About

I am professor of religious studies and Judaic studies at Brown University.

I received my Ph.D. in Ancient Judaism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1993.  My research focuses on the social and religious history of Jews and Judaism in antiquity, but I also have broader research interests on Jews and Judaism as well as on issues of method and theory in the study of religion and the digital humanities.  I am currently working on a book on lived religion in Late Antiquity.

At Brown, I teach a wide range of courses to both graduate and undergraduate students.  I also teach adult education courses and lecture widely.

I have received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment of the Humanities; was a Fulbright Scholar; and held the Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professorship at the W. F. Albright Institute.

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