy?

by Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi in Articles


Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi open the AJR review forum of their book, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile.

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February 11, 2019

Book Note | The Origins of Midrash

by Yitz Landes in Book Notes


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Yitz Landes reviews Paul Mandel’s The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text.

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February 7, 2019

Week in Review (2/8/19)

by Ancient Jew Review


Ca. early fourth-century painting of a woman | Catacomb of Calixtus, Rome | Image Source

Ca. early fourth-century painting of a woman | Catacomb of Calixtus, Rome | Image Source

Ca. early fourth-century painting of a woman | Catacomb of Calixtus, Rome | Image Source

Ca. early fourth-century painting of a woman | Catacomb of Calixtus, Rome | Image Source

This Week: Hypatia, translational twists and turns, Job and reparations, the problem with “Judeo-Christian,” JQR behind-the-scenes, Cairo Genizah – and more!

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February 7, 2019

Affect and Early Christian Identity

by Ancient Jew Review in Articles


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Papers from the 2018 Society of Biblical Literature’s review panel on Maia Kotrosits’s Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging (Fortress, 2015).

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February 7, 2019

Job, White Privilege, and the Case for Reparations

by Thomas M. Bolin in Articles


The Figure of Job - Folio 46r from the Syriac Bible of Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale, MS syr. 341) Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Figure of Job - Folio 46r from the Syriac Bible of Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale, MS syr. 341) Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Figure of Job - Folio 46r from the Syriac Bible of Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale, MS syr. 341) Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Figure of Job - Folio 46r from the Syriac Bible of Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale, MS syr. 341) Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Nevertheless, I characterize the book as more protean. It resists reductive readings, always offering a counter-text to any interpretation (including the one in this essay.)

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February 4, 2019

Book Note | Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher

by Taylor Ross in Book Notes


Detailed from Raphael’s “School of Athens” (Wikimedia Commons)

Detailed from Raphael’s “School of Athens” (Wikimedia Commons)

Detailed from Raphael’s “School of Athens” (Wikimedia Commons)

Detailed from Raphael’s “School of Athens” (Wikimedia Commons)

Watts ends the volume with a chapter on such modern representations of Hypatia, which move already suggests his aim: to bracket the legend long enough to catch sight of the life that inspired it.

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January 29, 2019

Dissertation Spotlight | Magical Practices and Discourses of Magic in Early Christian Traditions: Jesus, Peter, and Paul

by Shaily Patel in Articles


Christ healing the leper (Wikimedia Commons)

Christ healing the leper (Wikimedia Commons)

Christ healing the leper (Wikimedia Commons)

Christ healing the leper (Wikimedia Commons)

I argue one must take into account not only what magic is said to be, but also what magicians do. There is a reason, after all, that these practices are the ones against which Apuleius was compelled to mount his defense.

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TAGS: dissertation


January 28, 2019

Rethinking Early Christian Identity: A Response

by Maia Kotrosits in Articles


Maia Kotrosits responds to the review forum on Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging (Fortress, 2015).

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January 24, 2019

Week in Review (1/25/19)

by Ancient Jew Review


Catacomb painting, possibly of Eucharist bread | Catacomb of San Callisto, third century | Image source

Catacomb painting, possibly of Eucharist bread | Catacomb of San Callisto, third century | Image source

Catacomb painting, possibly of Eucharist bread | Catacomb of San Callisto, third century | Image source

Catacomb painting, possibly of Eucharist bread | Catacomb of San Callisto, third century | Image source

This Week: Continuing forum on early Christian identity, restoring Tutankhamen’s tomb, digital archaeology, Cairo Genizot, catacombs – and more!

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January 23, 2019

Rethinking “Early Christian Art”

by Eric Smith in Articles


Jonah being thrown into the Sea. Catacomb of Saint Peter and Saint Marcellino, Rome, Italy, via wikicommons.

Jonah being thrown into the Sea. Catacomb of Saint Peter and Saint Marcellino, Rome, Italy, via wikicommons.

Jonah being thrown into the Sea. Catacomb of Saint Peter and Saint Marcellino, Rome, Italy, via wikicommons.

Jonah being thrown into the Sea. Catacomb of Saint Peter and Saint Marcellino, Rome, Italy, via wikicommons.

Eric Smith responds to Maia Kotrosits’s Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging (Fortress, 2015).

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January 21, 2019

"What Has Affect Theory to do with Acts?": Testing Methodological Boundaries In Acts Scholarship

by Teresa Calpino in Articles


Teresa Calpino responds to Maia Kotrosits’s Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging (Fortress, 2015).

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January 17, 2019

Week in Review (1/18/19)

by Ancient Jew Review


Wax encaustic funerary painting on wood | Second-century Roman Egypt, in the collection of the Badisches Landesmuseum (Karlsruhe) | Image Source

Wax encaustic funerary painting on wood | Second-century Roman Egypt, in the collection of the Badisches Landesmuseum (Karlsruhe) | Image Source

Wax encaustic funerary painting on wood | Second-century Roman Egypt, in the collection of the Badisches Landesmuseum (Karlsruhe) | Image Source

Wax encaustic funerary painting on wood | Second-century Roman Egypt, in the collection of the Badisches Landesmuseum (Karlsruhe) | Image Source

This Week: New forum complicating early Christian identity with Maia Kotrosits, forgery, Roman-era Egyptian tombs, museum ethics – and more!

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January 16, 2019

The Codex of Feeling: Affect Theory and Ancient Texts

by Donovan Schaefer in Articles


Image provided free through Unsplash

Image provided free through Unsplash

Image provided free through Unsplash

Image provided free through Unsplash

Donovan Schaefer responds to Maia Kotrosits’s Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging (Fortress, 2015) at the 2018 SBL review panel.

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January 14, 2019

Engaging with Intersectionality and 1st-2nd c. "Judaism"

by Shayna Sheinfeld in Articles


Image provided free through Unsplash @chuttersnap.

Image provided free through Unsplash @chuttersnap.

Image provided free through Unsplash @chuttersnap.

Image provided free through Unsplash @chuttersnap.

Shayna Sheinfeld responds to Maia Kotrosits’s Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging (Fortress, 2015) at the 2018 SBL review panel.

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January 10, 2019

Week in Review (1/11/19)

by Ancient Jew Review


Illustration of St. Luke in an Armenian Gospel manuscript | WMS Armenian MS no.1, dated to 1495 | Image Source

Illustration of St. Luke in an Armenian Gospel manuscript | WMS Armenian MS no.1, dated to 1495 | Image Source

Illustration of St. Luke in an Armenian Gospel manuscript | WMS Armenian MS no.1, dated to 1495 | Image Source

Illustration of St. Luke in an Armenian Gospel manuscript | WMS Armenian MS no.1, dated to 1495 | Image Source

This Week: Book notes and Byzantium, Coptic magic, Ishtar’s netherworld descent, open access all over the place, Armenia! - the year begins!

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