It is that time of year: CV updating, annual reports, and general housekeeping. Toward that end I just added two new PDF articles to my Research page. One is an article entitled "Jew or Judaean," and the other, "What Does Love Have to Do With It? … [Continue reading] about New PDFs
American Historical Association
I will be participating in a roundtable on "Jewish History/General History: Rethinking the Divide" at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Monday, January 5, 11 AM - 1 PM. In this paper I will reflect on historical turn in the … [Continue reading] about American Historical Association
Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Presentation
This is an exciting time for the "Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine" project. This online project seeks to collect and make accessible all of the published inscriptions from the region from the Persian period through the early seventh century CE. We … [Continue reading] about Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Presentation
Beggar at the Banquet
At this year's Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting I will be presenting two papers. The first of these, entitled "Beggar at the Banquet," will be given in a joint session sponsored by the Meals in the Greco-Roman World Section and the … [Continue reading] about Beggar at the Banquet
Was Paul a Palestinian Jew?
In her review of How the Bible Became Holy in the Wall Street Journal, Sarah Ruden wrote: He tries to undercut, for instance, the well-founded consensus that Paul was a Diaspora Jew, from a family established in Tarsus (in modern-day Turkey), who … [Continue reading] about Was Paul a Palestinian Jew?